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Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 62 of 78

Muscle Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

For some time last the condition of the Muscle Creek Briuge, connecting north and south Muswellbrook near Gerald. Park, in the centre of the municipality, has been a…

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21 Train Loads of Booty

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 10

Twenty-one trainloads of booty from the Marne have been brought to Vincennes. It includes 11 guns, seven motor…

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Work for Unemployed on New Roads

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

The deputation from the Shire Council on this matter had quite a lengthy budget of requests to bring under notice, including the Kearsley…

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New Railway Locomotives. of Australian Design

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

The third of 30 huge railway engines now in course of construction at the Eveleigh Government works has been turned out on the track. These engines are known as the…

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Tramway Men's Mission Party. Second Visit to Maitland District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 3

The former visit of the Metropolitan Tramway Evangelistic Missioners Missioning was made to this district two years ago. Their annual leave of absence from daily duties has again been…

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Serious Railway Accident. Hospital President Run Over

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 4

Mr. Edmund Aubin, one ofg the best known miners of the district, and president of the Kurri District Hospital committee, was found lying, badly injured on the Aberdare…

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Railway Accident at Weston. Well-known Resident Run Over. Dreadful Injuries

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 2

A very serious accident is reported from Weston, the victim of which is Mr. E. Aubin, President of the Weston Miners' Lodge and the…

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Railway Disaster. Troop Train Wrecked. Capetown, Sept. 11

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 13

A colonial troop train, which was conveying 500 men belonging to the Kaffrarian Rifles, was crawling down a steep winding pass at dusk when the engine left the rails…

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21 Train Loads of Booty. London, Sept. 15

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 3

Twenty-one trainloads of booty from the Marne have been brought to Vincennes. It includes eleven guns, seven motor waggons full of ammunition, four, machine…

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Desolate Dead Sea Region. Turkey's Klokdyke. a Motor Boat Trip Around the Lake

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 14

The Jerusalem correspondent of the "Birmingham Post" writes:— There is every possibility of the Dead Sea, in Palestine, becoming a centre of great…

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Accident Near Aberdare. Miner Found on Railway. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 7

Edward Aubin, 45 years of age, a minor, and president of the Kurri Kurri District Hospital, was found lying onthe railway line near Aberdare this…

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Narrow Escape of Train. Collision with Horses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 September 1914 · page 5

The limited express from Sydney to Melbourne had an exciting experience on Saturday morning. At 5 o'clock the train, in charge of Driver James Anderson…

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Motor Bandits. Death Before Capture

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 3

Johannesburg, Saturday.—The Jackson gang of motor bandits, whom the police were in watch for when General de la Rey was shot in error, took…

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Cycling. Road Race

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 7

The Fullerton Cove Amateur Bicycle Club, Newcastle, held a seven-mile road race on Saturday last, Great interest was taken in the race on account of being the last of the…

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Regulating Motor Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3

The regulations of the Motor Traffic Act will shortly come into operation within the own of Gessnock. The shire council has received a number of speedlimit gignboards, and…

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Aeroplane Bomb. Dropped on Red Cross

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 6

Amsterdam,. Wednesday.—A second aeroplane bomb was discovered in the courtyard of Calvarioriburg, a religious house at Maestricht, in which the Dutch…

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Narrow Escape of Train. Collision with Horses

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 10

The limited express from Sydney to Melbourne had an exciting experience on Saturday morning. At 5 o'clock the train, in charge of Driver James Anderson,…

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Motor Car and Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 4

A serious collision occurred on Friday afternoon at Lochinvar between a motor car driven by Mr. Forrester, of Branxton, and Mr…

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Great Railway Disaster in Scotland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 14

Many persons lost their lives recently through the disaster to the Highland train, which fell through a viaduct into a flooded stream at the Battemgorm. Some bodies have been recovered but others are still unaccounted for…

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New Railway Locomotives. of Australian Design

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 16

The third of 30 huge railway engines now in course of construction at the Eveleigh Government works has been turned out on the track.. These engines are known as the…

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