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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Railway Accident. Ten Casualties. London, April 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 27

A serious railway accident took place yesterday in Yorkshire. An engine was being shunted at Huddersfield, when it collided with a passenger train running in from Bradford. The…

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The Carriage of Wool on the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 25

The lately revised rates for the carriage of wool on the Victorian and New South Wales railways have (says the "Argus") been closely investigated by those interested, for the purpose…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Fatal Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 3

This afternoon a railway accident happened by which an old man named Daniel Prinall, aged 83, lost his life. A pilot engine was proceeding from…

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The Latest in Motor-car Engines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 April 1905 · page 2

A motor car, called the Adams-Farwell! which has been constructed in America has for its novel feature a remarkable 20, h. p, horizontal three-cylinder air cooled…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Man and Horse Killed by a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred on Saturday at the Toongabbie railway station, where an unknown man and a horse were killed by a passing train…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Injured at a Railway Crossing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 3

A youth named Charles Anderson, 19 years of age, was found lying on a railway crossing at midnight on Saturday. He had evidently been…

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A Long Line of Railway. Tomsk to Tashkand

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1905 · page 2

Russia is constructing a line of railway from Tomsk, a town in Western Siberia on the River Tom, to Tashkand, the capital of Russian…

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District Road Improvements

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 2

With reference to a communication from the Savernake branch of the Farmers and Stators Association, addressed to Mr. R. T. Ball, M.L.A.,…

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Central Asia. Great Russian Railway. London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 27

Notwithstanding her internal discords and her troubles abroad, Russia has entered upon tho construction of a great railway designed to develop her Central Asian…

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Women in Charge of Railway Stations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 29

At the last meeting of the Nunwading shire council (Vic.) held at Box Hill, Councillor Husband drew attention to the downfall of the neighborhood, which he…

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Trans-siberian Railway. London, April 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 26

The block on the Trans-Siberian Railway has become so great, owing to the failure of the line to carry the war traffic, that the delay in the transit of goods now…

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What Our Member Is Doing District Road Improvements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 3

With reference to the letter from the Brocklesby Farmers and Settlers Association, sent through Mr. R. T. Rail, M.L.A., urging the…

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Railway Improvements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 May 1905 · page 2

The task of relaying the railway line between Wahgunyah and Springhurst is proceeding very satisfactorily. Two gangs of men, aggregating close…

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Brutal Motor Car Driver Runs Over a Child. Committed for Trial. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

A chaffeur, or motor car driver, of Spanish birth, who was in the emptoy of Mr Hildebrand Harmsworth, editor of the "Now Liberal Review," and one…

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Japanese Uti Lise Sin Min Tin Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 2

Advice state that the Japanese are largely utilising the Sin Min Tin railway for the transport of troops and provisions,…

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Victorian Railway Strike. Re-employment of Strikers. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 10 May 1905 · page 3

For some time past agitation has gone on for the reinstatement of the locomotive enginedrivers and firemen who throw up their work in the last…

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General War News. Reorganising the Train Service, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 May 1905 · page 2

General Linievitch has forbiddon officers the use of trains do luxe, when travelling to the suet of war. This action has made 200 more…

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A Runaway Tramcar

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 29

An exciting incident occurred on the Rose Bay electric tram route on Saturday morning. The driver of a car could not get the brakes to action reaching Darling…

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Starving Stock Railway. Rates

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have rescinded the starving stock rates in consequence of the beautiful rain which have fallen over the State…

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Cablegrams. a Railway Holocaust. Dynamite Consignment Explodes. Twenty Persons Incinerated. Over Seventy Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

News of a tearful railway accident comes from Harrisburg, the capital of pennsylvania, on the left bank of the susquchamna River. A driver of a heavily laden freight…

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