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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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The Wounded Railway Railway Superintendent

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. Jones, the general superintendent of transportation of the Victorian Railways, who was recently shot by an exporter, is progressing favourbly. With…

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The Railway Trouble. Affairs Still Very Uncertain. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 3

The British Railway Companies Association as already announced, rejected the suggestion made by Mr. Richard Bell. M.P general secretary of the…

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Tramway Men's Sight. Color Blind Tests

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 October 1907 · page 3

A suggestion having been made that the tramway men who failed to pass the recent sight tests should be allowed to wear spectacles, it has been pointed out…

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Bridge Disaster in Canada. Details by Mail

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 4

On September 2 a cable message was published from London, giving an account of the collapse at Quebee on August 30 of the new bridge over the…

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The Railway Trouble Onference Definitely Refused Scotch Companies Prepared for a Strike. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 2

The situation with regard to the railway dispute in Great Britain continues unpromising. A report was circulated a few days ago that the Association of…

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Victoria Melbourne, Tuesday. the Kilmore Railway Tragedy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 5

An inquiry was commenced to-day into the recent railway accident near Kilmore, by which Joseph Duke, engine driver, and Edwin Cherry fireman, lost…

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Trams in Damascus

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 3

When you have crossed the Lebanons, and your face is set towards Damascus, you pass by the side of the river which Naaman thought as…

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Great Railway Disaster Train Wrecked on a Viaduct. Sixteen Persons Killed. Screams of the Injured Awake the Neighborhood. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 3

Particulars have been received of a railway disaster which occurred at an early hour on Tuesday morning near Shrewsbury, the county town of…

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The Railway Trouble Strike Fallot Proceeding. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 3

The ballor arranged by the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants to decide whether the men short strike or not is now being taken. Mr…

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Electric Tram Smash Two Persons Killed—31 Injured London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 3

A bad smash has occurred on the electric tramway system at Sowerby bridge in the West Riding of Yorkshire. A car travelling at a high race of speed was…

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Wilson Street Railway Crossing. Discussion at Albury Council Information Awaited From Mr M'laurin, M.l.a

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 3

At the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last night the proposed closing of the turnstile at the Wilson-street railway crossing and the…

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Application for Closing and Purchase of Roads

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 20

Notice is given that application has been made, under the Public Roads Act of 1902. for the closing and purchase of the road described in the schedule hereunder, and that it…

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Train Falls Into a River Eleven Persons Drowned London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

A railway catastrophe, for which the recent floods are directly responsible, has occurred in Spain. The flood waters had destroyed a bridge…

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The Recent Train Smashes a Dreadful Suspicion. Mr. Lloyd-georges Statement. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

Speaking at Manchester with reference to the recent disastrous railway accident, Mr. Lloyd-George, the President of the Board of Trade, remarked that it…

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Electric Tram Accident. Two More Deaths. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

The accident to an electric tram at Sowerby Bridge, which clashed into a house after being derailed has now resulted in four deaths two of those who…

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The Railway Trouble the Whole Trade Union View. Companies Directors Wholly Responsible. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 2

The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union dealing with the impending crisis between the railway companies and the employes throws all responsibility on…

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Control of Railways. Employes Advocate State Ownership. London, October 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 42

The relation of the state to the railways was the subject of debate at the annual conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants now sitting at…

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Railway Sensation. Robbers As Passengers. London, October 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 42

A sensational outrage occurred yesterday on a railway line in Livonia, Russia. A banker who was a passenger by the train running between Dorpat and Walz was the…

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Railway Disaster. Nineteen Persons Killed. London, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 45

Further details concerning the accident on the London and North-Western Railway Company's line at Shrewsbury early yesterday morning show that the disaster was…

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Railway Travelling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 32

Mr. C. Oliver, late Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales railways, who is spending some time in England, writing to a friend in Sydney, compares the fares…

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