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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

227 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 12

Robbery at the Wodonga Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 19

A young man named John Murrell, a stranger in these parts, probably realises by this time that, to a person with a weakness for liquor, wine is rather a…

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A New Cable Tramway System

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 3

A now cable tramway system is to be a brought forward, it is said, at an [?] Mr, sturgeon whose name is well known in consecution with compressed air apparatus is…

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Jerilderie - Berrigan Railway., [?] (By [?] —From Our Correspondent) Sydney

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 December 1894 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday morning, Mr Young, Minister for Public Works, moved that the proposed line of light railway from…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 23

A shunter at the Albury railway station named Thomas William Buckpitt met with a terrible accident on Friday last, resulting in his death a few hours later…

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In a Railway Tunnel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 25

I had taken my first-class ticket at the London terminus of one of the great northern railways, and, having a long night journey to make, I looked about me for an empty compartment,…

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Terrific Gales in England. Fatal Shipwreck. Disastrous Railway Accident. London, December 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 21

For the last day or two gales of terrific violence have been raging in Great Britain. Enormous damage has been done, and many wrecks are reported…

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Disastrous Railway Colision. Thirteen Persons Killed and Many Injured. December 23

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 3

A disastrous railway collision has taken place, attended with serious loss of life. The express from Manchester to London, crowded with passengers…

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