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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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By Electric Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday, 5.30 p.m. Railway Collision

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

A head-on collision between two railway engines occurred this morning in a tunnel at Darling Harbor. One engine was running from Sydney towards Darling Island…

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Railway Guages. Various Contrivances. Trial to Be Made at Tocumwal. the Third Rail. Mr. Grimths Raises Objections

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 2

Referring last week to the third rail device for overcoming the break of gauge difficulty, Mr. Gritffih, exMinister for Public Works, said that…

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Cycling and Motoring

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 3

Connecton with the wide spread movement for better roads, and the methods of finding the necessary money for their construction, the…

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Wagga-Tumbarumba Railway

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 1

The engineers now engaged on tho Wagga-Tumbarumba railway are pushing it on us last as an insufficient supply of labor will permit,…

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Railway Gauge. Third-rail System

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 4

Mr Hoyle, Minister for Railways, last week attended at Thornley and Sous', workshop at Sydenham, a private demonstration of a third-rail…

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Motor Car Accident. Mrs W. S. Burt Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 5

It will be learned with regret that Mrs. W. S. Burt, of "Holmwood," Albury, was injured in a motor car accident yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Burt and Miss…

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Railway Collision at Binalong. Limited Express Crashes Into Temora Mail Many Passengers Injured Death of One Victim. Both Trains Badly Wrecked BINALONG

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 3

The No.2 Express, known as the [?], crashed ,into No.5 train as the Temora mail, at about 4.15 o'clock this morning at Binalong railway station, on…

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Raiding Aeroplane Chased

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

A Turkish aeroplane dropped bombs at Tenedos where there are several of the Allies' warships, but no damage was caused. Allied seaplanes chased the aeroplane…

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Curtailed Train Service. Postal Arrangements

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 1

Mails from Corowa for Sydney, Hopefield, Balldale, Brockleaby, Wagga Wagga, Walla Walla, and Culcairn, per train on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,…

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Motor and Sulky in Collision. on Howlong Road. Action Claiming £1000 Damages

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 3

A claim for £1000 for injuries caused through having been run down by a motor car on the Albury-Howlong Rd., was made by Norman James Rorke against Henry…

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Railway Collision on the Main Line. Five Persons Injured. Delay in Arrival of To-night's Train

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4

A collision took place on the main Southern line, near Binalong, at about four o'clock, this morning, when the Temora mail train collided with the…

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Salvation Army Motor Ambulance

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

A[?] of the Albury S[?]vation Army Corps, writes:—What a lot we have to be thankful for that the ambulance work has reached such a high state…

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British Biplane Wrecks Railway Line

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

The Paris newspaper "Le Temps" states that a British biplane threw four bombs on the Haltingen railway station near Baden and destroyed the line for 100…

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The Binalong Railway Accident. a Serious Collision. Twenty-five Passengers Injured. One Death

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

A serious railway collision occurred at Binalong railway station, on the main southern line, a distance of 211 miles from Sydney, at 4.15 a.m. on Saturday. One…

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Serious Railway Collision. Temora Mail and Melbourne Express. Many Persons Injured, But No Fatalities

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 3

White the Temora mail train was standing at the platform at Binalong, 211 miles from Sydney, at 4.15 a.m. on Saturday, the up Melbourne limited…

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Motor and Sulky in Collision. on Howlong Road. Action Claiming £1000 Damages. Further Adjouned Till This Morning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 4

In the Albury Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Ferguson, the learning of the claim for £1000 which Norman James Rorke made against Herbert R…

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The Binalong Railway Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 2

An Inquest on the body of Robert John Thomas, tailor, of [?], who was killed in the collision, was opened at Vass on Monday morning before the coroner (Mr…

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Motor and Sulky in Collision. Verdict for Plaintiff for £250, Stay of Froceedings Applied For

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 3

At 5 o'clock last evening the jury delivered its verdict in the case brought in the Albury Supreme Court by Norman James Rorke against Herbort Bromfield…

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John Bridge & Co

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

Report that wool busings in Australia at the present time is practically hung up by the shipping difficulty, which may cause a postponement of the Sydney sales…

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Curtailed Train Service. Postal Arrangements

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 1

Mails from Corowa for Sydney, Hopefield, Balldale, Brocklesby, Wagga Wagga, Walla Walla, and Culcairn, per train on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,…

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