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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

309 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 16

Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1901 · page 27

Early on Tuesday morning Daniel O'Donghue, a resident of Ruby-park, Rook wood, was killed on the railway line near Clyde. O'Donoghue, who had been working as a…

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Short Story a Train Adventure. (Continued from last week.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1901 · page 1

Raglan righted a chair and put Miss Langham into it. Then the stripped to his shirt-sleeves and spoke to the lieutenant. ‘It is you and I for it, Bisby, and there…

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Tocumwal Railway Project. Engineer - in - Chief's Evidence

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 3

EVIDENCE concerning the proposal to tap the Riverina traffic by means of a line connecting the Victorian railway system with a point opposite Tocumwal…

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Railway Accident. Tram and Train in Collision. London, December 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 24

A shocking railway accident is reported from Lyons, in the south of France. One of the tram linos of the city crosses the railway at one point by a level crossing, and by…

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Bicycle Road Race

The Independent · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 2

The road race to Conargo on Thursday, which was promoted by the Committee of the Conargo Jockey Club, was not so successful as it…

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The Suction of a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 28

There is hardly any person, young on old, who does not like to see a fast railway train go by. There is a fascination in the rush and roar, the engine represents so…

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Only Road to Wisdom

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 14

Pearson—The only way for e man to learn all about women is to get married. Gregaoa—And study the ways of his…

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Railway Accident. a Man Run Over

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 19

A young man named Frederick Summerville, aged 25, met with a terrible accident on Sunday night at the Moonee Ponds railway station. A train from Essendon was…

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The Gunbar Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 December 1901 · page 20

At a recent meeting of the Temora to Gunbar Railway League, a resolution, proposed by Mr. A. G. Humby, and seconded by Mr. W. Fisher, was unanimously passed…

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