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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

324 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 8 of 17

North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 13

At the Woolla a temporary suspension bridge about two chains in length has been erected over a gully fully 50 feet deep. The bridge is suspended…

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Ladies' Compartments. on Englich Railways. Male Intruders Fined

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 5

As a result of the alarm caused by the Merstham and Crick Tunnel tragedies, the Midland Railway Company have recently reserved special compartments…

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Great Motor Cycle Bide

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 5

THE latest English mail contains particulars of another great motorcycle, ride by H. A. Collier, the famous English motor cyclist. At the…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 7

SOUTHERN exchange publish the following—At the Wolls a temporary suspension bridge, about a chains in longth, has been erected over a gully fully 50 fet deep. The…

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Newee Bridge

Nambucca News · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 6

At the last meeting of the Bellingen Shire Council a letter was read from the Works Department in respect to the construction of…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

Nambucca News · Friday 18 June 1909 · page 7

The precipitancy of a workman in pulling the lever of a switch caused the second car of a three-car train on an elevated railroad to fall forty feet into…

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£2,000 Damages. Claim by a Railway Fettler

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 9

The civil sittings of the Launceston Supreme Court commenced on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Nicholls. William Radford, a fettler, employed by the…

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"Wireless" on Railways

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 17

That wireless telegraphy as a means of communication between moving trains and dispatching offices is possible has been proved. Messages have…

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Accident on the Railway Works on the Manning. Several Men Injured

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 15

THE first accident of any serious consequence in connection with the construction of the Taree-Gloucester section of the North Coast Railway…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 18

SOUTHERN exchanges publish the following : -- At the Woolla a temporary suspension bridge, about 2 chains in length, has been erected…

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Serious Tram Collision

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 11

Yesterday afternoon two electric trams bound for Sydney collided at Leichhardt. Both the cars were badly damaged. Two passengers…

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Train Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 6

OWING to the brakes refusing to sct, a tram car Irom Abbo[?]d, bound for the oity, crashed into the rear of a tram from Leichhardt, travelling in the same direction,…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 7

REPORTS from West Maitland state that except that a few days of enforced idleness occurred daring the recent wet weather,…

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Perilous Train Packing. Serious Side of Strap-hanging Method

Nambucca News · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 8

The dangerous overcrowding on the District Railway since its electrification is to be brought before the Railway Commissioners…

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Motor Car Tragedy. Heiress Killed and Millionaire Injured

Nambucca News · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 8

A terrible motor accident occurred in Long Island on 19th November, in which Mrs Frances Burton Harrison, daughter-in-law of the authoress,…

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Bowra Railway League

Nambucca News · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

At the close of the Agricultural Association's meeting on Saturday afternoon, a meeting of the above League was held in the School of Arts, Mr. P. Lamph…

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What the Aeroplane is

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 9

THOSE who picture an aeroplane as a silent, stealthy, swooping thing, gliding noiselessly through the air, have no idea of what an aeroplane is like, "It's about…

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£1,000,000 Thames Bridge

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 10

The plans for the reconstruction of Southwark Bridge, which was originally estimated to cost £500,000, have now been revised, it is understood, so…

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North Coast Railway. Satisfactory Progress

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 3

Except that a few days of enforced idleness occurred during the recent wet weather, work on the first section of the North Coast railway, between…

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North Coast Railway. Tendfr for Second Section

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 9

Six tenders were received for the second section of the North Coast Railway—Gloucester to Dungog— "Messrs G. C. Wilcocks and Co.,…

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