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Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Richmond Railway Disaster Total Cost, £127,000

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 4

The claims branch of the Railway Department has at last concluded the long and delicate task of settling the claims arising out of the Richmond railway…

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Pennsylvanian Railway Disasaster. Easton

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

Later news regarding the terrible railway disaster in Pennsylvania shows that the loss of life was not so great as at first reported. Eleven persons were…

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Britain in Persia the Proposed Khormdsa Railway. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 2

In accordance with his forecast. Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Minister, has applied to the Persian Government for an option to construct a railway from Khormusa…

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Motoring in Style Now Held by Police. Warragul

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 3

Last week a stylish looking man in a motor car, with a chauffeur in attractive Every, drove np to a Warragul hotel and later on continued the journey through…

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That Railway Crossing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 May 1911 · page 2

We understand that the Railway Commissioners have decided to permit one footway to remain across the Corowa railway yard, as a result of…

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Yelta Railway and Bridge

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 1

The Acting Treasurer, Mr A. C Carmichael, was interviewed recently (says "The Age") by the Victorian Minister for Education and Railways…

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Cablegrams. Insurrection in China. Rebels Capture Townships. Railway Service Suspended. Peking

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

Fresh advices have come to hand regarding the rebellion against the Manchu dynasty which has broken out in and around Canton…

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Lieutenant-governor Motors Over a Block Boy

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 5

Mr. Justice Cullen, Lieutenant-Governor, while driving in a motor car to the city this morning, ran into and knocked down a block boy. 15 years of age, inured…

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Goods Train Derailed Marvellous Escapes. Seymour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

Last night Mangalore was the scene of a railway accident. About 10 o'clock a goods train from the Goulbum Valley, in charge of a driver named M'Culloch, and…

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Sir William Lyne's Motor Runs Down a Buggy. Two Persons Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 May 1911 · page 2

A sensational collision between a taxicab, in which Sir William Lyne and Miss Lyne were seated, and a buggy driven by Dr. M'Givern, of Northcote, who was…

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Train Wrecked. 11 KILLED, 50 INJURED. Easton (Penn.) April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 43

"An excursion train, travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour, was derailed yesterday near this city. The accident occurred at a sharp curve, where the track had lately…

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Bullocks on a Railway Line

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 33

A sensational railway block occurred on the Illawarra and Bankstown. railway line, which delayed the traffic for four hours. Seven bullocks got out of hand, and…

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Richmond Railway Disaster

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 33

The claims branch of the Railway Department has at last concluded the long and delicate task of settling the claims arising out of the Richmond railway…

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Tramped Forty Miles a Day

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 35

It was a London policeman who, referring to the splendid physique of Dr. Sinclair, Archdeacon of London, whose forthcoming retirement has been announced…

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Victorian Railway Revenue

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 33

For the faster week the revenue of the Victorian railways was £28/921 higher than for the corresponding period of last year, and for that ended 21st it was £19/…

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The Baghdad Railway. Counter Move by Great Britain. Life in Southern Persia. London, April 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 43

When the new agreement regarding the Baghdad railway was discussed in the House of Commons on March 8, it was made clear by Sir Edward Grey that, though…

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Robbery by Motor. Jeweller's Shop Raided. Chicago, April 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

An extraordinary daring daylight robbery took place in a busy street this afternoon. Four armed men in an Automobile drove to the jewellery story of Messrs…

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Mysterious Fatality at Elsternwick Railway Station

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 2

Thomas Henry Maguire, boot maker, employed by Mr. Blakey, of Richmond, who lived at 12 Chestnut street, and was a stout built man aged 41 years, was picked…

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Buying a Motor Car

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3
Also in The Riverine Grazier

When buying a motor car, certain points should be borne in mind. For instance, any make that sets the design of the world, and leads the way in…

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