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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 3 of 17

Railway Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 11

Yesterday a goods train ran into a sulky containing three children at Wallendbeen railway crossing. One of the children named Mollie…

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Gladstone Bridge Caretaker

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

The tender of W. Ure, Gladstone, at 10s per week, has been accepted for caretaking at Gladstone bridge…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 3

MANNING Times writes:—Mr. Carter, one of the firm of Messrs. Rhys Jones, Carter and Co., the successful tenderers of the Taree to Glouster section of the North…

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North Coast Railway. Taree Gloucester Section

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 6

The Taree Gloucester section of the North Coast railway will probably be commenced about the middle of March…

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In Suburban London Bridge Players and Women

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 8

"A railway experience extending over a quarter of a century and acquired in different parts of the country convinces me that the average…

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North Coast Railway

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 4

The contractors for the Glouncester-Taree section of the North Coast, Railway, Messrs. Rhys-Jones, Carter, and Company, Ltd., have lodged their suriety…

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Railway Survey

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 3

The "Argus" reports that at the beginning of last week surveyors were busily engaged in marking out the North Coast railway at West Kempsey. Coming…

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Bridge-building Extraordinary

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

In no branch of the British Army are there more intelligent men to be found than in the Royal Engineers. They may be called the "Handy…

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On the Road to Mandalay. Forbidden Burma Now a Resort of Tourists

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 6

Burma, once forbidden, has become attractive to tourists. Steamships from Glasgow and Liverpool run direct to Rangoon. the great city of…

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A Motor Tragedy End of a Pleasure Party

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 5

A correspondent of the London "Daily Mall" telegraphed from New York on 7th October:— A large Panhard touring car,…

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Our Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 8

The programme for the "Railway" celebrations to take place in Gloucester next Friday, is outlined in our advertising columns ; and it is hoped that…

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The Dorrigo Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 8

EVIDENCE is being given before the Public Works Committee in regard to the Dorrigo railway. The Public Works Committee arrived at Coffs…

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Speed of Motor Cars. an Important Decision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 February 1909 · page 3

AT the Water Police Court last week, Mr. Smithers, S.M., concluded the hearing of the information laid by Sub inspector Macintosh against Geo…

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Science & Invention New Railway Signal

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 5

The numerous railway accidents which have recently occurred in Germany because of the failure of engineers to observe the signals, have…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 11

Mr. C. A. Lee, Minister for Works, turned the first sod of the Taree to Gloucester section of the North Coast Railway yesterday. In his…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 10

A train left the rails at Riobamba, Ecuador, and was hurled over a cliff 100 feet high. Twenty-five were killed and 40 injured…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 7

Friday 26th February the day fixed for the celebrations in connection with firing the first shot, in the construction of the third section of the…

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Motor Omnibus Runs Amok. Scene in Birmingham

Nambucca News · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 8

The motor omnibuses on the Edgbaston route, Birmingham, run with pleasing smoothness, and apparently the drivers have them under perfect…

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Terrible Disaster. on the Midland Railway. Expresses in Collision. Wreckage Ablaze. 7 Killed, 20 Injured. Terrible Scenes

Nambucca News · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

Not since the Bullhouse accident, near Penistone, in 1884, when 24 persons were killed and 60 injured by the breaking of a crank-axle of a fast…

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The Face at the Window. Peeping on a Train Results in Death

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 3

While travelling in a train from Lower Edmonton, on the Great Eastern Railway, a woman named Maggie Murphy suddenly started up and exclaimed to…

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