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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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Another Railway Fatality

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

At Springwood this morning a [?] was run over by a train and kill[?] instantly…

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Anarchy and Massacre. a Disorganised Railway. Atrocious Doings. Rioters to Starve

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 2

Anarchy prevails upon the Siberian railway. All the stations have been pillaged by the returning soldiers and the…

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The Bridge Approaches

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 5

The Peking of the bridge approaches is being severely dealt with by the wheat traffic, and men constantly engaged in replacing broken planks…

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Wancunyah-springhurst Train. Summer Time-table. Wahgunyah to Springhurst

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 6

Daily.--Depart 7.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.--Depart 1125 a.m. Springhurst to Wahgunyah…

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Correspondence. Mulwala Road. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 37

Sir,-I crave space, for a few lines on behalf of a large number of your readers for the purpose of drawing the attention of those in power to the disgraceful state of the Mulwala road at…

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Railway Carriage Ablaze

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 29

Shortly after 1.30 on Friday morning an explosion of gas occurred at the Newcastle Railway Station and a first-class carriage was seriously damaged. It…

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Activity on the Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 28

If the railway traffic of a country, as has often been stated, is the barometer of trade, the returns of the New South Wales railways during the last half-year…

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Railway Freights on Wheat. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 4

Messrs. G. R. M'Laurin and R. T. Ball, M's.L.A., interviewed the Premier to-day on the subject of certain demurrage charges imposed by the Railway Department on…

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New Motor Car

The Independent · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

Mr A. McBean, of Windouran, has purchased from the Tarrant Co. Melbourne, a 16-20 h.p). Argyle motor. This is the largest machine…

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Railway Bridge Blown Up

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

A body of insurgents exploded dynamite under a railway bridge on the Vistula line, at the moment that a passenger train was crossing…

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Huge Railway Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 2

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" stationed at St. Petersburg, telegraphs that a strike is now in progress in eleven provincial railway…

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Train Breaks Away

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

One day last week a portion of the Wahgunyah train, comprising a van, carriage, and some trucks, broke away at Springhurst, and ran back…

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Railways in the Desert

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 35

A recent report by the German commercial attache at Constantinople gives some particulars of the railway, now in course of construction, which will ultimately…

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The Railway Strike. Republic in the Caucasus. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 26

The St. Petersberg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that there is a strike on 11 provincial railways, 120,000 men, being idle, and that the revolution is…

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Wahgunyah Railway, Station

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 4

Several Charges have taken place in the personnel of the staff at the Wahgunyah railway station. Driver Mulcahy has been transferred, and we…

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Carriages for English Railways. Over Four Hundred. to Be Built in Germany

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 January 1906 · page 3

The Metropolitan Railway Company of London has placed orders in Germany for 440 new railway carriages. The British firms who competed for…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Murdered in a Train. Prominent French Architect. Robbed of £14,000. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

M. Durel, a prominent French architect residing at Geneva, in Switzerland, was foully murdered in a train while thundering through a long…

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Counterfeit Railway Bonds. Humphreys Confesses

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

Samuel Humphreys, who, together with Charles Seton, was arrested in connection with the counterfeit Norfolk and Western Railway scrip, has…

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Railway Grain Sheds

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

The concrete flooring in the grain shed at Corowa railway station is now complete and affords a striking contrast to the appearance presented…

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Collapse of a Bridge

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 4

A nine horse waggon loaded with 105 bags of wheat, driven by Mr. Andrew Nagle from Coreen, was crossing the second bridge between…

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