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Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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American Railway Accident. 23 Negroes Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 2

Yesterday at Camlet in North Carolina, U.S.A., a passenger train collided, with fatal consequences. Twenty-three negroes were killed by…

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A Sensational Plunge. Train at Botton of a Lake

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 3

A shocking catastrophe has occurred in Washington (U.S.A.). A train travelling at a high rate of speed jumped the rails near Spokane…

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N.S.W. Parliament. Tackles the Railways. a New Bell Brought In. Important Proposals. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 2

In the Legislative Council to-night the Supply Bill was taken through all stages. In the Legislative Assembly Mr…

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Railways In Japan. Government Purchases. London, July 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 15

An important step towards the nationalisation of the railways in Japan has been made by the Japanese Government. It has purchased six separate railway…

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Railway Sensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 28

The Kalgoorlie mail train, which left Perth at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning, met with an accident at Clackline. Portion of the train was pulled, off into a…

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Railway Collision at Cootamundra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 27

A railway collision occurred at Cootamundra on Saturday evening, doing considerable damage to rolling stock, and resulting in Fireman King being…

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Cablegrams. General Cables. the Deadly Motor Car. Nearly Spoils a Honeymoon. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth had a narrow escape from a serious accident while motoring at Bayreuth in Germany…

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In a Tramcar

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

Just as she entered the doorway the car gave a lurch, as street cars are apt to do, and the pretty girl was thrown into the lap of a fatherly Irishman…

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A Railway Bore

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 7

Mark Twain tells the story of Ward's encounter with a "railway bore," who look the seat beside him in a carriage on a journey to Washington…

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The Lockhart Railway. a Significant Remark

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 3

Mr. Ball, M.L.A., yesterday introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works, which wanted to get a report on the advisability of extending the…

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Train Robbers in France. Rob an Australian

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

An Australian named Mrs Gardiner, while travelling in the train from Marseilles to London was robbed of £40 in cash and several hundred pounds…

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Cablegrams. the Crisis in Russia. Revolutionaries Busy; Stop and Rob a Train! London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

A band of revolutionaries stopped a train on the Vistula railway near Warsaw. After killing the guard tho band decamped with the sum of…

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Funeral Services Follow the Terrorists at Work. Sensational Assassinations. Eight High Officials Shot. a Tragic Train Journey

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

Startling intelligence has just been received from Warsaw. A number of Polish Terrorists held up a train to which was attached a social saloon car conveying a num…

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The Deadly Motor Car. a French "Prince" Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 3

"Prince" Eugene Louis Michel Joachim Napoleon Murat, oldest son of Prince Louis Napoleon has met with a fatal accident while motoring…

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Lockhart-mulwala Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 2

A deputation on Thursday in Sydney asked the Minister for Works to get a report on the advisability of extending the railway from Lockhart…

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Howlong Walbundrie Road

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 3

Mr. B. T. Ball M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department, Sydney, dated 23rd July 1906…

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Tramway Men's Grievances. the Surprising Firmness of Mr. Carruthers!

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 3

A deputation representing the tramway employes waited on the Premier to-day to ask for a Royal Commission to inquire into a number of alleged…

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A Remarkable Railway Accident. in America. of Course. Landslide Overturns Train

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

A New York Central Railway express train was travelling on an embankment adjoining the Hudson River, near the town of Chelsea, N.Y…

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Railway Disaster. Train Struck by a Landslide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 37

A railway accident which has occurred in the State of New York was caused in a singular way. An express on the New York Central Company's line had reached…

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Train-wrecking Lunatic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 7

SCHOOLBOYS ASSIST CAPTURE. The dangerous lunatic, Caleb Josiah Daniell, who on Wednesday night, 23rd May, escaped from the Cornwall County…

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