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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Siberian Railway Construction. Convicts Cruelly Treated. St. Petersburg

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 5

Enquiries into the treatment of convicts employed on the Amur railway construction reveal the most wretched conditions. In the Doluy district, prisoners are…

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Mail Train Held Up. Daring Robbers. Erie, July. 2

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 2

A mail train was held up near here [?] 12 armed and masked men. The mail [?] were rifled, and the mail clerk and coner[?]tor were both shot, the former being fat[?]…

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The Cronulla Tram

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 3

The opening of the steam tram to Cronulla makes available to visitors one of the finest beaches within easy reach of Sydney. Previously, only…

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Menelik Drives Motor-car. Community on Guard

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 4

An interesting story of the sale of a 15-h.p. Siddeley motor-car to the Emperor Menelik for £350 was told in Mr Justice Darling's Court yesterday (says…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 4

Inquiries were made in Sydney during the week by Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., with regard to the opening of the first section of the North Coast railway to Dungog, and…

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North Coast Railway. First Section

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 8

For some time past, the lifting and packing gang on the first section of the North Coast Railway, between Maitland and Dungog, have been engaged working back from the latter…

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The North Coast Railway. Taree-wauchope Section

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 16

Work on the Taree-Wauchope section of the North Coast, railway is expected to, be in progress within a month's time. Operations are to be carried on from the Taree…

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Clergyman Dies in a Tram

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 7

The Row William A. Richards, vector of St. David's Church of England, Surry Hills, collapsed and died in a Bondi tram on Thursday evening. A man…

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Aeroplane Race

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

Paris, Saturday.—M. Beaumont (Licutenant Conneau) won the European circuit aeroplane race from Paris to Brussels and London and return. M…

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Anglo—german Motor Tour

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 5

The competitions in the motoring tour headed by prince Henry of prussia, journeyed from southampton to Oxford, and are proceeding to Leamington…

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Railway Returns for June

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The coaching traffic at the local railway station for the month of June resulted in the receipt of revenue of £698, representing 2944 tickets. For the corresponding…

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Our Railway

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

On Friday last Mr. F. H. Small, acting Chief Engineer, Department Public Works, accompanied by Mr. H. Bode, Engineer-in-charge of the first…

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Railway Opening

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

The adjourned public meeting, originally called a fortnight ago for the purpose of arranging the details of a demonstration to commemorate…

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Serious Tram Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

A serious tram collision occurred on Sunday morning at Gladesville. Two cars mot on a single track in a head-to-head impact. One driver and one passenger were…

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Papal Railway Carriage

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 2

A railway carriage with a story will be shown at the forthcoming exhibition in Rome, During the pontificate of Pius the faithful of France presented his…

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United States Railway Accident. Heavy Death Roll. New York, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 5

Bridgeport connecticut, reports 13 killed, 42 injured. 20 of when probably fatally, in the week of the colonial express on the NewYork, Newhaven, and Hartford railway…

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Terrible Train Accident. (By Cable). Washington

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 2

The Boston express, when an hour behind time, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, struck an open switch, while travelling at a speed of 60 miles an hour. It…

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Train Falls Over Embankment. (By Cable). Vancouver

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 2

An oxpress train on the Oregon trunk line (U.S.A.) toppled over an embankment. Five persons were killed and a number injured…

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American Railway Accidents. a Long Casualty List Bridgeport (Con.), July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1911 · page 5

[?] people were killed and [?] owing to the wreeking of the colonial express on the New York, New haven, and [?] railway…

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