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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

243 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 13

Railway Smash. ABOUT 60 Miles an Hour

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

A sensational railway accident happened up Toowoomba way recently. The brakes on a goodstrain refused to act when a steep…

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Tram Fatalities

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

A fatal tram accident occurred today, in George-street, whereby Margaret Farrell, aged 70, was terribly mutilated,…

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Tram Accidents

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 3

This morning two electric trams collided at Newtown. One man was killed and one seriously injured. In George-street an old lady was…

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Casino-Lismore Railway. An Advance Step

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Thursday evening, on the motion of Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, the expediency of carrying out the line of railway from…

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Mor[?]-Boggabilla Railway. Flying Survey to Be Made

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

A deputation of residents of the Moree district, introduced to the Minister for Works by Mr. Cruickshank, M. P . o[?] behalf of Mr. Hassall, on…

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The Western Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1900 · page 2

Mr. H. C. St. Vincent has received the following letter from Mr. F. A. Wright relative to the extension of the Moree-Inverell Railway to Glen Innes : --" Lunnhilda,…

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Moree-Boggabilla Railway

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

A deputation of residents of the Moree district, introduced to the Minister for Works (Mr. O'Sullivan) on Friday by Mr. Cruickshank, M.P., on behalf of Mr. Hassall,…

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Northern Train Service. Alteration From October. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 2

THE northern train service will be altered from 1st October next. The Brisbane train will be split into two divisions, one leaving Sydney at 5.25, and the…

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Death at the Railway Station. Coroner's Inquiry

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 July 1900 · page 5

At an early hour on Wednesday morning a middle aged man, named John Lombard, was found dead at the local Railway Station, It…

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The Northern Train Service. Important Alteration

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 4

Some important alterations are promised when the summer time-table is introduced on the northern line, commencing from the 1st October next. At the present time the train…

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Uralla-Bundarra Road. Necessity for Repairs

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 5

Mr. George Lonsdale writes a long letter in reference to the Impassable condition of that portion of the Bundarra-Uralla road which traverses…

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Proposed North-Western Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

A contributor writes to the 'Bulletin' on the above subject as follows: —"Good as a play to note certain New South Wales North-Western…

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Death at the Armidale Railway Station. the Matter Before the House: (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Friday Night

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 4

On the motion tor adjournment of the House this morning, Mr. Sawers (Tamworth) caked a further question about the mail John Lombard, who…

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Rail and Tram Business

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 4

The railway earnings for the past quarter show an increase of £6552, and the tramways an increase of £19,850…

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Grafton-Casino Railway. a Qualified Approval. Sydney, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1900 · page 2

THE Public Works Committee has unanimously decided to recommend the construction of the Grafton Casino railway, provided the cost will not exceed L4000…

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Municipal Road Works

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 3

The Minister for Works has provided for 50 per cent, of subsidies to Municipal road work being made available at once…

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Differential Railway Rates

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

RECENTLY the Railway Commissioners issued a new tariff of charges for the carriage of goods north from Newcastle. To the ordinary mind it seemed a comparatively…

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Free Railways

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

Mr. W, C. Higinbotham, President of the New England Farmers' and Settlers' Association, writes the following letter in Tuesday's issue of the Stock…

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Wellington-werris Creek Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

The Works Committee has decided that it is expedient to carry out the Wellington to Werris Creek Railway…

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"He Was a Railway Porter."

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 6

A thin man, with a distressing cough, was Inspecting some portmanteaus and trunks In front of a West End shop the other day, when the proprietor of the place appeared…

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