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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Lismore to the Tweed Railway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 3

IN the Railway Commissioners annual report this line is dealt with as follows :--" The first section of the Lismore to…

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The Ocean-street Tram

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 5

Quite a number of accidents have occurred along the line of route of the new Ocean-street cabletram in Sydney. Every day collisions occur between…

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The Waratah Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 5

A public funeral was accorded at Maitland on Sunday to Guard Maher, who died on Friday from injuries received in the Waratah Railway…

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Blanket, Billy and Tucker-bag. Humors of a Tramp's Life

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 3

"A MAN who puts a drum on his back will carry it to his grave." This is the first article in the Swagman's creed. Its truth is known only too well, from the Gulf to…

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Light Railways

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 6

INQUIRIES are being made by the Minister for Works with reference to the important question of light railways…

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Road to the South-west Rocks To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 5

SIR,--Kindly insert these few lines in respect to the bad state of the road leading to the South-West Rocks from Spencer's Greek. Only a few weeks ago a sulky was capsized…

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Terrible Railway Accident Eleven People Killed. Many Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 5

A fearful railway collision occurred yesterday morning at the Redfern (Sydney) railway station. The 9.30 express, bound for Goulburn, had…

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Bill Nye at a Place Where Two Roads Fork

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 November 1894 · page 7

We are moving about over the country, James Whitcomb Riley and I, in the capacity of a moral and spectacular show. I attend to the spectacular part of the business. This is…

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Redfern Railway Collision. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 November 1894 · page 4

Williams, the driver of the outward-bound train in the recent Redfern railway collision, was tried yesterday at the Central Criminal Court on a…

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The Tweed-lismore Railway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 December 1894 · page 4

The Minister reports that the Tweed-Lismore railway will be opened on the 22nd instant…

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