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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

1,246 stories in Murray's papers · page 40 of 63

Cablegrams. Awful Motor Smash Automobile Racer Killed. Mechanician Badly Hurt. Elgin (Illinois)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

An awful motor smash occurred on Monday in this town, which is 35 miles from Chicago. Ralph Ireland, a prominent automobile…

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York Railway Matters Satisfactory

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

After a long conference at York between the men's executive and the company the North-Eastern Railway dispute has ben settled and the men have been…

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Brooklyn Bridge Tennis Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 31

A very enjoyable time was spent in Mr. Krause's barn, on Walla Walla Subdivision on Friday evening. August 18th, when the members of the Brooklyn Bridge Tennis…

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Always Raining. Tumbarumba, Newtown Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—My cousin wrote to you last week. She has gone buck to Adelong now. She was up here ten months. She didn't like leaving all her playmates…

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Cable News. Railway Strike. Troops Mobilising. London, August 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 42

Negotiations with the railway managers were abruptly broken off yesterday by the Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen, and a general railway strike was declared…

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Liverpool Tramway Men. Outlook Menacing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 2

The Liverpool tramway employes have been reinstated at the carriage works and power houses, but the masters refuse to reinstate the drivers. Consequently the…

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Jerilderie Railway League

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 5

A meeting of the members of the Railway League was held on Friday last in the Council Chambers. Present—Messrs. Neilson (ch.), Sheldrick,…

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Proposed Jerilderie and Deniliquin Railway Extension. Messes Johnson and Harper at Deniliquin. Enthusiastic Meeting

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 3

On Thesday last Mr. J. R. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for N. S. W. Railways, arrived in Deniliquin accompanied by Mr. J. Harper, in connection…

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Motor Disaster

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. Frederick W. Scholz, owner and licensee of the Hotel Culcairn, Mrs. Scholz, Mrs. H. A. Peech, wife of the Shire President, and Mrs. Graham, wife…

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Riverina Railways. Finley to Tocumwal. Victorian Gauge Advocated

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 3

At the titling of the Public Work-Committee at Finley recently, at which evidence was heard respecting the Finley-Tocumwal extension,…

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Liverpool Tram Strike Ended. Committee Accepts Employers' Terms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

The Liverpool Strike Committee has unanimously accepted the employers' decision to re-engage the drivers as vacancies occur, and the strike is officially declared to…

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Field Railway for Fez District. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

A detachment of 250 engineers has sailed from Marseilles in order to construct a field railway in the neighborhood of Fez (Morocco)…

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Deniliquin Jerilderie Railway

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 2

INTERHST in the proposed railway to connect Deniliquin and Jerilderie has been once: more aroused by the visit of the Railway Commissioners…

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Train Over a Bridge Falls Sixty Feet. Into Creek. Twenty-six People Killed. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

It is experted that a passenger train in the New York Central system has gone over a bridge. The report further states that many…

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Trampled to Death Stampede at Picture Show. Twenty-five People Killed. Pittsburg (Pennsylvania)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

While an entertainment was in progress at the Morgan Grant Opera House at Cannonsburg last night an explosion due to the ignition of a moving picture film,…

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Horseshoe on Railway Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 4

Prior to the departure of the morning train from Tallangatta on Friday several Sue repairers left Tallangatts. by trolly. When some distance from the station, the…

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Cablegrams. Death by Scores Dreadful Motor Smash Ten People Killed. Twenty-three Injured. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

A serious motor accident occurred, near Cousett, in Durham, yesterday. A motor charabanc, conveying 33 members of a choir, had commenced to descend…

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Big Railway Strike Threatened. Padnach (Kentucky)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

Over 12,000 men employed on the Illinois Central railway threaten to strike if their demands are not granted. The railroad directors refuse to recognise the union in…

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Cablegrams. the Labor Revolt Peace at Liverpool. Workers Resume. Tramcar Wreckers Punished. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

Industrial peace reigns again at Liverpool. All the strikers, with the exception of the dock workers, resumed duty…

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Cycling. Motor Cycling. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 4

The Motor Cycle Club held a 25 miles road race this afternoon. The course was from near the Craighiburn railway gates. 12 1/2 miles out, and back. The winner was…

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