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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

309 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 16

Wyalong to Hillston Railway

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 1

During last week the Public Works Committee considered the expediency of constructing a railway from Wyalong to…

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The Railway Disaster. Two More Deaths

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 4

Two more deaths, due to injuries sustained in the railway disaster near Tempe on Friday evening last, have taken place, bringing the number of…

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Appalling Railway Calamity. Crowded Train Leaves the Rails. Nine Persons Killed. Twenty-two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 25

One of those awfully sudden disasters which plunge the community into dismay and mourning occurred on Friday evening on the suburban railway between Sydney and…

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The Sydney Railway Calamity

The Independent · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

Further particulars in regard to the above disaster state that a train left the Redfern station for Hurstville at five minutes to 6 o'clock, on Friday evening…

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A New Railway. London, February 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 34

The Russo-Chinese Bank has undertaken, on behalf of China, to construct a line of railway from Lake Baikal, in Siberia, to the western shores of which the…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 29

A shocking accident, resulting in the Instantaneous death of Charles M'Cartney, gatekeeper, at the Holmes-street gale crossing, took place shortly before 6 o'clock on Friday…

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Sydney Railway Extension

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 29

The State Minister for Works reiterates his intention to proceed next session with the scheme that he caused to be drafted last year for a circular railway through Sydney…

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Intercolonial Items. a Tram Conductor's Troubles

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 28

The tram conductor's life is not the merriest in the world. Taking one consideration with another, he has a pretty trying time. He is considered fair game by every spieler in the…

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Tocumwal Railway. Tocumwal

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 4

A large and representative meeting was held in Hillson’s Bali on Saturday night to meet Mr. Trenwith the Victorian . Minister of Railways ways. Mr G. H. Jeffries president, and…

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Railway Accidents M South Wales New

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 2

In referring to the railway accident on the Illawarra line last week which resulted in eight persons being being killed, the “S.M. Herald says:—“It is a matter for congratulation that the number of serious…

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Corowa Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 29

The yard of the Corowe railway station presents a busy scene at present, on account of a considerable storage of redgnm sleepers for the Railway Commissioners. Of late work has…

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Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 29

A serious accident to the passenger train from Ballarat to Maryborough was saved by the presence of mind of an engine driver. When the train was a mile past Talbot, the…

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The Proposed Tocumwal Railway. Visit of the Victoria Minister

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1901 · page 2

Mr. W. Trenwith, Minister of Railways, paid a visit to Strathmerton, Yarroweyah and Tocumwal on Friday last to inspect the possible routes of the proposed railway line…

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The Tempe Railway Disaster

Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 4 March 1901 · page 3

At the inquest which was continued at Sydney on Thursday, they visited the scene of the calamity to test the evidence to the Hon. J. H. Carruthers…

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Road Contracts. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 March 1901 · page 2

The tender or Edward Bourke, of Albury, has been accepted for road contract, No. 25, from Albury and Corowa to Urana…

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Railway Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 2

Within the past couple of days a series of railway accidents of a more or less serious kind have occurred at or near Penrith…

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The Corowa Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 5

ALL fears of the unsafety and instability of this important structure are now definitely set at rest. Mr. W. M. de Burgh, engineer for bridges in…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 29

M. Mathieson, Railway Commissioner, has received a cable message from London, asking it be would be at liberty to entertain an offer from the Midland Railway Company…

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A Railway Murder. a Death Sentence. London, March 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 27

In the middle of January last a shocking murder was committed in a railway carriage as a train on the South-western line was approaching London…

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A Dangerous Road

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3

A Tocumwal correspondent writes:—“ Numerous complaints have again been made by teamsters and farmers as to the dangerous state the road between the Horny-bridge…

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