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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

309 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 16

Short Story. a Railway Romance

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 2

Samways is a porter with whom I have struck…

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Fatal Road Accident. a Man Killed Near Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 June 1901 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon about 5 p.m. information was given to the local police that a man named John Robb has been very badly injured on this Corrong road about five miles…

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Murdered by a Pin-prick. In a Russian Railway Carriage

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 19 June 1901 · page 1

Russia has ever been a land of tragedies, and some of the most artistic crimes have been committed there. Not long back, accompanied by Prince and Princess Apalinoff,…

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Short Story a Railway Romance

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 1

Sim ways is a porter with whom I have struck…

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Kitchener's Narrow Escape. On the Railway Near Pan Station

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1901 · page 1

An officer, writing Home from Belfast, Transvaal, under date January 31, 1901, gives the following interesting account of the escape of Lord Kitchener on the railway…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 1

After a serious railway accident recently the injured passengers were taken to a station, close at hand as fast as they could be freed from the…

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Canine Tramps

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 2

The street dogs of Constantinople are a eature of that city. They go about unowned and uncared for, and acquire a wonderful knock of looking after themselves…

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The Railway Commissioners at Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 July 1901 · page 2

ON Friday last the Railway Commissioners paid a visit of inspection to the Corowa station and were met by Messrs. F. C. Piggin, W. H. Hudson and Dr. Shortt,…

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Eating Railway Iron

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 5

Iron for the blood has evidently been prescribed for the qunils at Florida at leas[?] thest birds are cating steel rails on the tracks of the sugar belt near Runnymede. [?] The…

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Burglary at the Rock. Railway and Post Offices Ransacked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 39

Considerable excitement was caused at The Rock on Sunday morning when it was discovered that a daring and burglarious entrance had been effected to the local…

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Only a Tramp

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 July 1901 · page 5

"Only a tramp," so they say, "nothing more," Lying there dead where the surf beats, the shore,…

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Road-making Machine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 29

A series of trials was given on Saturday in road making cutting, water-tables, &c, at Cootamundra before the mayor and eldermen and a large number of spectators. Drawn by…

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Correspondence. Progress Association and the Closed Roads.to the Editor Berrigan Advocate

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 3

SIR,—In your report of the last meeting of [?]Berrigan Progress Association I was re[?] as having said—“That the Association was getting into bad repute with the…

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A Block-house Fight. Uses of an Armoured Train. London, July 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 26

A correspondent of the Daily News gives an account of a serious reverse that has befallen the Boers south of Kroonsladt, in the Orange River Colony, The guards…

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West Australian Strike. Railway Hands Gone Out. Perth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 37

The railway trouble came to a head at mid-night last night, when the strike was declared on. As soon as 12 o'clock struck the electric lights were turned off in all the station-yards…

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Raids on the Railway. Fifteen British Killed. London. July 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1901 · page 26

The Boers have made a descent on the railway from Pretoria to Pietersburg, and wrecked a train at Naboomspruit, 106 miles from Pretoria. A number of troops…

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Railway Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 July 1901 · page 2

Mr. McKellar, a well-known resident of Kyne on, fell from a train yesterday and fractured the base of his skull. PEBTH, Tuesday…

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Members Railway Passes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 28

Ex-members of Parliament naturally feel both to part with their railway passes. The Act provides that these should be given up immediately new members are appointed…

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The Railway Trouble in West Australia. Strike Ended. Perth

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

The settlement of the strike has just been formally announced at the Governor Broome Hotel, the headquarters of the association strike committee. Mr. Holmes, the Minister…

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Railway Construction

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 2

The railway construction policy of the present Minister for Railways in Victoria (Mr Trenwith) is not,, to all appearances, in conformity with the…

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