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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Gosford Railway Fatality. This Inquest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 5

The District Coroner (Mr. R. J. Baker) hold an inquest at Curimbah on the bodies of JamesO'Hara railway ganger. Sydney O'Hara, his son, aged 8 years, and George…

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Along the Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 4

The whole country along the northern between Sydney and Newcastle was enveloped in suffocating smoke yesterday, and bush fires are raging nearly every mile…

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Railway Hospital Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 4

We have received a copy of the twenty-fifth annual report of the Railway and Tramway Hospital, Consumptive, and Convalessent Fund. the income of the fund has…

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China and Japan. Railway Agreement. Pekin. March 8

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 5

At the China Japanese conference China agreed to a nineteen years' extension of the Southern Manchurian railway agreement…

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Railway Tragedy. Express and Tricycle Smash. Men Cut to Pieces

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 4

A railway tragedy took place near Ourimbah, seven miles on this side of Gosford, at about 6 o'clock on Saturday night. The incoming…

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Local News. Railway Mismanagement

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 3

Complaints by the travelling public at the serious inconvenience and annoyunce caused by the drastic curtailment of the train service continue to be made…

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Good Roads Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 1

The Millions Club has awakened a lively interest in this in many parts of the State, but what about, this district? The motor man with the light,…

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Railway Delays

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 5

Owing to the failure of an engine at Innalong Creck, the Temora mail arrived two hours late. The delay was responsible for the Albury mail being almost two hours…

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The Council's Siding. Visit of Railway Estate Agent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 2

For some considerable time correspondence has been going on between the West Maitland Council and the office Chief Railway Commissioner with reference to the…

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Strategic Railway. Commercial Advantages Outlined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 2

Other aspects of the proposed strategic railway to those already put before the public were referred to by the Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, in Melbourne on Tuesday…

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Railway Fatality. Man Cut to Pieces

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1915 · page 4

A shocking railway accident occurred close to Canterbury Station. Henry Geddings, 56, one of the labourers employed on the extensive railway construction works…

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West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, March 11. a Railway Cask

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 2

Frank Waight, a youth, pleaded guilty to having, at High-street railway station on February 7, alighted from a train on the wrong side of the railway carriage…

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Railway Grievances. Congestions Maitland Goods Yard. and Shoep[?] of Trucks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 5

The congested state of the West Maitland railway goods-yard, particularly on Wednesdays, and the shortage of trucks, was to-day brought before Inspector Evans, representing…

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Gosford Railway Fatality. Inquest on the Victims

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 March 1915 · page 1

An inquest was held at Ourimbah on Monday on the bodies of James O'Hara, railway ganger, Sydney O'Hara, his son, aged 8 years, and George Stanley Bates,…

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The City Railway. Proposed Modifications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 2

Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, has supplied some interesting information as to certain important modifications made in the city railway scheme as the result of Mr…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 4

According to an article in the "Port Macquarie News" the official opening of the North Coast line to Wauchope will take place on April 15, and the train will arrive at that…

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Spanish Railways. Serious Accident. Madr[?]d

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

A train, became derailed between Vigo and Orense. Fourteen persons were killed and eighteen others injured…

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The Train Service

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 6

The recent alterations in the train service have caused a good deal of inconvenience locally, but it is satisfactory to record that the shire and…

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District Intelligence. Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 14

On Saturday last Bishop's Bridge held the usual annual public school picnic in the school ground (writes a correspondent). Although, the weather even in the…

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Bridge Disrtr[?] at Ravensworth. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 8

Bush fires yesterday set alight Ravensworth railway bridge, a heavy wooden structure, burning two spans. The damage was reported to the Singleton, railway…

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