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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

350 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 18

North Coast Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

The departmental officers state that the survey of the whole of the North Coast railway will be completed within six months…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

Two employees of the Railway Department were killed on Saturday night at Goulburn owing to a collision between a train and a tricycle…

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Novel Bridge

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 8

The city of Toulouse, which already contains so many interesting monuments, has recently been enriched with a new and very remarkable…

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Will the Motor Oust the Horse

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 10

It would be interesting to learn (says a writer in the Field) whether in their opinion the motor has come to stay and oust all horse drawn…

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Holding the Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

At the conclusion of the cattle sale conducted by Messrs. Campbell and Son on Saturday afternoon last, and when the unsold stock was being…

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Freight Train Wrecked

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

A freight train has been wrecked at New Madison, Ohio, and several of the trainmen have been killed…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 3

Work on the Taree-Gloucester section of the North Coast railway was resumed on Monday. The big stone-crusher, which up to Christmas…

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The Railway

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

A West Maitland correspondent states that work is again in full swing after the holidays, on the first section of the North Coast railway, which is expected to be ready…

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Kempsey Motor Works

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

The rapid increase in the number of motor cars and cycles in the Macleay district has induced a thoroughly experienced engineer to take over the…

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Camorrist Prisoners. Removal by Armored Train. Old Murder Case Revived

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

Thirty-eight members of the Camorra, an Italian criminal secret society, who are charged with the murder of a man named Cuocols, and…

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Floods in Queensland. Seventeen Inches at Ayr, Railway Traffic Stopped. Burdekin Rising Rapidly

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 13

The Commissioner of Police has received advice that 17 inches of rain has fallen at Ayr. The Burdekin River is rising rapidly. Railway…

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Big Landslip on the Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 3

A tremendous landslip is reported to have occurred on third section of the N.C. Railway (Messrs Smith and Timms' contract), at what is known as…

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Round the World. a Motor Race. Competitors' Larder

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 11

On 11th February the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of Paris wrote:— The New York to Paris motor race…

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Railway Station Burnt. Damage Estimated at £150,000. Supposed Act of Strikers

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 4

The Central Railway Station at Santiago (Chile) has been partially burned, and some sleeping and restaurant cars destroyed…

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Railway Camp—Lower Barrington

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 8

There was a big land slip at the big siding (Spout.) The hill is cracked right across. I was speaking to J. Tirams yesterday and he tells me that…

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Glenreagh Railway. SYDNEY

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 5

Ten tenders have been received for the construction of the "Glenreagh South Grafton section of the North Coast railway. They will be reported…

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North Coast Railway

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3
Also in The Macleay Chronicle

Various rumours are current in political circles regarding the concessions made by the Government to certain contractors on the North Coast…

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Newee Creek Bridge

Nambucca News · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 4

When the councillors of the Bellingen shire council managed to squeeze some £700 from the Government to assist in the construction of a bridge…

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Silence in the Train. the Perfect Railway Manner

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 2

The perfect railway manner is one of silence, combined with a respect for the silence, hurry, and volubility of others. You should not force…

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