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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

230 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 12

The Man who Knows[?] the Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1897 · page 3

HE drives dire city home, even [?] in dark nights, deos their [?] knows the bad. The overhanging [?] the deceptive had[?] the uncertain [?] don't bother [?]. He can feel…

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The Man who Knows the Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 4

HE drives directly house, even in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The overhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds, don't bother him. He can feel…

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Something Wonderful in Motors

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1897 · page 2

SAN Francisco papers contain accounts of a new motor, whicii is alleged to be wonderful in its powers. This is the account they give of it:-- "The New York Central railroad Company a year…

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Accident on the Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 7

A narrow escape from a sudden and frightful death was experienced on Friday night by Frank M'Donald, mail guard on the train which passes…

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The Grafton Railway Survey

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 7

Mr. John See has received the following information relative to the above: — "Public Works Department. Sydney, 18th December,…

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The Court Train

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 3

IT is no easy matter to manage the huge Court train at first and how to make a curtsey gracefully and rise again without tripping up over…

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Grafton-Glen Innes Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 2

WE briefly announced in our last issue [?]at a number of maintenance men had been [?] from the main road from the C[?]nce to New England, on the Newton Boyd…

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Narrabrt-moree Railway. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 5

IT is understood that the opening of the Narrabri-Morce railway will not take place until the commencement of April…

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Death of a Railway Official

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

Mr. Frost, railway locomotive superintendent, Newcastle, died this morning…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 3.46 P.m. Moree Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

It is understood that the opening of the Narrabri to Moree railway will not take place until the commencement of April…

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Grnften-Glen Innes Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 3

SIR,--This vital and all important subject for the future prosperity of the magnificent Clarence district, and I use the word advisedly, because it compares equally, if not better with other parts…

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Russia. Czar on Tour. the Trans-siberian Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

The [?]ar and C[?]arina intend to visit Vladivostock on the occasion of the opening of the Tra[?]s-Siberian railway. They will there entertain…

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Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Railway Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 5

ON Saturday night a fettler named Michael M'Caffrey was run over and killed by a train whilst riding a railway tricycle from Wollongong to Fairy Meadow…

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New England Trade. a Railway Eye-opener

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 4

It is many years since the carrying trade with oar New England friends has been so brisk as it is at present. During the past few weeks the town…

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Australia. Transcontinental Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 4

Earl Kilmoney has sailed from England for Australia to negotiate for the construction of a Trans-Continental railway to Port Darwin, on the land…

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Steel Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 4

OUR American cousins are rarely satisfied unless they are at least years before the rest of the world in everything, and it is a matter for little surprise, therefore, that they should desire steel…

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Railway Collison. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway collision took place at Redfern a little before 9 o'clock this morning. The scene is close to where the previous…

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Railway Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 3

A terrible railway collision occurred at Redfern a little before 9 o"clock this morning. The scene is close to where the former accident happened. The train to Homebush…

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The Railway Accident. Rfport of Inquiry

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1897 · page 2

The report of the Departmental inquiry into the cause of the railway collision at Redforu yesterday has been handed to the Commissioners…

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The Redfern Railway Collision. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 5

IN connection with the railway collision at Redfern on Monday last, the driver of the Homebush train, who was held responsible for the accident, has been reduced to the…

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