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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 63

The Albury Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

From the north end of Sanger-street for a distance of about a mile there is a dusty stretch of roadway known as the Albury road. At the present time it…

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An Aeroplane Disaster. Army's Oldest Biplane Falls 300 Feet London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

The biplane, the failure of which led to the deaths of Captain C. R. W. Allen (flight commander in the military wing of the Royal Flying Corps), and Lieutenant…

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A Trier. Junee Road, North Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—This is my first Letter to you, as we have only just started to take the "Banner." I am going to try for the poetry competition. I am…

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Driving on Wrong Side of Road

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Police v. John Mitchell, jun. Mr. Edmendson appeared for defendant. Constable Tuohill deposed that, at 11 a.m. on February 26, he was going to…

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Boy Murdered in Train. Father Committed for Trial. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

John Starchfield, the newsvendor, who is charged with the murder of his young son, was yesterday committed for trial…

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Motoring. Melbourne to Adelaide. Record Broken. a Wonderful Performance

The Independent · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 4

A wonderful motoring performance, and easily the best yet registered in Australia, was that of Mr M. Aunger, a well-known Adelaide motorist, who on February 26,…

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Motor Works Burned. Damage /c=p/5000. MELBOURNE

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 6

The premises of the Canada Cycle and Motor Company, and T. Hoyle, motor body builders, were extensively damaged by fire last night. A motor…

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Cycling and Motoring

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

There's big money in Promoting six days' races in Paris. The contest recently concluded drew tremendous gates, the receipts totalling £11,350…

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Jerilderie-Deniliquin Railway League

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 5

A meeting of the Jerilderie-Deniliquin Railway League was held in the Mechanic' Institute on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. W. H. Brownless…

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Howlong Railway League. Deputation to Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 8

A public meeting took place on Saturday week to settle matters with regard to the deputation that will interview, the Victorian Minister of…

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Timber for Railways. Compulsory Sales by Land Owners

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 5

The Minister of Works in Sydney on Wednesday stated that the time had arrived when it would be necessary to ask cabinet to give him authority to bring in…

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Congested N.s.w. Traffic. the Long Goods-train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Regarding the too great length of the goods train which was concerned in the collision the congestion of goods traffic in the N.S.W. railways as has been…

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Railway Accident at Exeter. Gruesome Details. Fourteen Persons Killed. Nineteen Others Injured. Home Signal Against Train, But Obscured by Mist. Disastrous Smash. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 2

Dashing through a fog, the Temora train crashed into a stationary goods train near the Exeter station, on the Southern line last night, and fourteen…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Passenger Train and Goods Train Collide near Exeter. Fourteen Lives Lost. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

The Southern line train, known as the Temora mail train, which left Sydney at 8 o'clock last night, with a full complement of passengers, crashed into a…

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Railway Smash. Temora Mail and a Goods Train Collide. Big Casualty List. 14 Deaths Already Reported. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

What is probably one of the most dreadful railway accidents that has over occurred in this State, took place at Ex[?]ter, near Moss Vale, last night…

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Wodonga-albury Road Bridges. Disgraceful State of Disrepair

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 1

The methods employed by the Wodonga Shire Council in dealing with the bridges on the Wodonga-Albury road are much criticised. There are live of these, and of…

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Exeter Train Tragedy. Identification an Anguish. Scene Like a Battlefield. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Minnie, who were killed in the Exeter disaster on Saturday morning, and been married only a few months. George Pollard had recently passed for…

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Washway on Railway Line. Engine and Six Trucks Cross Floating Rails. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

Owing to the heavy rain, there was a washaway on the railway near Eumungeric, 305 miles west of Sydney, early this morning…

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Jockey Dashed to Death. Motor Frightens Racehorse. Nihll

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

George Corbett, a jockey, aged 43 years, a native of Creswick, met his death yesterday by being dashed against a tree. He took Mr. Thos, Baillie's two…

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Proposed Gift of Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

In connection with the proposed gift of a motor car to the Rev. Ward Thomas, Church of England minister at Corowa, a fund has been opened, and several…

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