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Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Dynamiting a Train. Another American Sensation Several Killed or Injured London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

News, has been received of a dastardly orime on the rallroad of Moutana, U.S. Atrain, when nearing the city, ran…

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The Braybrook Railway Disaster. Condition of the Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

Most of tho patients injured in the railway accident who are in the metropolitan hospitals, are still making satisfactory progress. The two…

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Motor Car Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

A serious motor accident occured on the Rosadale road near Tearalgon, Gippsland, last evening, Dr. H. R. Herne, in compay with Mrs Horne…

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Railway Improvements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners are expected around this way on a visit of inspection in the near future, and local deputations should…

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Tocumwal Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

The railway construction branch of the Victorian Board of Landa and Works is making good progress with the works now in hand. The work…

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Murrurundi Railway Disaster

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

The taking of evidence in connection with the collision between the Queensland express had the Glen Innes mail trivia at Murrurundi…

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Railway's in Riverina. the Wagga to [?] Proposal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6

Very great dissatisfaction [?] in Wagga at the attitude now adopted by the Minister of Public Works in regard to the proposed railway from…

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Death of Dr. Horne. in a Motor Car Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

Dr. Horne, who as reported in yesterday's "Mall," was injured in a motor car accident on Sunday near [?] from his injuries this…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Murrurundi Railway Accident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

Mr. Lee, Acting Premier, on being interviewed on the subject of the Murrurundi railway collision to-day, stated that the report of the special…

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The Braybrook Railway Disaster. the Royal Commission. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 5

The Premier and the Minister Water Supply announced to-day chat the Royal Commission which the Cabined had [?] to appoint to inquire into the…

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The Railway Disaster. Jury at the Inquest Cabinets Decision

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 6

Dr. Cole, the coroner for Melbourne, who will conduct the inquest on the bodies of those killed in the railway accident at Sunshine on Easter…

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Board of Train Conference. on the Shipbuilding Lockout

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, as the new President of the Board of Trade, will attend the conference called by the Board of Trade for to-day with the…

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300,000 Idle Railway Trucks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

It is estimated by a competent writer that there were in America in February 300,000 railway trucks lying idle through the terrible depression in…

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The Murrurundi Railway Accident. Report of the Special [?]Oard. Night Officer and Signalman H[?]. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 2

The report of the special board of inquiry appointed to investigate the railway [?] at the Murrurundi railway station on Good Friday, when…

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French Train Robbers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 18

One evening last month two men took their seats in a train running to Corbeil, France, and perceiving in the next compartment a couple of women who seemed to be…

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How Famous Wreetlors Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 45

A considerable diversity of opinion seems to exist among the men who are looming large in the wrestling world today as to the best methods of training. To…

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Train Blown Up. London, May 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 42

A train has been blown up by dynamite rear Butte, the coppermining centre of Monana, in the United States. It is believed ,hat the deed was the work of one of the…

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"The Broken Road." Story of the Frontier. Vividly Descriptive

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 3

In the "Daily Mail" of 17th July George Gascoyne writes:-- If you would understand aright the haunting attraction of the Indian…

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Workman's Awful Fall. How a Keg of Spikes Was the Means of Sawing a Bridge Builder's Life

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 6

While at work on the new bridge which is being built over the East river between New York and Brooklyn William Sizer, a riveter, fell from the…

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Crime on the Railways. Express Robbed of £16,000. London, May 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 42

Another of the cases of "holding up" trains, which have been somewhat frequent in the United States, has occurred near Pittsburgh. The train, which was an express, was…

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