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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Cut to Pieces on the Railway. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1890 · page 3

James Watson, a plasterer, was cut to pieces yesterday whilst crossing the railway line near Burwood by a passing train…

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A Singular Road Occident

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 7

On Friday evening last Frederick Keogh, a traveller in the employ of Messrs. Rocke, Tompsitt and Co., wholesale…

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The Late Railway Occident. the Drivers Acquitted. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 5

At the Criminal Court, Thomas Farnham and John Buchanan were acquitted of the charge of manslaughter in connection with the Farley…

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Eight-hour Movement on Victorian Railways

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 June 1890 · page 7

A mass meeting of the Railway employees, consisting of station masters, clerks, porters, shunters and signalmen was…

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The North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 June 1890 · page 3

In the Assembly on Tuesday last Mr. Vivian moved 1. That this House is of opinion that the importance of the north coast districts, as…

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The Macleay Bridge and Other Works

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 4

THE deputation appointed to wait upon the Minister and press the petition, and to urge upon him the necessity for building the bridge over the…

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The Macleay Bridge. Deputation to the Minister Sydney, Thursday evening

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 4

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Hogan, Dangar, Hill, Panton, Herborn, Rudder and the Rev. Patterson, waited upon the Minister for Works at noon…

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Railway Proposals. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 June 1890 · page 5

The Legislative Assembly occupied a whole sitting considering the Railway from Molong to Parkes and Forbes line, which was agreed to by…

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A Woman run over by a Train

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

About 6 o'clock on Friday afternoon a woman, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was run over by a train at Stanmore station near Sydney,…

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Engineer-in-Chief for Railways. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

Applications are to be invited from England, America and the colonies for the position of Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, rendered vacant through the…

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Electric Tramway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

In the Assembly last week Mr. M'Millan said poles were being erected along the Waverly-Randwick tramway extention for the purpose of…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 3

A terrible railway fatality occurred at a late hour on Wednesday night near the Kensington station, Victoria, by which a young medical student…

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A Russian Exile's Story Imprisoned As a Nihilist. Prison Life, Its Cruelties and Hardships-- An, Escape From a Train--re-capture and Final Release

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 6

I am twenty-two years old, and already exiled for ever from my country. Four years ago I was a student in a university in one of the largest cities in Russia. In English…

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Our Roads

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 2

THE Borough Council was occupied on Friday night in another long discussion as to the formation of a part of Smith-street, extending from Felton's…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 5

A railway accident occurred yesterday at Penshurst, on the Hawksdale railway, which is still in the contractor's hands. The contractor's engine…

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A Buggy run into by a Train. Two Men Killed. Adelaide

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

James Comen, M.P., and Mr. Bulemore, manager of the Electric Supply Company of Adelaide, were killed on the northern line, yesterday, through…

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A Woman Killed by a Tram. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

The woman who was killed by a tram in Oxford-street has been identified as Mrs. Riddler, a boarding house keeper. It is supposed that after being…

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Grafton to Tweed Railway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 July 1890 · page 3

On the second reading of this Bill Mr. O. O. Dangar said, I shall certainly be prepared to support the Bill in its present form, and I do not think…

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Kempsey-armidale Road

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 2

THE above road is in such a disgraceful state that it is really unfit for traffic of any description. From Kempsey to Skillion Flat is just…

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Kinchela Creek Bridge

Macleay Argus · Friday 1 August 1890 · page 5

In this matter a report is to be made on the proposed design, with an opening the same as the Belmore River Bridge…

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