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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 78

A Shocking Accident. to Railway Officer. Both Legs, Amputated. Kuri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 5

Shortly before 7 o'clock on Sunday morning James connor, 26 years of age,. night officer at Aberdare Junction for the past three year. was found lying alongside the…

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Railway Crisis. Position in Queensland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 2

The railway trouble In Queensland came to a head on Saturday afternoon, when a deputation waited on Mr. R. A. Nelld, Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer, and banded him…

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Railway Fatalities. Guard and Porter Killed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 2

Two railway accidents, which resulted in the death of two men, were reported to the Ashfield police for the weekend. Frank Stanley Ferguson (22), a railway…

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Jockey's Kit Stolen. From a Railway Carriage. Fixe of £10. '

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 8

William Elliott was charged at the West Maitland Police Court to-day before Mr. C. H Gale.P.M., with having, on the 25th instant, at West Maitland, stolen a brown…

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Railway Fares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 7

The undermentioned railway fares will in future be charged between West Maitland and the stations named. Return tickets will be issued in the Maitland - Newcastle suburban…

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Fatality at Bishop's Bridge. Adjourned Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 6

The adjourned inquest regarding the death of Henry Thomas Whyburn, which occurred at Bishop's Bridge on the 17th instant, was held at West Maitland Courthouse yesterday…

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Man's Dreadful Plight. Run Over by Train

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 4

A RAILWAY accident of a distressing character occurred at Kurri Kurri on Saturday night, about 11 o'clock, when a man named James…

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The Railway Accident. How It Happened. Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5

On inquiry at the Kurri Hospital this morning concerning the condition of James Conners, who was terribly injured at, Stanford - Merthyr on Saturday evening, it was learned…

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Local and General. Thieving Tramps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 4

It is evident that amongst the many tramps Unit are invariably to be noticed moving about the country are the meanest and most despicable of thieves. On…

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Railway Mishaps

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5

Owing to a train running into a fleck of sheep at last night twenty were killed and ,15 injured, while a car was derailed. A fast train from Hornshy ran into the…

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Latest News by Wire. Fatality on the Railway Sydney, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 5

Walter Gibbs, a bread carter, was attempting to cross the line at Summer Hill at an early hour this morning when he was run down by a train and literally cut to…

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Head-on Collision. Railway Accident at Wellington. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 2

A sensational head-on collision occurred in the trucking yards at Wellington this morning. A big engine, attached to a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Night Officer Run Over

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 28 July 1914 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred at Kurri Kurri on Saturday night, when James Connors, night officer at Aberdare Junction, was run by the…

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Woman Hypnotised. Rescued in Motor Car

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 4

Details of a sensational struggle by a father to obtain possession of a daughter, whom he alleged had been taken under hypnotic influence to a…

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Railway Improvements

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 4

The work of duplicating the railway from Maitland northwards is being pushed along, and plate-laying has been completed from Farley as far as Allandale. This section has…

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By Tram to Bethlehem

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 7

A forly years' concession has been granted for tramways in Jerusalem According to the contract, the "Sunday at Home" states, four separate routes of tramway are obligatory. They…

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MOTHER'S ' Senseless Act. Child in Front of Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 4

At the Granville railway station on Monday morning a woman with two young children was sitting on a seat on the station crocheting, and she dropped…

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Maitland Coalmines. Recent Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 5

The district coroner (Mr. G. Brown) opened an inquest at the Kurri Hospital yesterday concerning the death of James Connor, who died from the effects of terrible…

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Motorists' Boycott

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 4

The extent to which the trade of some English country towns is affected by travelling motorists is indicated by the following excerpt from "The Weekly Times"…

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Queensland Railways. Men's Ultimatum

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 2

The latest development in connection with the railway strike in the north is that the Minister for Railways has received an intimation that the whole of…

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