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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

314 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 9 of 16

Railway Accident. Eight Persons Killed. Many Seriously Wounded

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—A terrible railway accident occurred at Richmond, near Melbourne, this rooming, when the engine of the Elsternwick train…

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Train Collision in Victoria. Ten Killed and Over Sixty Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

ABOUT 9 a.m. on Monday the Windsor express collided in a fog with the Brighton train, which was leaving Richmond Station. Three cars were…

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Railway Smash in Victoria. Several People Killed

Nambucca News · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 3

A TERRIBLE railway smash occurred in Victoria on Tuesday morning, which resulted in nine fatalities and over one hundred people…

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The Victorian Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

The Coroner's inquiry into the Richmond (Vic.) railway disaster was opened this morning. All the jurors called acted in a similar…

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Motor Tricycle Fire Apparatus

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 17

Fire extinguishing authorities are constantly agitating for new and improved forms of emergency fire engines for narrow city streets; but it…

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Wonderful Amphibious Motor. The Latest Thing in Army Tactics

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 17

The idea of a combined motor-car and motor boat is not an entirely new one, but the first vehicle of the kind to be officially taken up by any…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Railway Stike in Canada

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

Owing to the strike of 10,000 men at Toronto the Grand Trunk Railway and all its branches have been hung up. An attempt was made last night to wreck…

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Railway Strike in England

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

As a result of the strike in connection with the North Eastern Railway in England 25,000 men are out of work and the strike is expected to spread to…

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Victorian Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 11

All the injured persons m the Richmond railway disaster are progressing favorably with the exception of three. Up to yesterday morning…

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Train Collision in Victoria

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

About 9 a.m on Monday the Windsor express collided in a fog with the Brighton train, which was leaving Richmond Station. Three cars were…

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Railway Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

A railway accident occurred at Melbourne on Monday morning almost equally disastrous in its effects to the catastrophe at Braybrook on Easter Monday, 1908…

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Runaway Railway Cars. Collision in Ireland

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 9

An alarming accident occurred on the railway at Roscrea, King's and Tipperary counties, Ireland. A portion of an excursion train standing in…

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North Coast Railway Activty Near Wingham

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 6

Good progress has been made during the past week or two with the work of plate-laying in and around Wingham—the permanent way has…

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Richmond Railway Disaster

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 5

Mr. Prendergast, loader of the Victorian Labor Party, declared that the Richmond disaster shows the need for better management…

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Railway Matters

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 4

At the recent meeting of the Railway League the statement was made that the organisation had not held a meeting for 18 months…

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North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 6

Mr. Philip Lamph, President of Bowraville Railway League, writes to the "Herald" as follows:—Sir: The Government Surveyor is at present in this Nambucca…

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Railway League

Nambucca News · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 2

A meeting of the Bowraville Railway League was held in the School of Arts on Saturday evening last. Mr. Philip Lamph presided, and…

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North Coast Railway. Activity Near Wingham

Nambucca News · Friday 29 July 1910 · page 3

Good progress has been made during the past week or two with the work of plate laying in and around Wingham--the permanent way being now completed for two…

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Attempted Train Wrecking. a Good Reward Offered

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 8

A sensational attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Clifton-hill railway line last month has puzzled the police and the departmental…

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North Coast Railway Heavy Art Llery

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 July 1910 · page 10

Mr. Con. Hogan, the selected Labor candidate, addressed about 100 men at the four-mile camp on July 24th Mr. St. John was in the chair…

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