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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Railway Fatality at Breadalbane. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 2

A double Railway fatality occurred at Breadalbane yesterday morning. Two railway men, Patrick Horan, 59, and Richard Flood, 30, were returning…

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General Cables. LONDON, Friday. Railway Fatality at Capetown

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 2

A train-load of holiday makers at Cathcart, Capetown, toppled over the embankment. Fifteen people were killed and 50 seriously injured…

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Aeroplane Wreckage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

Aeroplane wreckage has been washed up on the beach at Mariakerki…

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Death from Heart Failure Tourist Dies on the Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 2

Two young men, Messrs. John F. Reid and W.M. Fender, who are engaged in the office of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, arrived at…

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Railway Accident at Bracking ADELAIDE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

Owing to a washaway on the railway line near Bricking, an engine was derailed, and crashed heavily into a culvert. Several…

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Heavy Rain Stops Railway Traffic. BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 2

Owing to the heavy rain all railway traffic west of Jericho and east of Barcaldine has been stopped. The line in many places…

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Railway Collision at Flinders Street. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 2

A passenger train was standing waiting to pull into the Flinders Street Station, last night, when [?]light engine running out of the yard…

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The Purchase of a Motor Car

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1911 · page 3

There is so absurd [?]people that those motor[?]much favor in the city [?]for use for the country. This [?]…

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Purchasing a Motor Car

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1911 · page 2

Last week we drew attention to the error there is in thinking and cheap car is suitable for heavy country roads, and as a furtherance of our opinion, we [?]…

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Motor Cars

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 2

THE growing popularity of good motor cars amongst country owners in becoming more apparent each week, especially now that the interior of sheep case is being…

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Train Held Up

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

Six masked men held up a train on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway, blew open a safe, from which they took…

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A Good Motor Trip

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 2

THE country traveller of The Perdrian Rabber Co., has just completed a trip in a one H.P. & [?]…

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[?] to Railway [?] and Their [?] the Red Light for Danger

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1911 · page 2

NO class of men in New South Wales should to [?] the [?] in the Federal Council [?] to be…

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Port August—Kalgoorlie Railway Gauge. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 2

At a meeting of the Federal Cabinet on Saturday some most important business was transacted. Ministers discussed the…

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Storm Damage to Railway. BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

The damage caused by storms on the railway line between Cairns and Herberton is estimated at £50,000…

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Railway Smash. Train and Trucks Collide. Wreckage at Clyde

Delegate Argus · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 1

A loaded goods train crashed into a a row of stationary trucks standing in the Clyde goods siding, Clyde, on Tuesday…

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Accident to Ipswich Train. BRISBANE. Monday

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

A crowded passenger train for Ipswich on Saturday night collided with a shunting engine. The passengers were started from their seats, and…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday, Railway Carriages Fall ago Feet

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1911 · page 2

A railway disaster occurred near Grahamstown, South Africa. Your carriages and a guard's van toppled from a bridge into a ocean 350 feet…

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General Cables. LONDON, Monday, Shocking Railway Disaster

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

A shocking railway disaster occurred at Easton, U.S. An excursion train was rounding a sharp curve at 50 miles an hour…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. MELBOURNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

A shocking motor car fatality occurred in King-street. A car skidded and collided with a telegraph pole. William Millins, the chauffeur, was…

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