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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

124 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 7

Dreadful Accident on the Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 December 1882 · page 15

The Yass Courier relates that a man named Thomas Fahey, who was the foreman of a number of fettlers on the railway line, was killed by the mail-train running over him…

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Railway Construction and the Necessary Labour

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 20 December 1882 · page 2

During the last twelve months the difficulty of obtaining suitable workmen for the work required to be done, both in town and country districts, has been severely felt, not only in New South Wales but…

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The Hamley-bridge Murder. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1882 · page 11

At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court to-day, the trial was commenced of Patrick M’Gree, Elizabeth M’Gree, his wife, and their daughter Margaret M’Gree, aged 14,…

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The Jerilderie Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1882 · page 14

From the last issue of the Narandera Argus we learn that the stiffest gradient upon the above line is 1 in 50. The total amount of cuttings upon the line…

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