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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Our Railway Service. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 6

Eir,—A correspondent in your columns a few, issues back had something to say in regard to the arrangements for selling, tickets at the Singleton railway station…

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Railway Disaster in South Africa

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 3

Capetown, Thursday.—A fearful railway accident, involving serious loss of life, occurred this morning at Cathcart, 45 miles north-west of King William's Town. The…

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Railway Fatality. Second Man Dies

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

William Cook, who on Wednesday received severe injuries by being ruck by a train near Woy Woy, died at the Neweastle Hospital late on Wednesday…

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The Cathcart Railway. Accident. (By Cable). Capetown

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 4

The latest particulars available concerning the railway accident at Catheaart Cape Colony, state that 15 persons were killed, and many injured by the…

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Lost in the Air. News Delivery by Aeroplane. Vancouver, Jan. 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

M. Didier Masson, a French aviator, in flying from town to town delivering newspapers, lost his way in the mountains at Pomona, Californian. He landed, repaired his aeroplane, and resumed…

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Russian Government Railways. the Siberian Scandals. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

The examination into the Siberian railway defalcations has ended, and 90,000 complaints have been examined. The defalcations amount to at least 20,000,000 roubles…

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Cape Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

In the railway disaster at Catheart 22 lives were lost…

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Railway Disasters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

A Locomotive exploded on the Burlington railroad, Wyoming. All aboard were killed. A freight train was wrecked at New Madison, Ohio. Several trainmen were killed…

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Manchurian Railway Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 January 1911 · page 3

The [?] per cont. South Manchurian railway loan, of £6,000,000. issued at £98, and guaranteed by the Japanese Government, has been oversubscribed…

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Railway Returns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 7
Also in Singleton Argus

Some interesting particulars are available of business done at Singleton railway station during 1910. During that period 23,500 passengers were booked, or an average of 1960…

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Cape Railway Disaster. Terrible Sufferinges. Capetown, Jan. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

Full particulars, which have been received, of the fatal train accident at Catheart reveal the terrible sufferings of the injured and dying…

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Railway Station Burned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 5

The Central railway station at Madrid, the Spanish Capital, has been partially burned, and sleeping and restaurant cars destroyed. The damage is estimated at[?]…

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The Late Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

IN connection with the railway fatality half-way between Hawkesbury River and Woy Woy, on Wednesday morning, when two…

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Minimum Wage. Railway Employees Included

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 3

The minimum wage of £110 a year to all employees of 21 years of ago and upwards has been extended to the Railway Department…

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Railway Resumptions at Redfern

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

The Mayor and aldermen of Redfern are up In arms against the Railway Commissioners for resuming so much land in the municipality of Redfern, and not…

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The Siberian Railways. Gigantic Defalcations. (By Cable). St. Petersburg

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 10 January 1911 · page 2

In consequence of the charges concerning the administration of the funds of the Siberian railways, searching Investigations have been made. These…

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Memory Lost. Through Railway Disaster. London, Jan. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

Mr. Ward, one of the passengers by the express which was wrecked at Hawes, Yorkshire. on Christmas Eve, lost his memory and stayed at an obscure hotel in Glasgow after the…

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Railway Collision. Narrow Escape of Sydney Express

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

The Sydney to Melbourne express narrowly escaped being wrecked in a collision with a stationary goods engine at Bethungra on Tues-day morning. For a moment the fate of the…

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Railway and Tramway Revenue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 5

The railway and tramway revenue continues to increase. The receipts last week showed a comparative excess of nearly £26,000…

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