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Railways, roads & transport, 1872

18 stories in New England's papers

The Railway Meeting at Inverell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 3

A PUBLIC meeting of the inhabitants of Inverell end district was held at the Court House, Inverell, on the evening of Friday last June 28, for the purpose of…

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Railways in the North

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1872 · page 5

TUESDAY'S Grafton 'Examiner' says:— The stoical indifference of the Clarence upon all matters of general importance is the Upas tree which poisons every…

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Subordinate Roads

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1872 · page 3

IN the classification and proposed distribution of grants for subordinate roads under trustees for 1872, the following items refer to certain roads in the…

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Leap From a Mail Train. Extraordinary Escape

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1872 · page 4

A FEW days ago an Irish gentleman named Ferguson left London for Dublin in a first-class compartment of the Irish limited mail. All went well until after Rugby…

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A Railway Train Stopped by a Flood

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1872 · page 7

THE other night the North Staffordshire Railway was flooded to such an extent near Uttoxeter that the traffic was impeded for many hours, and a singular…

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Accident on the Midland Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1872 · page 7

ON June 19 a frightful accident occurred at Doveholes, near Buxton, to a train proceeding from Derby to Manchester. A fearful thunderstorm had raged all the…

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The Oban and Falconer Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1872 · page 5

LAST evening, as we were preparing for press, we received from Mr. John Moore the following letters, which, on account of their importance, we made room for:—…

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The News Via California. Shocking Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 September 1872 · page 7

BELLEVILLE, Canada, June 22.—The night express went down past this place at 2.20 this morning, full of passengers, among whom were many ministers of the…

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Railway Accident to a West Indian

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 7

ON July 22 Dr. Lankester held an inquest in Paddington on the body of Mr. Horatio Brandon, aged 36, a West Indian merchant, of Kingston, Jamaica. Mr. White…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 7

ON August 3, a terrible collision occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, within four miles of Manchester. The engine of a luggage train struck a…

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The Grafton Road. (To the Editors of the Annidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 26 October 1872 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—The recent Bad accident on the Glen Innes road, near the Rev. Thos. Johnstone's, has forcibly brought under my notice the state of the Grafton road…

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Correspondence. Our Future Railway Policy. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1872 · page 2

DEAR SIRS—In your leader of the 12th inst. you give a sketch of what the railway policy of the present Government may probably be as regards the Northern…

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A Frightful Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 7

RECENTLY took place on the Barcelona and Valencia line. Sixteen or seventeen dead bodies have been recovered, while from twenty-six to thirty persons have…

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Meeting at Bundarra. the Bridge Question

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1872 · page 6

ON Friday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bundarra was held, at Batt's Hotel, for the purpose of petitioning the Government for the erection of…

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The Northern Road. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 6

GENTLEMEN—I wish Mr. Bayley would inspect a place on the Northern road below Dorrington's, which is so bad whenever it comes wet that teams cannot get…

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The Clarence and New England Railway League

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 7

AN influential meeting of the leading citizens of Grafton, convened by circular, was held at the Council Chamber, Grafton, on Thursday afternoon last. The…

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Railway From the Clarence

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1872 · page 6

THE following petition was adopted at the recent meeting in Grafton:—To THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, IN…

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The Railway Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 6

This meeting, alluded to in my last report, did not come off on the advertised date, owing to the bad state of the weather. It was postponed to Tuesday…

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