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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

1,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 21 of 54

Border Railways

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 3

A Nathalia correspondent writes: —Press reports show that the folk of Riverina are making determined efforts to secure railway communication with…

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Albura Railway Traffic Important Alterations at the Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 2

Another indication of the progressiveness of Albury is the phenomenal increase in the railway traffic at the Albury railway station. For the last seven years the…

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Upper Murray Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 July 1910 · page 3

A general meeting of the Combined Upper Murray Railway League has been called at Tintaldra for next saturday to discuss the situation and prepare final…

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A Fitting End Train Robber's Fate. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

A sensational tragedy occurred in Paris on Saturday. A young lady, Madamoiselle Louise Sugg, was travelling by train from Vincennes to…

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Border Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

A Nathalia correspondent writes:-- Press reports show that the folk of Riverina are making determined efforts to secure railway communication with…

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Clear Hills Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 July 1910 · page 2

Tenders will be celled on 11th July for the second section of railway from Lockhart lo Clear Hills…

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Murdered in a Train the Widows Evidence. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

Extraordinary interest is being manifested in the trial of Dickman, who is charged at the Newcastle Court with having murdered a pay clerk named Nesbit in a…

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Cablegrams. Ohio Railway Horror Engine Crashes Into Car. Filled with Women and Children. Thirty-one Bodies Recovered. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 July 1910 · page 2

A dreadful railway disaster occurred near Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. A passenger train and a freight train which were rushing along at a great speed,…

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A Hope for the Future Trains and Tramways As Free As Roads. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 2

In the House of Commons Mr. Sydney Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, in reply to Mr. Will Thorne, Labor M.P. for West Ham, promised to consider…

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International Railway Congress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 July 1910 · page 3

The International Railway Congress has been opened at Berne, Switzerland 1300 delegates from various countries attending. The question for discussion will be mostly…

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Jumped Before Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 35

Frederick Charles Strugnell, a Richmond (Vic.) butcher, ended his life in a tragic manner yesterday morning. After partaking of breakfast he announced his…

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Albury-wodonga Road a Disgraceful Quagmire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 3

The Albury-Wodonga Road is in an abominable condition-medeniably an absolute disgrace to both the Albury and Wodonga Municipalities, Wodonga…

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Murdered in a Train Dickman Sentenced to Death. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 2

The trial of John Alexander Dickman, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on a charge of murdering James Nesbit, cashier of the Snobswood colliery, Northumberland, in March…

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Robbery in a Train. Murder Attempted. Assailant's Terrible Death. London, July 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 43

Modemoiselle Louise Sugg, travelling by train from Vincennes to Paris, underwent a horrible experience. She was set upon in the compartment by some…

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Sporting. Albury and Wodonga Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

A match will be played at Wodonga on Saturday between teams representing the Albury and Wodonga Railway employes…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Proposed New Railway Lines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 3

Mr. Lee replying to a deputation to-day which urged the construction of a railway from Wyalong to Condobolin, stated that a survey of the line would be made…

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Oaklands. Lockhart-oaklands Railway

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 4

Much satisfaction exists in the district with regard to the recent announcement that tenders were to be called in the Government Gazette of the 7th inst, for the…

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Upper Murray Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 6

A meeting of the Upper Murray Railway League was held at Germanton last Wednesday. Present: Dr. Cameron president), Messrs. Bent, Mackie, Gilford, Cohen,…

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Railway Sensation Near Wodonga Express Collides with Bullocks. Narrow Escape From Disaster

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 2

Yesterday morning the Sydney express, after leaving Wodonga, narrowly escaped a disaster which would probably have cost the lives of scares of people…

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Thrilling Railway Adventure One Man Cut to Pieces. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 5

A number of fettlers who were working on the railway line near Epping this morning, did not notice the approach of the Brisbane express, which was an hour…

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