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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

641 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 33

Two Train Robbers. Get Seven Years

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

Two men who were implicated in the train robbery at Nylstroon in No domber last, when specie to the value of £10,000, belonging to the Standard…

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Looping the Loop with a Motor Car. Sensational Accident. Girl Suffers Terrible Injuries

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

A sensational accident occurred during a circus performance at Madrid on Saturday. An American girl named Mina Alex…

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Japanese Government Takes Over Railway Lines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 3

The ne Japanese Military Ordinance empowers Government to take over and control all private lines of railway for military purposes…

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Another Great Railway Project. Shifting the World's Commercial Axis

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 1

The completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway has given birth to a new enterprise in which the American and French capitalists seem to…

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Cheap Excursion Train

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last excursion trains left Melbourne for all country stations an the north-eastern the returning to the motropolls on the following…

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Mr. G. F. Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 28

Mr G. F. Train, whose death was announced by cable recently, established the firm of Train and Co, shipping agents, in 1853. Previously he had…

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School of Arts. Corowa Road Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

The annual meeting of subscribers will be held at the institute to-night (Friday) at 8 p.m, At the annual meeting held yesterday, the date for the Autumn Daces was fixed for March 9 and 10. A full report will appear next issue…

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A Train Robbery. Large Amount Stolen. London, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 26

A train on the Southern Pacific railway, in California, has been stopped, boarded, and robbed by brigands, in the county of San Luis Obispo. The robbers secured booty…

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A Terrific Rain Storm. a River Rises Thirty Feet in Forty Minutes. a Bridge Destroyed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

A ra[?]torm, terrible in its offects, has occurred at Bowker's Park, Cape Colony. The Lesseyton River rose thirty feet…

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The Siberian Railway. London, January 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 26

Official reports have been published which show that the Siberian and Mauchurian railway has cost Russia 845,000,000 roubles (£84,500,000), and that the Czar contributed…

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Railway Fatality. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 3

Mr. Candler also conducted another inquest into the cause of the death of Samuel Lee, about 68 years of age, of no occupation, who was found in a…

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Stratimerton-tocumwai, Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

There ia likely to be some delay in carrying out the agreement between New-South Wales and Victoria with respect to the construction of the railway connection…

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American Railway Smash. Sixty-Three Victims

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 4

The Sun Francisco Chronicle received at Sydney by the steamer Sierra on Friday, contains tan account of the terrible railway disaster which occurred…

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The Tramway Question

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

With regard to the remarks of the Sydney Tramway employes converning their greivances, the authorities traverse many of their statements, and…

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Trans-siberian Railway. Everything Gives Place to Military Stores. General Merchandise Blocked

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

The merchandise traffic on the Trans-Siberian railway will be suspended after February 2, so as to free the line for the transport of troops and…

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The Tramway Service

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

There have been ugly rumours of a strike on the part of the tramway employees. The root of the trouble is in the withholding of certain increases of…

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Albury-wodonga Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 2

It will be good news to the public travelling between Wodonga and Albury, that the Wodonga Shire Council have arranged to call for tenders for…

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Mount Kembla Motor Carcase

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 3

The Mount Kembla Motor Car conspiracy case was concluded to-day. Two of the defendants were discharged, and the case against two…

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Boy's Wild Ride on a Car Step. "Perilous Journey of a Boston Youth on a S[?] Flying Train

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 4

A few weeks ago Arthur Hahne a Boston boy of fourteen made up his mind that he would like to see the great city of New York. He has no…

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Motor-car Accident. Collision with a Tree. London, January 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 26

A serious motoring accident is reported : from Cannes, the well-known watering place in the south of France. An English car, travelling at a rapid rate, collided with a tree,…

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