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Railways, roads & transport, 1919

909 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 46

Railway Accident al Castlcmaine Bendigo Express Leaves Temporary Line Eight Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 3

Jumping the rails, [?]dered [?] by ram, the engine of the Bendigo-Melbourne express early this morning ove[?]ned while travelling at a fast rate between…

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Border Railways. Moama to Moulamein

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 2

As about 1000 soldiers can be settled on the proposed route for the border railway from Moama to Moulamein, tho Minister of Lands has been anxious to…

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Approach to Howlong Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. R. T. Ball, New South Wales Minister for Works and Railway, wrote to the Hume shire council yesterday regarding the approach to the Howlong…

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Reckless Shooting on Public Roads Around Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 2

Regarding a person seen shooting across the Albury-Howlong road recently at one of the council's traffic signs, Mr. Madge, clerk to the Hume Shire, reported to the…

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“A Screaming Faros.” Railway Transhipments

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 4

Recently Mr E. J. Goninan, of Berrigan, consigned a barrel by rail from the local station to Shepparton. It was so Ions rouchinp its…

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Train Smash. Bendigo Express Wrecked Engine and Cars Derailed. Eight Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 6

The express train from Bendigo to Melbourne met with disaster at Barker's Creek this morning, the engine and two first-class carriages…

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Flying Across the Atlantic for Weight Carrying and Long Range Flights the Airship Is Superior to Aeroplane. Hawker's Machine Described. Britain to Maintain Air Supremacy

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 3

The wonderful Trans-Atlantic flight of Harry Hawker londs additional interest to the accompanying article. Grent things…

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East-west Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 33

During the last nine months there has been a great boom in the pastoral leases immediately north and south of the east-west railway. Altogether between…

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Railway Service Criticism

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 32

The council of the New South Waks Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, at its last meeting, carried a motion expressing resentment of recent criticism…

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Railway Accident at Castlemaine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 31

Jumping the rails rendered greasy by rain, the engine of the Bendigo-Melbourne express early on Thursday morning overturned while travelling at a fast rate…

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Football. Federals Defeat Railway

The Independent · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 2

The weather on Monday morning did not promise well for the match between the Railway and Federal teams. There was a strong wind from the north with…

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Trans-continental Motorists. Aerial Survey Party at Darwin Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 6

A message from Darwin (N.T.) states that Regihald Lloyd's aerial survey party, which set out from Sydney several months ago to man…

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Railway Mystery. Body on Carriage Roof. Only Small Cut on Chin. Melbourne

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 1

A dead man was found on the Toof of a railway carriage at Korrumbunrrah, with only a small gash in the chin, and no other apparent cause of…

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First Glimmering of Sense. All N.S.W. Railway Restrictions to Be Removed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 2

The Federal Director of Quarantine states that all restrictions relating to railway traffic with N.S.W. are to be removed almost immediately…

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Wargunyah Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Rutherglen' Shire Council the engineer (Mr. Lingford) reported as under on the condition of the, above road:-- As directed,…

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Approach to Howlong Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 3

Mr. R. T. Ball, New South Wales Minister for Works and Railways, wrote to the Hume Shire Council last week regarding the approach to the…

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Pneumonic Influenza Serious State in Sydney Railway and Tramway Service May Be Curtailed SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 3

Twenty deaths and 157 new cases of penumonic influenza were reported to the Sydney Board of Health for the 24 [?] ended two p.m. to-day…

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The Influenza Pandemic More Virulent in Sydney. Affecting the Railway and Tramway Men. Also Police and Firemen. Sydney Hospitals All Full. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 3

According to official figures issued by the Board of Health to-night the influenza epidemic is steadily growing in virulence. All the public and…

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Fatality at Albury Railway Yards Man Killed by Engine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 2

Early yesterday morning a terrible tragedy was enacted at the Albury Goods Yards. whereby Thomas, Herbert Smiles, a railway fettler, lost his life with tragic…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country Edition on Saturday. Latest Cables. Labor Unrest in Canada. Railway Strike Threatened

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 1

A great railway strike is threatened on the Canadian Trans-continental lines, unless the dismissed union policemen are reinstated…

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