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Railways, roads & transport, 1925

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Railway Collision. Traffic Delayed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

A sensational railway accident occurred about three miles on the Wallerawang side of Rydal yesterday, resulting in the blocking of both up…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. Allen King, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. King, of Lindsay-street, East Maitland, died in the Maitland Hospital late yesterday…

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Railway Disaster. Heavy Loss of Life. London, Jan. 13

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

A number of people wore killed or injured in a railway disaster in Westphalia. An express from Berlin a Cologne came into collision…

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Singleton Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

The Hon. W. Bennett,/M.L.A., has been informed by the Under.Secretary. of the Public Works Dept., with reference to an inquiry as to the action…

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North Coast Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

The Taree Chamber of Commerce recently asked the Railway Department to prevent passengers for Newcastle and intermediate stations…

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Train Cut in Two

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

The 6.27 p.m. train to Ryde had left No. 5 platform, and was drawing from the "down" fast line to the "down" slow, under the second…

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Newcastle Road. Relief Grant Expended

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. E. F. Stevens engineer to the Tarro Shire Council, reported at its meeting to-day that the whole of the £9,600 grant for relief work has…

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Road Improvements. Progress Associations Confer

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

A conference of progress associations, to consider the condition of roads leading from Millfield. Paxton and El[?]along to Mount Vincent, was attended…

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Floods. Damage at Albury. Bridge Washed Away

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

Heavy rains have fallen in many country, centres, Albury having 680 points in 40 hours. A big flood is expected in the the Lower Murray…

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Railway Collision. Terrific Impact. Nineteen People Injured

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

Nineteen persons were injured when two suburban trains came into collision at 6.30 last night opposite the Mortuary Station. Sydney, near the…

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The Railways. Sir Sam Fay's Reported Interview

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The Premier (Sir George Fuller) stated that he had despatched a radio message to Sir Sam Fay, who was a passenger on the Orvicto, concerning…

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Around Australia. Motor Cyclist's Ride

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

After covering 5800 miles out of a journey estimated to be 9000 miles in length, Mr. A. W. Grady, the Perth motor-cyclist, who is making…

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Motor Fatalities. Coroner's Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

Special attention is directed in the annual report of Mr. D. Berriaman, P.M., Melbourne city coroner to the increased number of deaths caused…

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Ambulance Motor Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

On Anniversary night, January 26, on the Maitland Showground Speedway the Maitland Ambulance Brigade will run an exciting…

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Railway Smash. Victims Doing Well. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

All the victims of last night's railway smash were reported to be progressing favourably this morning…

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Railway Smash Wheat and Stock Trains Delayed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The breaking of an axle of a truck caused a sensational railway smash on the main western line, there miles east of Rydal on Tuesday morning…

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City Railway Accident. Narrow Escapes From Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

Two men had a miraculous escape from death at the city railway workings when part of a wall in the Bathurst-street section gave way and four…

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German Railway Disaster. Heavy Loss of Life. Berlin, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 2

A large number were killed and injured in the railway disaster at Westphalia this morning, whan the Berlin to Cologne express collided with a…

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Stowaway on Goods Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

At the West Maitland Police Court this morning, before Messrs. C. G. Carr Boyd and W. A. Ross. Js.P., Daniel Madden, 53, was…

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Big Train Smash Near Redfern Tunnel Train Cut In Halves

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

The most disastrous train smash in the history of the Sydney Station occurred on Wednesday night, when two suburban trains collided near the…

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