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Railways, roads & transport, 1912

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Railway Sleepers for China

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 33

If the proposal by Dr. Sun Yat Sen and his party to construct a net work of railways in China within the next 10 years is carried out, it will, according to Mr. Sun…

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Dash Over Precipice. Motor Car Beyond Control. Vienna, August 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 42

Owing to the brake failing to act when descending a steep road a motor car, in which a number of tourists were travelling over the Carpathians, dashed over a…

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Serious Railway Accident. 100 Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 21

The greatest excitement has been occasioned in Melbourne by a disastrous railway collision, which happened just after 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon…

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Riverina Railways. Yarra Wonga

The Independent · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

Evidence was taken on Friday, Saturday, and to-day by the New South Wales Public Works Committee, which visited Oaklands, Savernake, Mount Gwynne…

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Melbourne Railway Smash. Eighty Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

About 80 people were injured in yesterday's railway collision In two case the injuries proved fatal. In several cases they are of a serious nature, but it is…

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Collision in Tube Railway England's First Tube Accident. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A collision occurred between an express and a train standing at the Caledonian road station of the Piccadilly Tube Railway. Eighteen passengers were…

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Cablegrams. a Tram Conductor Murdered. Assassins Fight Police. Rome

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A tram conductor at Genoa followed three men who had, refused to pay their fares. The men turned round, and shot the conductor dead…

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Serious Railway Collision in Victoria. Two Teains Collide. Carriages Telescoped. Two Passengers Killed. Over Fifty Injured

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A railway accident occured on Wednesday shortly after four o'clock at the Dudley-street crossing, North Melbourne, when the out-going…

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Railway Accident. Two Trains in Collision. Two Passengers Killed. Long List of Injured. SYDNEY, Thursday, 9 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

A serious train collision has taken place at Melbourne. Two passengers were killed, and between 50 and 60 more or less seriously injured…

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Riverina Railways. Visit of the Public Works Committee. the Rival Routes. Interesting Evidence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 6

On Friday, Saturday, and Monday last the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. W. F. Hurley, W. Robson, and J. Travers, M's.L.C., J…

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Another Railway Smash. Passenger Trains Collide

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

On Wednesday another terrible disaster occurred at Melbourne, when the 4.55 passenger train from Flinders Street to Coburg collided with the 4.52…

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Riverina Railways

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

During the past week the Public Works Committee visited Oaklands, Savernake, Mount Gwynne, Mulwala, and Ringwood, and took evidence of an…

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Railway Collision. Two Persons Killed, Fifty Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

Word came through yesterday morning of a railway collison at Spencer Street, a Coburg train running into a train ladeo with how visitors…

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Railway Inquiry. at Savernake

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 5

The Standing Committee on Public Works (Messrs Storey, chairman, [?] son, Scobie, Travers, Donaldson end Burley) [?] on Friday…

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Motor Yacht Racing. a British Victory. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

The British Motor Yacht Club won the Harmsworth trophy with Maple Leaf II yesterday, defeating the American boat Baby Reliance III The time of the winner…

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Sensational Railway Collision. Two Men Killed Melbourne, Thursday

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 3

A sensational railway collision occurred, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. A special tram from the show grounds and an outgoing train for Goburg both…

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Sensational Railway Collision. Two -Men Killed Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 2

A sensational railway | collision occurred yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. A special train from the show grounds outgoing train for Coburg, both…

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Prisoner Jumps From Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 3

A prisoner named Barten, aged 50 years, who was under police escort, jumped from a train 18 miles from Bourke, yesterday, and is still at large…

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One Train Overtakes Another. Mexico City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 2

A serious railway disaster has occurred on the Mexican Central railway. By some blunder two trains travelling in a similar direction were allowed on the same section…

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Cablegrams. the Horrors of Flying Dropped to Death. Awful Aeroplane Disaster. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 September 1912 · page 2

Further details are available regarding the shocking aeroplane disaster which occurred at Stevenage, in Hertfordshire, on Friday morning, when two military officers,…

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