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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1898

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African Railways. the Transcontinental Line. London, November 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

ln the Cape House of Assembly last night Mr. Cecil Rhodes, replying to criticisms which had been passed on the tariff in force on the northern railway (now…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Eleven Platelayers Killed. London, November 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 27

A shocking railway accident has occurred in the United States. During a dense fog tho Philadelphia express dashed through a gang of platelayers before they knew that…

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LUXURlOUS TRAIN

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 1

The new Siberian train which was recently sent to St Petersburg for the approval of M. Khilkow, Minister of Ways and Communications, returned to Moscow lately, after…

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Train on Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 2

The western mail train caught fire near Bourke last night, and was for a time in danger of total destruction. Two trucks with their contents were…

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Fire on a Mail Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 27

The western mail train caught fire on Monday night when within 27 miles of Bourks. The fire first broke out in the tarpaulin covering of a truck of chaff, about…

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New Union Bridge, Albury. Interesting Particulars

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 21

The new Union Bridge over the Murray at Albury is now nearing completion. In the course of a week or two the main contract will be finished. Some delay in opening the…

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Luxurious Train

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

The new Siberian train which was recently sent to St Pete[?]bury or the [?]ral of M. Khi[?]kow, Minister of Wa[?] and Comm[?] cations, reinrened to M[?]s latly after…

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The Old Union Bridge. Interesting Reminiscences of the Years 1860-1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 25

As the time is close at hand when the old Union Bridge which spans the Murray River and forms the connecting link between Albury and Wodonga will be demolished…

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Pacification of Cuba. Proposed Railway. London, December 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 26

Suggestions have been made by Mr. Russell Alger, the American Secretary for War, with a view to the pacification of Cuba. He proposes that America should…

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Sudden Death at the Bridge Hotel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

This afternoon a very sudden death took place at Malin's Bridge Hotel, the deceased being a man of about 15 to 50 years of age, named Patrick Holton…

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G. F. Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 28

George Francis Train, to whom Sydney owed its first tram system, away back in its civic history, is fast nearing the allotted span of three score and ten, but he…

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The Sudden Death at the Bridge Hotel. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 2

On Wednesday, Mr. F. H. Galbraith, Coroner, presided at an inquest held at the Courthouse, respecting the death of Patrick Holton, which was reported in the last issue…

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Hillston Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 35

The Government intends to submit the line from Grenfell to Wyalong to the Public Works Committee, so Mr. Young stated in the Legislative Assembly Tuesday afternoon…

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A Great Motor Scheme. Project by Mr Joseph Leiter. London, December 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 27

Mr. Joseph Leiter, of Chicago, who come months ago failed in an attempt to establish a corner in wheat, is now engaged in another large venture…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Boy Killed at Cheltenham

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 17

A horrible accident happened on the Cheltenham railway station on Wednesday afternoon, when a nine-year-old boy named Harry Mewett was run over and killed. The body…

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The New Bridge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 15

Mr. E. M. de Burgh, assistant engineer for bridges, Sydney, visited Albury on Wednesday, find in company with the Resident Engineer for Roads, Mr. Smijth, made a final…

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The Euphrates Valley Railway. Count Kapnist's Scheme. London, December 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 27

In July last Count Kapnist, a Russian, applied to the Sultan of Turkey for a concession for the construction of a railway from the harbour of Tripoli, in Syria, to…

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Railways and Public Buildings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 21

The Minister for Works gave notice in the Legislative Assembly yesterday morning of his intention to move to-day that the expediency of carrying out the following public…

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Russia in Central Asia. the Merv-kushk Railway Completed. London, December 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 26

The Russian railway in Central Asia, from Merv to Kusbk, on the Afghan frontier, has now been completed. The distance from Kusbk to Herat is only 95…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Crushed to Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 15

An accident attended with fatal consequences, occurred on Tuesday afternoon at the railway carriage cleaning shop, at Eveleigh, the victim being a young man named…

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