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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

1,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 54

Gales in Britain and Ireland Train Blown Over Embankment in Ireland. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 2

Terrible gales have swept over Great Britain and Ireland. The wind travelled at a velocity of over 70 miles an hour at some places…

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Another Railway Accident Four Passengers Jump for Safet

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 4

A strange mishap occurred to a goods van on the 14 up goods train from. Beaufort to Ballarat at about half-past 8 on Wednes­day evening. A goods train awaited the…

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Railway Ganger Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 3

A railway ganger named james Chapman was killed yesterday by a goods train at Caboo[?]re, while riding a railway tricycle on the line…

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Russian Train Robbery. a Sensational Outrage. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

A remarkable outrage has been Perpetrated on the Russian railways. Fifteen passengers on a train bound for Ekaterinoslav, in South Russia, threw…

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Cablegrams. Mail Train Wrecked Dashed Into Landslide. Marvellous Escape of Passengers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 2

A sensational disaster occurred to a mail train in Ireland. The train was travelling from Belfast to Larne, a seaport 25 miles to the…

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The Waradgery Shire Council Two Important Departmental Letters The Booligal Road and the Shire Rate

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 4

At Saturday's meeting of the Shire Council, all the Councillors being present, the correspondence included two letters from the Department of…

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Railway Matters. a League Formed at Ringwood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 4

At the conclusion of the meeting at the Ringwood Public Hall on Saturday afternoon, anent the telephone matter, Mr. W. Tait, the secretary of the Ringwood…

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Stonewall's Bridge Maker

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

"Stonewall Jackson," said an old Army veteran, "used to tell a story about a bridge-builder. "This bridge-builder was called old…

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Tram Men Strike Wild Roiting in Philadelphia. Two Girils Shot. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

A strike of tramway employes began most dramatically at Philadelphia, and in a few hours was responsible for a most sensational series of incidents…

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Uppee Murray Railway Public Meeting at Corryong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

A public meeting was held at the Athenaeum Hall, Corryong, on Saturday evening last, in response to an invitations of Cr. Cronin, at which residents of the town…

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The Luxurious Motorist

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

Many men who remembers the London of a few years ago will be familiar with the somewhat shabby line of building in Pall Mall with sentry boxes in the courtyard—…

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Tram Men's Strike "Balackleg" Neaplylynched. Rollepskating to Business. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 3

A repetition of the grave disturbances at [?] in connection with the strike of tramway employes occrred yesterday…

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Destructive Hurricane. Storms on British Coasts. Train Falls Into the Sea. London, February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 42

The hurricane which swept over the United Kingdom during the past few days continues, the velocity of the wind in some places being 80 miles an hour…

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Tramway Strike. Seven Thousand Men Out. London, February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 21

A serious strike of tramway employee, marked by great disorder, is in progress in Philadelphia. A remarkable feature of it is that it took place at an hour's notice…

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Motor Garage and Cars Destroyed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

Wittam's Motor Garage at Newtown was gutted by fire to-day and three variable motor cars were destroyed. The less is estimated at £1500. More of the property…

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Cablegrams. Tram Men's Stike 1000 Casualties to Date. Gaols Overcrowded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 5

The Washington correspondents of "The Times" has forwarded a long message relating to the very serious industrial incuble at Philadelphian. He states that the strike…

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Fatal Jump From a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 3

Chas, Day, a young ran received severe injures while junping from a goods train on Thursday at Jerrawa, are died in Goul-burn Hespital on Friday morning. Death…

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Elderly Man and the Train. SYDNEY,Sunday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 3

An elderly man named Francis Maroney, 85 years of age, who had for some time been an inmate of a charitable home at Parramatta, was knocked down by a train…

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Killed on the Railway Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 3

John Reville, a telegraph line repairer, while attempting to cross the railway line at Caulfield on Friday afternoon was Knocked down and Killed by the 47 p.m. "up"…

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Mono-rail Railway Mr. Brennan's Successful Experiment. German Hopes. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. Louis Brennan's mono-rail car has carried 60 passengers at Gillingham (Kent) and travelled at 22 miles an hour. It negotiated sharp curves with great…

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