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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Fatal Railway Accident. Due to Signalman's Error. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 2

An inquest has been held into the death of one of the three persons who were killed as a result of the accident which occurred at Waterloo station last…

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Border Railways. "Agreement Alive."

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 3

The Victorian Premier stated last week that he had communicated with the Premier of N.S.W., and inquired whether the rejection of the Border Railways…

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Cablegrams. Appalling Train Smash. 50 Lives Sacrificed. Carriages on Fire. Engine Driver Arrested. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 2

An appalling railway disaster has occurred at Mclun, ten miles from Fontainebleau. The Paris to Marscilles express…

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Conquering the Air. Gorilla in Aeroplane. Berlin, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 43

The sensations of an animal during ah aerial flight were tested, in a remarkable, manner yesterday. An airman made a journey from…

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Russian Train Derailed. 11 Persons Killed. St. Petersbury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 2

A serious railway disaster occurred yesterday on the line from Moscow to Kusan. A train was derailed, with the result that 14 persons were killed and 15 others…

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"We Walk; Do You?" Tramwaymen Fight Police. Indianapolis, November 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 43

The tramwaymen in the city are on strike, and the entire service has been thrown idle. During an encounter on Friday between…

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Motoring Disasters. Millionaire Killed. Berne, November 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 43

While M. Castagli, a Greek millionaire of Cairo, his wife, whom he recently married, and her sister were motoring between Lausanne and Leysia, the chauffeur took…

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Japan Expanding. Railways in Manchuria. Peking, October 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 43

Japan's offer to supply China with funds for the construction of feeder lines to the South Manchurian railway system conflicts with British and American interests there…

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Railway Commitments

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 33

From December the delivery of the new locomotives, which have been ordered by the Government from England, will be commenced. The engines will be delivered…

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Cablegrams. French Railway Horror. Serious Death-roll Confirmed. Woman's Awful Experience. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 2

It is practically certain that 40 persons perished in the appalling railway collision at Melun on Tuesday. Twenty-four bodies have been recovered, and five more…

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Railway Improvements

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 2

Gangs of men are now at work in the Oaklands railway yards, carrying out the long-promised improvements—the construction…

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Cycling and Motoring

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 3

Captain Kelsey and party, who some weeks back left Cape Town, South Africa, on a pioneer motor trip across the continent lo…

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Motor Tours Across the Southern Tablelands

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 4

The Southern Tableland of the State offers a number of lovely motoring and cycling tours, several of which are unexcelled in the whole of Australia…

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Railway Station at Tooumwal. Plans Forwarded to Victorian Commissioners

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 7 November 1913 · page 3

Mr R. T. Ball, M.L. A . who has strongly urged upon the New South Wales Government the necessity of making trafficable without delay the…

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Cablegrams. French Railway Smash. Union Demands Driver's Release. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 2

Usually there is an interval of six minister between the times at which the Marseilles express and the mail train concerned in Tuesday's disaster reach the…

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New South Wales Sydney, Friday. Killed on Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 5

The body of Thomas Byrnes, a platelayer, was found on the railway line near Marulan this morning. It is believed that he was run over and killed…

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Motor Cars—200 -Miles an Hour!

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 3

Mr. Henry Ford, the great motorcar manufacturer, expresses the opinion that there is no reason why motor-cars should not eventually attain 150 or 200…

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Railway Conditions Compared. N.S.W. Wonderful Growth

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

That the railways in England have reached that stage where wholesale development is now a thing of the past, and that the system in New…

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Proposed Swan Hill to Balranald Railway. The Inspecting Officer's Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 1

We have received from Mr. R. Scobie, M.L.A., a copy of the report which has been sent to the Minister by the officer who inspected the proposed…

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Damage to Road. Two Charges Dismissed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 2

Before Mr. J. Jamieson, P.M., at the Albury Police Court yesterday, the Hume Shire Council proceeded against Charles Capron and Francis Foster Morton on a…

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