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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Spanish Railway Disaster. Train Leaves the Rails. Wing Crossing a Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 3

A railway disaster, accompanied by loss of life, has occurred in the South of Spain. A train, travelling at a high rate of…

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Touring Motorists

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

Messers. Jewell and Lane, of Sydney, arrived at Princes' Albury Hotel last night in a 20 h.p. Darrace motor-car on their way to Melbourne. They left…

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State Parliament Victoria. Parliament House, Melbourne, Tuesday. Legislative Assembly. Strathmerton to Tocumwal Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 3

In the Assembly this afternoon Mr. Bent, in reply to Mr. Graham, said he had not received any communication from New South Wales regarding the…

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The Bagdad Railway

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 1

The main efforts of the German Government during the last half of the thirty years since the formation of the Empire were almost entirely…

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The Wyalong Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 29
Also in The Corowa Free Press

On Saturday the Minister of Worsa, accompanied by one or two other Ministors, proceeded to Wyalong to open the railway from Temora to that town. It is…

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Serious Railway Accident. 35 Killed and Wounded. London, December 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 26

A serious railway accident has happened near Malaga, in the south of Spain. A train ran off a bridge 50ft. high, all the carriages except two being hurled to the bottom…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 2

At about 5.30 p.m. yesterday a painful accident happened to Mr. Mick M'Inerney, railway shunter at the railway carriage sheds. When…

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Railway Director in China. Degraded for Corruption

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 3

[?] gyl, the Director of the Northern Railways in China, has been degraded because he sold the [?] for £1000…

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A Railway Employee Severely Injured. Train Strikes His Tricycle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 3

William T. [?] a railway [?] while riding his tricycle along the rails of the Great line, near Kor[?]burra, was overtaken by a…

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Motor Cars

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 2

Motor cars ares being more rapidly introduced now into outlying towns, and another one passed through. Albury yesterday on the way to [?]…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Fatal Railway Accident. on Albury Express

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 3

This afternoon, John Anderson, a resident of Hunter-street, Richmond, while travelling by the Albury express, met with an accident which caused his…

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Japanese Warships Congregating at Port Arthur. Japan Asserting Herself in Corea. and Constructing Railways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 4

The Japanese warships are reported to be Congregating and Collec[?]trating off port Arthur, the Russian base. It is understood that Japan is…

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Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

An Inquest touching the death of John Anderson, who was killed last evening through being struck on the head by an open carriage attached to…

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The Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

Mr. Wm. De Abel and his staff have completed the work of repairing the bridge, near the Steampacket Hotel. Several decayed supports have been…

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Brisbane Tramways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 28

Mr Badger, manager of the Brisbane tramways, who was one of the representatives of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce at the Montreal Conference…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Swinging Carriage Door

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 35

A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday evening on the express train to Sydney, while it was passing between the Moonee Ponds and Essendon railway station. A passenger…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 29

A shocking accident occurred at Prince's bridge railway station, Melbourne, at halfpast 11 on Monday morning, when Mr James Hayes, inspector of car cleaners…

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Railway Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

A dreadful train fatality occurred an the north-eastern railway line, between Moonee Ponds and Essendon on Tuesday last. Seated in the Sydney express…

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Foreign Made Tram Rails.? London County Council Lets Contracts To, British Workmen. at a Higher Price Than the Foreigner Asks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 December 1903 · page 3

The London County Council recently decided to appoint a commission to enquire into the conditions of labour under which the workmen engaged in…

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