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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Kangaroo as Motorist. Takes Charge of Steeking Wheel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 7

A telegram was received at Perth from York stating that Messrs. Holland Fraser started for Perth in a motor car. On Tuesday, when 19 miles out, a mob of kangaroos came across the road. One…

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North Coast Railway. Taree-wauchope Section

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 9

Recently there was promise that some trouble would arise between the men employed on the fourth section of the North Coast railway and the contractors on the…

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A Railway That Goes to Sea. Daring Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 13

What is rightly declared to be the most daring and at the same time decidedly novel, railway enterprise is that now Hearing completion in Florida. It is nothing less than the…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Car Fails Into the River. Three Persons Drowned. Denman

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

Mr. Tindale who has a commission [?] at Muswellbrook engaged a chaufi[?] Suess), who resides at Marrickville, to-day his car with Mr. Falvey (clerk to…

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Motor-car's Plunge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

New York, Tuesday.—A sensational motoring accident occurred yesterday in Cineinatti. Dr. Milner, accompanied by his wife and three other Indies was out…

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Motor Disaster Near Denman. Car Topples Over River Bank. Three People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

A terrible triple fatality occurred on Wednesday night near Denman. While travelling about 15 miles an hour, a motor car containing four persons, including the…

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Motor and Horse Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

Campbell's Hill was the scene or an excit­ing collision this morning, resulting in the destruction of a valuable pony. It appears that Mr. L. Bailey was riding the horse in…

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Dashed to Pieces. Woman Killed on the Railway Line. Newcastle. Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 3

Fanuny Beresford, a married woman, aged 37 years. was run over at the Hannell-street railway crossing at about 8 o'clock on saturday night and was killed. Deceased, who…

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Railway Disasters. Thirty Passengers Injured. London. July 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 3

The Birmingham-Liandudno express ran into an empty train at. Crewe. travelling at 20 miles an hour, with the result that 30 passengers were injured, chielfy by falling…

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Our Muswell Brook Letter. the Motor Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

The body of Mr. T. Falvey, one of the victims of the dreadful motor accident. was brought into [?] from Denman on Friday night, placed in the hospital…

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Railway Signalling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

Probably very few passengers, as they are whisked along in an express, passing station after station at high, speed, have any idea of the responsibility that, rests on the shoulders…

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The Railway Opening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

An influentially-signed requisition has been presented to the Mayor of West Maitland asking him to call a public meeting to consider what steps should be taken in connection…

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Killed by a Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 5

An elderly woman named Laura Brennan was knocked down by a tram at Woollahra and fatally injured…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

Although it has been rumoured that the Maitland to Dungog section of the North Coast Railway will be opened on the 14th instant, no official communication has as yet…

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M.c.c. Cricket Tram

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 5

The M.C.C. has invited W. Brearley, Lan[?]shire's fast bowler to accompany the team to Australia, and it is understood that he has accepted…

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Railway Opening

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

A largely attended meeting of the ladies and general committees was held in the Centennial Hall on Saturday night last, Mr. W Bennett…

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The Denman Motor Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

ALL the bodies of the victims of the victims of the Denman motor-car fatality on Wednesday night last, have now been recovered, the last…

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The Motor-car Tragedy. Searching for a Body

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

The remains of Mr T. Falvey, one of the victims of the motor car fatality near Denman, were conveyed to Sydney for burial by Saturday's afternoon train…

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Railway Disasters

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 4

London, Saturday.—The BirminghamLlandudno express ran into an empty train at Crewe while travelling at 30 miles an hour. Thirty passengers were…

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The Motor Gar Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

The Denman and local police, as sisted by many civilians, have been unremitting in their search for the body of Mr. James Mackay, who was…

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