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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

108 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 6

Two Women Killed on the Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1885 · page 12

Two women living at Leighton were killed on the Cambrain railway, between Forden and Montgomery. They were trespassing on the line when the train leaving Oswestry at…

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Visit of the Railway Commissioners

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 3

IN prosecution of their annual tour of inspection the members of the Victorian Railway Commission accompanied by a party of other gentleman, visited Rutherglen and Wahunyah on Tuesday…

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Railway Culcairn to Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 November 1885 · page 14

A public meeting was held at the Courthouse Hotel, Howlong, on Monday last. Mr, Dornan was voted to the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that he was not in a…

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Boys' Column. The Sankaty Branch Road

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 2

IT seemed very strange to have the Sankaty Branch express train wizzing and shrieking through the huckleberry pasture and south meadow, and almost running into their potato…

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Killed by a Railway Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1885 · page 21

On Saturday morning, at about half-past 4 o’clock, the driver of the train which left Sydney at 1.15 a.m. noticed something on the line in front of the engine, and stopped the…

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Boys' Column. The Sankaty Branch Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1885 · page 2

IT seemed very strange to have the Sankaty Branch express train wizzing and shrieking through the huckleberry pasture and south meadow, and almost running into their potato…

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Fall of a Bridge in Michigan. Thirteen Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 8

A Reuter’s telegram from New York says:—“A despatch from East Saginaw, Michigan, states that while a crowd of people were standing on October 26 on a…

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Australian Railways. London, December 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1885 · page 14

Mr. Murray Smith, agent-general for Victoria, and Sir Saul Samuel, agent-general for New South Wales, bare replied to the article recently published in the Economist…

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