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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

6 stories in New England's papers

Shocking Railway Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1874 · page 8

A TERRIBLE accident occurred early on the morning of the 29th November on the Midland Railway at Syston, a station about five miles North of Leicester. The…

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Correspondence. the Late Murder on the Guy Fawkes Road. (To the Editors of the Armidale Express.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—A paragraph appears in the 'Armidale Chronicle' of Thursday, 23rd instant, under the heading of local news and notes, referring to the above, viz.:—…

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A Daring Train Robbery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 8

A DARING and successful robbeiy was committed on the Iron Mountain Hailroad. As the train which left St. Louis on the evening of January 31 at a quarter…

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The Kempsey and Armed Ale Road

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 August 1874 · page 3

THE Pee Dee correspondent of the ' Macleay Herald' writes Having visited the works now in course of progress over what is termed Dry…

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Abolition of the Board Gauge on the Great Western Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1874 · page 7

During Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (June 21), the Great Western Railway Company converted its South-Western lines from the broad to the narrow gauge…

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Road to the Church of England. (To the Editor.)

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1874 · page 3

SIR,--I [?] call attention, through your valuable public journal, to the disgraceful state of the road leading past O'Keeffe and Co.'s stove to the English Church. It is one mass of stones, some of…

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