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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

241 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 13

Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 2

A disastrous railway collision occurred at Delhi, India, by which 30 persons were killed and 20 injured…

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The Moscow Horror. Thousands Trampled to Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 6

THE following, details of the appalling disaster at Moscow, on the occasion of the festivities in connection with the coronation of the Czar, are taken from London papers of the 5th…

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A Great Railway Question. Why Should Railways Be Treated Differently From Roads?

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 8

We (Melbourne Beacon) have repeatedly pointed out the hindrance to production, and the injury to the farming community which arises from…

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Over His Own Bridge Free

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 3

IT has frequently been observed that public benefactors often have no other reward than the consciousness of their good deeds. The…

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Railway Disaster in America. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 5

A COLLISION occurred between two excursion'trains at Atlantic City, United States, 42 persons being killed and 80 injured…

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Railway Disaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1896 · page 3

By a collision between two excursion trains at Atlantic City, United States, 42 persons were killed, and 80 injured…

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The Coast Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 4

The Grafton Examiner in Friday'a issue says —Mr.[?] exploration, we gather. contemplates going From South Grafton towards Bushy…

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On the Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 4

The road onward long and white, it carves in many coils, and crooks A beckoning finger down the height ; It calls me with the voice of brooks…

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Inverell-moree Railway. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 5

MR. WRIGHT, M.P. has given notice of motion hostile to the Inverell-Moree railway…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving Insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do no necessitate endorse their opinions.) The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 5

SIR,-- As Tenterfield has, at the bidding of its Parliamentary representative (Mr. C. A. Lee), abandoned all idea of further advocating a line of railway from Tenterfield to Byron Bay, and has…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Thursday, 6.43 P.m. Moree-inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 5

Mr. Wright, M.P., has given notice of a motion hostile to the Moree-Inverell railway…

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Killed by a Train

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 3

A man named Denis O'Brien was run down and cut to pieces by a goods train near Binalong…

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The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents Letters, we do no necessarily endorse their opinions.) The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 2

SIR,--As the number of children enrolled in the various Public Schools throughout these districts will help to demonstrate that we have a settled population in family holdings, and at the same time…

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The Grafton-Glen Innes Railway Route

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 2

THE Grafton "Examiner" has received a letter from a gentlemen commenting very favorably upon the route projected in Mr. Statham's proposed exploration. He says…

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Tiie Coast Railway. [To the Editor.]

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 3

SIR,—IN rending your issue of Wednesday I noticed a par from the Grafton Examiner, intimating a proposed routo by Mr. Statham. Let…

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Railway Retrenchment. a Disturbing Rumour

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 3

THE Sydney correspondent of the Bathurst NATIONAL ADVOCATE sends to that paper the following letters:—I am in a position to give you news of a…

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The City Railway. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 5

THE Premier, replying to a large deputation to-day, said the Government were about to make a determined effort to extend the railway into the city without…

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The City Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 5

The Premier, in replying to a large deputation to-day, said that the Government were about to make a determined effort to extend the railway into the city without delay…

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The Old Lady and the Tramp

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 3

A DEMURE, harmless-looking old lady, aged sixty or thereabout, was sitting down at her mending and sewing one afternoon, when a…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 5

MURDOCH GRANT, an elderly man, fell between two railway cars near Homebush station on Saturday evening and was killed…

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