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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

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Fatal Fall From Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 5

A man, whose name is supposed to be S. Hall, was killed at Erskineville railway station last night. It seems that deceased boarded a through train in mistake for one…

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Railway, and Tramway Association

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 4

All employees of the Railway and Tramway service and also of the East Greta Company's railways, are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the School of arts,…

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Tram and Lorry Collide

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 5

About six o'clock last night a tram, which was on its way to Botany, collided with lorry. A number of passengers were injured, one lady having several ribs broken…

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A Delayed Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 4

The 6.18 p.m. Newcastle-Maitland passenger train, with a full load of passengers, was delayed for over an hour at East Maitland last evening in consequence of the…

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Fatal Pall From Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 2

A man named Sydney Charles Hall was Killed-at Ers?ineville railway station on Tuesday night. It seems that deceased boarded a through train in mistake for…

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Aeroplane for Australia. Fund at Oxford. London, May 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 2

A flying festival will be held at Oxford on May 28, in support of the fund being raised by the University to present a £2000 aeroplane to Australia. Gustav Hamel will…

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Fatal Fall. Railway Fireman's Sad End. Skull Badly Fractured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 5

A railway locomotive fireman named John Campbell, 25 years of age, met with a fatal accident at 4.15 o'clock this morning, through falling over the railway bridge…

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Railway Timetable. Sydney and Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 7

Trains leave West Maitland for Sydney at 2.26 a.m. (Moree mail), 4.40 a.m. (Monday's excepted), 5.35, 6.48 a.m. (Brisbane express), 8.17, 11.13 a.m., and 5.37 p.m…

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Motoring Acident. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 May 1914 · page 5

A motoring accident occurred at Elwood late last night. A motor car collided with an electric train post. Henry McLeod, married, 41 years of age, was pinned under the…

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Road From Wollombi Road to Vincent Street. to the Editor

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

Sir,—I read with interest a few issues since your advocacy of the construction of a road from the Wollombi road to Vincent street,…

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The Railway Gauge. Uniformity Imperative

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

The standardising of the Australian railway gauges is one of the big problems awaiting solution. Captain David M. Parry, of the American…

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Two Persons Killed by Same Motor

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 3

A remarkable fatality occurred on the Parramatta road, Leichhardt, on Saturday night, two persons, a man and a woman, being fatally injured within a…

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A Death-Dealing Motor Car

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

Under certain circumstances, the motor car may become as fatal as the aeroplane. Last Saturday night, Miss Goodspeed was knocked down…

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North Shore Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 3

Referring to the North Shore bridge, Sir Allen Taylor, in an interview, said the people were tired of being fooled and played with-by office seekers…

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Spielers on the Train

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 1

A well known Taree resident tells the "Northern Champion" of the operations of three spielers who "worked" on the train from Sydney to Taree recently, The trio…

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Telarah Bridge. Councils in Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 6

The question of effecting repairs to the larah Bridge has been under consideration [?] some time, and a conference was held on its bridge on Monday between representatives…

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Fremantle Train Outrage. an Acquittal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 14

The trial of Jacobsen, who was arrested it Colombo, and charged with attempted criminal assault upon Mrs. Minnie Thomas, it midnight, in the Fremantle train, on…

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Fatality at Greta. Fireman Falls from Bridge

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 3

John Campbell, a young man, employed as a fireman on a locomotive, accidentally fell from the railway bridge spanning Anvil Creek, Greta, early on…

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Sensational Smash. Tram and Motor-car. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 10

At an early hour this morning a sensational collision between a motor-car between a motor-car and [?] occurred at the corner of Elizabeth and Market streets…

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Fatal Fall. Railway Fireman's Sad End. Skull Badly Fractured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 5

A railway locomotive fireman named John Campbell, 25 years of age, met with a fatal accident at 4.15 o'clock on Thursday, through the falling over the railway bridge…

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