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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

641 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 33

New Railway Time Table

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 2

The new railway time table, partionlars of which have several times appeared in the "Morning Mail," comes into force to-day…

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Government Road Tenders

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

Mr. C. F. Napier North, District Works Officer, invites tenders in another column, returnable Friday, May 13, for works at Wallace-street…

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Alteration of Train Services

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 2

The Culcairn train will arrive at 10 a.m. instead of 8.55 a.m. from this date forward. No change in time of departure has been made. On the Wahgunyah…

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Boy Run Over by a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 May 1904 · page 3

William O'Rielly, a child ten years of age, met with a fearful death at Goulburn this morning. The child god on to the railway…

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Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

In consequence of the derailing of a train at Kimniswick in the State of Missouri, fifty persons were killed and injured…

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Railway Accident in France

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 2

The Paris to Basle express collided with a motor car on a level crossing at La Ferriermiere. Six persons word killed…

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A Marvellous Railway. Alpine Climbing Without Danger

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 1

The railway up to the summit of Mont Blane, which will shortly be commenced from Chamounix, will be the most marvellous one in the…

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Bridges on the Wodonga Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

The attention of the Wedonga Council yesterday was drawn to the unsatisfactory progress made by the contractor for the repairs to bridges on…

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The Railway—motor Car Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The express which collided with a motor car on the level corssing at La Ferriere, carried the car on the buffers for half a mile, owing to the driver…

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Stirring Up the Victorian Railway Department

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 2

A lengthy discussion took place at the Wodonga Water Trust meeting on Wednesday as the payment of the amount due to the trust for water…

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The Railway Conference

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners commenced their conference this morning…

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Revision of Railway Freights. Tapering Rates Abolished

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 May 1904 · page 3

The Victorian Railway, Commissioners have fixed upon the following rates for the carriage of coal and agricultural produce over the lines under…

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Wahgunyah Train Service

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 2

At the monthly meeting of the Rutherglen Borough Council on Monday evening Cr. Aitkin asked what auction the Council was going to take in…

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Railway Disasters. Train Derailed in Missouri. London, April 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 27

A shocking railway disaster occurred yesterday at Kimmswick, a town in Jefferson County, Missouri. By some means, not stated, a passenger train ran off the rails,…

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A Child Killed by a Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 34

A shocking fatality occurred on the Crookwell railway line within the Goulburn boundaries on Monday morning. William Joseph O'Reilly, aged 10 yearn, was running across…

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New Railway Rates. Important Alterations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 34

It is anticipated by the railway authorities that considerable commotion will be caused by the new railway rates published in the Government Gazette, which came into operation…

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Express and Motor Collide. London, May 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 27

A remarkable fatality occurred yesterday near Paris. A motor car, laden with passengers, was passing over the level crossing at La Ferriere, some 30 miles out of the city,…

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Motor Driver Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 3

The death of Arthur Gay, caused by being thrown from a motor tricycle on St. Kilda-road on Tuesday, was inquired into by the Coroner this…

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Seizure of Railway Material

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 3

The Japanese have also captured immense qualities of railway constructed material. It is supposed that it was the intention of the…

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Wodonga Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 2

Our Wangaratta correspondent writes —The friends of Mr. William Marriott will be pleased to learn that he has sufficiently recovered from the accident…

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