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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Knocked Down by a Train. Plaintiff Awarded £40

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 3

Reserved judgment was also delivered to-day for Thomas Drake, who proceeded against the Railway Commissioners for injuries sustained…

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Railway Fatality at Temora

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned in connection with the shocking fatality which occurred at the Temora railway station. The evidence showed that at the…

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Railway Inquiry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 2

A departmental inqulry was held at the Wahgunyah railway station during last weak into the cause of the recent derailment of the tender while…

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Special Train to Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 2

A special train in connection with the Wagga show, with fares at cheap excursion rates, will leave Albury to-day at 7.25 a.m., and will arrive at Wagga at 10.35…

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Another Russian Horror Railway Station Commander. a Terrorist Victim. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 5

Another case of assassination is reported from Russia. Colonel Schnoetier, commander at the Bialystok railway station, is the latest victim…

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WANGARATTA. Tuesday. Eccentric Railway Passenger

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 5

On the arrival of the Sydney Express at Wangaratta on Monday morning an elderly lady was observed behaving in a very peculiar manner…

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Motor Car Driver's Last Race. Run Down by a Railway Engine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 3

A shocking occurrence is reported from the State of Massachusetts. Mr. Root a wealthy manufacturer, accompanied by his mother, sister, aunt, and niece, was…

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Leaving a Moving Tram. Verdict: Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 3

An inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances attending the death of a woman named Mrs Coleman, who was killed through sustaining a…

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Closing a Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 6

In the Gazette of the 7th August, under, the heading—Additions to Show Grounds—appears a notification closing the road containing one…

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Valuable Jewellery Disappears. Theft at a London Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 3

The Euston railway station (London) has also been the scene of a daring robbery. A thief decamped with a bag containing jewellery valued…

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Motor-hearses

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 8

The Berlin police have (according to the "Dally Mail") Inspected and approved the first electric automobile hearse ever perfected, and it will…

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Russian Railways. Huge Embezzlements. London, August 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 42

The commission appointed by the Russian Government to investigate the condition of the Siberian railway, which gave such a defective service during the…

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Chief Commissioner of Railways

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 33

"I think we have a good man in Mr. Johnson," said Mr. Carruthers when talking to the Country Storekeepers' Association delegates in regard to the State Railways. "He…

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Exciting Railway Journey. Passenger's Murderous Attacks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 31

There was great excitement at the Picton station on Saturday when the Southern train arrived. A man named Wetherspoon, of Bargo, was travelling with…

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Fire on the Howlong Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 5

Shortly before 12 o'clock last night the Albury fire bell sounded an alarm, and the firemen quickly responding, proceeded in the direction of a glare at the Western…

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The Upper Murray Railway League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 2

The Wagra Board of the Upper Murray Railway League are getting to work in earnest, and a meeting will be held some time this week to…

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In a Tramcar

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 2

A woman with eight young children entered a tramcar which was already comfortably filled. The conductor became impatient because it took the…

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Run Over by a Motor Car. a Tramway Employe Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 3

George Stokes, a tramway yard foreman, was run over by a motor car last night on the Rushcutter Bay road. Stokes sustained a fracture of…

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Railway Accident on the Continent. Eleven Persons Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 August 1907 · page 3

The overland express, while travelling from Bordeaux to Paris, collided with a goods engine at 11 o'clock on Saturday night near Contras. Eleven persons were…

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Closing and Purchasing Roads

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

The Culcairn Shire Council notifies elsewhere the conditions with which applicants for consent to close and purchase roads must comply. With all such…

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