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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 206

Passenger Killed. Motor Car Overturns

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 3

In attempting to negotiate a gutter in Park-street, West Wyalong, a car driven by Harry Ryan, completely overturned…

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Three Drowned. Wrecked Motor Launch

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 2

The bodies of three unidentified men, with a wrecked motor, launch, were discovered on the beach at Brighton-le-Sands, Botany Bay, late…

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The Railways. Departmental Report

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

The Railway Department has issued the following statement, outlining, the damage caused to the railways through the storm:—…

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Back Waters Stilu Rising. Waters Rise Over Railway Line

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 April 1927 · page 4

With the Hunter River and all its tributaries in flood, all low lands under water, the outlook for residents of the Lower Hunter was…

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Train Hits Motor Car

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 3

Mr. V. A. Cant, of Muswellbrook, was driving a motor car, in which were six persons, over the open crossing near East Maitland railway station when it…

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Aeroplane Crash (By Telegraph.) London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

A Royal Airforce Vickers Virginia 'plane crashed at East Church, and the four occupants were incinerated…

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Mail Train Marvels. Most Wonderful Train in World

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Punctually at 8.30 p.m. every night of the your there slips out of Euston Station, London the northbound section of the most wonderful train in…

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Train Travellers Have Hard Times

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 1

After being three days on a journey which ordinarily takes 25 hours, travellers who left Murwillumbah and other northern towns on Friday morning to…

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Three Injured. Struck by Motor Cycle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

Miss Rita Margaret Abbott, of Albury, Michael Doran and Herbert Maurice Boon, both of Hume Weir have been admitted to Albury…

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Muswellbrook Letter Gift of Motor Car. St. Aldan's Parish Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 2

The parishioners of St. Alban's (Church of England), having decided to present their rector (Rev. Reay Campbell) with a motor car for use…

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Railway Holocaust. 187 Persons Killed. Mexican Bandits' Work. Vancouver. April 20

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 5

A message from Mexico City stats: It ia reported here that 170 passengers and a military escort of 17 soldiers were killed to…

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Death From Injuries Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 April 1927 · page 4

Mr, David Wilson, of Newcastle, who on Tuesday evening, was knocked down by a motor car, succumbed to his injuries in the…

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Bridge in Danger

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 12

When the water came down in a torrent, the bridge over the main road at Abermain seemed in danger of collapsing. The Shire president…

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Lecture on Harbor Bridge

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

When in Sydney recently, Mr. O. G. Morton, M.I.A.E., obtained a promise from Dr. Bradfield, who is supervising the construction of the Sydney Harbor…

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Kline Street Bridge, Weston

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., interviewed the Minister for Local Government Mr. J. J. Fitzgerald) relative to the destruction of the Kline St…

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Damaged Bridge at Weston

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 4

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., recently interviewed Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Minister for Local Government, and Mr. M. M. ?Flannery. Minister for works…

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The Better Farming Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

Mr. C. B. Houghton, of the Department of Agriculture, will visit Dungog on 5th May in connection with the Better Farming Train. He…

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Train Travellers. Have Hard Times

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 2

After being three days on a journey which ordinarily takes 25 hours, travellers who left Murwillumbah and other northern towns on…

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Weston's Big Trouble The Kline-street Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 9

The approaches to Weston's "Bridge of Sigh's" the Kline-street bridge, have hem further washed away by the flood waters of this last…

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A Menace to Traffic Chinaman's Flat Bridge

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 22 April 1927 · page 12

The locality of the bridge on the Weston road, known as Chinaman's Flat, is usually noted for its bad roadway and don't-care appearance…

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