The Motor Car Fatality. Inquest at Denman
On Thursday last the District Coroner (Mr. Thos. Border) opened an inquiry at Denman re the cause of the dentil of Mrs. Eliza Barrington, and the particulars of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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North Coast Railway
The bridges on the first, section of the North Coast railway—Maitland to Dungog—which is now almost completed, will be tested to-morrow. Three engines, of an…
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Madrid, Wednesday.—While exceeding in an aeroplane at Valencia the aviator let his machine ram the grandstand of tire aerodrome, causing a portion of the…
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Our native travellers by road are so accustomed to free passage on the highway that they proceed, almost carelessly, without fear of obstruction. "But," says "Harper's "the…
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A public meeting, convened by requisition to the Mayor of West Maitland land (Alderman F W. Thursday), was held in the Town Hall last evening. The Mayor presided, and…
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The bridges on the Maitland to Dungog section of the North Coast railway were tested this morning. In the test three engines, each of which weighs 100 tons, were…
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AN inquest in connection with the recent terrible motor car fatality near Denman, was opened yesterday week, and adjourned to Muswellbrook, where, on…
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On Thursday at noon a train steemed into the Dungog station on which were some ten engineers and officers of the Public Works…
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Messrs. Smith and Timms, contractors for tho No. 3 section of the North Coast railway, have nearly completed their work at the Taree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Tramways. The Annual Report
The annual report of the Chief Railway Commissioner for New South Wales shows earnings of £4,407,836, an increase of 10.14 per cent, on the year 1909-10…
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Although no official information is yet available, it is understood that the first section of the North Coast—Maitland to Dung[?]—will be opened on the 14th instant, A…
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Mr. Jas. C[?]tree has recently [?] transferred from Bo[?]gra, a township 17 miles south of Cootamundra, on the main Southern line, to the charge of the Lochi[?]var…
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As intimated in a late issue several departmental officers (accompanied by two of the contractors, Messrs, Carey and Simpson), inspected the stretch of the North Coast line…
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The terrible motor catastrophe near Denman was naturally the all-aborbing subject of conversation here yesterday and last night. News of the dreadful accident did…
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Fanny 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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A fatal motor accident occurred in Melbourne on Friday night. At about halfpast seven o'clock. John Fisher, jun., galvanised iron manufacturer, of a…
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A collision between un electric tram mourning coach and a cyclist occurred in George-street West, Sydney on Thursday afternoon, with the result that the driver of…
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The Birmingham-Llandudno express ran into an empty train at Crewe, travelling at 20 miles an hour, with the result that 30 passengers were injured, chiefly by falling…
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It is rumoured that the first section of the North Coast railway will be opened for traffic on August 14 but so far as can be ascertained nothing definite, is known locally as to when…
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Cairo, Thursday.—A strike among the tramway employees has assumed serious proportions, and riots have occurred. The police relentlessly sabred the…
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