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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

641 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 33

A Curious Underground Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 October 1904 · page 1

A novel type of electric underground railway for handling postal matter, parcels, and goods has been put in operation in Chicago, U.S.A. A few years ago a…

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Found Dead on the Road. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 3

A painfully sudden death a young man named William Dairymple, on the Geelong-road during the early hours of this morning. He had been…

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Train Robbery in France. American Mails Rifled. Valuable Securities Stolen. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 2

A daring robbery has been carries out by train robbers on the French line of railway between the city of Paris and Rouen…

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A Tram Shunter Seized with Pains

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 3

A tram shunter named Arthur Murray, while at work at midnight on Saturday, was suddenly seized with severe pains…

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The Chinchuses Aggressive. Blow Up the Railway. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 2

A band of Chinchuses, or Manchurian robbers, has blown up the Southern Manchurian railway line between Mukden and Harbin, where it branches off…

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Japanese on the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 2

The first train run by the Japanese along the Southern Manchurian line of railway has arrived at Liaoyang. It has laden with large quantities of…

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The Chunchuses on the Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 2

Two bands of Chunchuses, each 1500 strong, are at present making particularly during attacks on the Russian railway communications north of…

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The To[?]umwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 October 1904 · page 2

At a meeting of Cob[?] residents on Thursday, is connection with the proceed Tocumwal railway, it was decided to collect statistics showing the trade…

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Railway Accident in Glanmorganshire. Six Carriages Derailed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 2

The locomotive engine attached to the New Milford express, bound for Paddington, jumped the metals when approaching the bridge over the…

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The Railway Accident in Wales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 3

A brave act has been chronicled in connection with the accident to the Now Milford express which occurred at the Loughor bridge near Swansea…

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Railway Disaster. Express Train Wrecked London. October 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 27

The Great Western express train from New Milford to Paddington met with disaster yesterday when approaching Loughor-bridge, near Llanelly, in Wales. The…

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The Central Railway Station

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 29

Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Works in the Legislative Assembly—(1) Whether he was aware that the Railway Commissioners were anxious to have the Central…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 29

James Martin, a resident of Carlingford, was killed at the Clyde railway station on Saturday evening. He with his wife and infant was on board the train for Parramatta. The…

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Mail Robbery. Railway Van Pillaged. London, October 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 27

A daring mail robbery has occurred in Prance. While a train, to which was attached a postal-van, containing the mails from Egypt, Italy, and France for…

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Collegians V. Railway C.c

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 4

The following is the team to represent the Railway C.C. in the match against the Collegians on Saturday on the Grammar School Ground, play to…

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A Way to Deal With Tramps

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 1

The authorities of Oakland, Maine, U.S., A., have adopted a novel method of ridding their town of the professional tramp. Whenever they discover him in their borders they…

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A New Bridge Opened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 3

The Hon. C. A. Lee, Secretary for Public Works, on Saturday officially opened the new bridge between Barham and Koondrook…

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Motor Car Racing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

Mr Heath, an American, driving a Panhard motor car representing the Automobile Club of France, has won the Vanderbilt Cup at New York,…

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Opening of the Barham-koondrook Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 3

On Saturday last the twelfth bridge across the river Murray connecting the States of Victoria and New South Wale was opened for traffic at Koondrook, the opening…

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General Cables. London, Tuesday. Railway Accident in America

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 3

A terrible collision has occurred between a holiday excursion train crowded with passengers and a freight train at Wavensburg, in Missouri,…

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