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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

969 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 49

Serious Collision. Tram and Cab

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 September 1907 · page 5

When driving a cab along CastlereagH-Street last night a man named Hugh Brady sustained serious injuries. By some misadventure a collision occurred between…

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Left a Moving Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 3

The district coroner to-day gave a verdict that Everard John Blake (who was killed through stepping off a moving train), died through…

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Cycling. the Big Road Race Warrnambool to Melbourne. Road Strewn with Tacks. Won by M. B. Dobie

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 September 1907 · page 4

The eleventh of the great road races inaugurated by the Dunlop Rubber Co. in 1895 started this morning. The race was from Warrnambool to Haymarket,…

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Train Collision Driver Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

The Cardiff express train collided with a train loaded with minerals from New port, owing to a mistake in the signals. The driver of the mineral train, was…

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Cablegrams. American Railway Collision. Fifteen Persons Killed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

A Chicago express train collided with a freight train from Baltimore on the Ohio railway owing to a pointsman's mistake, with the result that 15 persons were…

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The Upper Murray Railway Meeting of Albury Branch of League. Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Bent to Be Interviewed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

A meeting of the Albury branch of Upper Murray Railway League was held at the Council Chambers last night. The Mayor (Ald. Waugh) presided, and there…

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Tramway Men's Discontent. New Eyesight Tests

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

The president of the tramway employes union was interviewed to-day regarding the discontent among the tram drivers and conductors in…

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A Railway Tragedy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

This morning a youth named Alfred Wallace Arnold, 16 years of age, living in Railway parade Kogarah, was proceeding by train to his work…

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St. Lawrence Bridge Collapse. Additional Details

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 6

The New Zealand steamship Foveric, which arrived at Auckland last week from San Francisco, brings American files to August 30. They contain the…

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Some Statistics of the Forth Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 3

When King Edward VII., then Prince of Wales, opened the Forth Bridge—Sir Benjamin Baker's most stupendous undertaking—His Majesty…

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A Slow Train. to the Editor

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 3

SIR.—One can quite understand the reluctance of many of the old people's feelings in England with regard to railway travelling. Those…

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Train Collisions French Brakesman Killed. London

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

A railway accident has occurred at Bacle-Due the capital of the department of Meuse, in France. During a heavy fog, the Orient express came into collision with…

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Walwa. Railway League

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 6

The Tintaldra Railway League held a meeting on Saturday. CRICKET CLUB. The Walwa Cricket Club has started…

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Cablegrams. Motor Racing Disaster. Three Killed—seven Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 October 1907 · page 5

Another fatal accident has been added to the long series of disasters which have occurred in motor-racing. During a contest at New York, a competitor named…

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Hawksview Roads Proposed Exchange of Land

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 2

The question of the road through the Hawksview Estate, came under notice at the Hume Shire Council yesterday, when the engineer (Mr…

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Electric Tram Fatality. a Sensational Overturn. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 October 1907 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at Birmingham to-day. Owing to the failure of the brakes to act, when going down an incline, a car…

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A Passive Resistance Strike. 70,000 Railway Men Out

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

Seventy thousand employees of the Austrian State Railways have commenced a "passive resistance" strike, in order to secure increased wages, amounting to more…

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Dunlop Road Race. World's Record Broken by T. LARCOMBE

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 3

The Dunlop road race from Warnambool to Melbourne (165 miles) was decided on Saturday last. Steady rain fell between Warrnambool and…

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Children's Page. For Young Australians Who Road "The Banner."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 12

Someone has said, I think, that spare moments are the gold dust of Time. It is a very true saying. Indeed, I believe the success of many great men and women could…

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Considerate Lady Motorists

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1907 · page 8

To be fair it must be confessed that as a rule women motorist drive with more consideration than men. They are apt to be more tolerant of the feeling…

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