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Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Telegrams Sydney, Tuesday. The Sydenham Railway Disaster. Conclusion of the Inquest

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 5

The jury ascribed the derailment of the train at Sydenham, to a high rate of speed, and defective characteristics of the engine…

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Local and General News. More Road Works

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

THE Minister for Works, ever susceptable to the cry of the unemployed, and never more so than at the present time, has decided to find work for 500 able-bodied individuals…

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Railway Time Table

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 1

The mail train for Sydney leaves Tenterfleld at 6.40 p.m. daily, Saturdays excepted, and for Brisbane a 10.30 a.m. daily, Sundays excepted…

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Coff's Harbor-Guyra Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 2

OUR Grafton namesake Bays that a Guyra correspondent in advocating the connection to Coff's Harbor, gives the following as the population along the route : Coff's Harbor to Bonville Creek 180,…

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Ways of Living. TRAMPS

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 5

WHETHER it is the consciousness that I possess cowardly eyes, ever on the outlook that I don't run against persons I take to be…

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Walcha Road Public School Picnic and Athletic Sports

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

On Saturday, the 27th, the Walcha Road Public School Picnic and Athletic Sports were held on the Recreation Ground in Mr. T…

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Railway from New England to the Coast. (To the Editor of the [?].)

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

Sir,—Believing it is the intention of the Railway Commissioners to visit this district, at no distant date, for the purpose of collecting evidence in…

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The Motor-car in France and England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 May 1901 · page 2

Mr, John Muoro, writing in "Cassell's Magazine" for February, says:—The French an a quick-witted race, always on the lookout for something new and interesting,…

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Serious Railway Accident. an Engine Bolts. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 2

A serious collision between two goods trains occurred about a mile from Rydal last night, both locomotives and eight trucks being smashed. The accident…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 3

A serious railway collision occurred yesterday [?]ing between two goods trains, one from Bathurst with sheep, and the other from Eskbank, containing coal. One train had left Rydal for…

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Collapse of a Bridge

The Inverell Times · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2
Also in The Armidale Chronicle

During the testing of the new bridge [?] Bridge-street, Bendigo, (Vic) on Tuesday evening, a sensational accident occarred, [?] bridge suddenly collapsing This result [?]…

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The Coastal Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

RECOGNISION the utter futility of fighting for the impossible proposal to connect Grafton with Glen Innes by rail, the 'Grip,' a coastal journal,…

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Big Railway Smash. Two Trains in Collision. Marvellous Escapes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 3

Late on Wednesday night information reached Bathurst that a collision between two goods train's had occurred near Eydal, 34 miles from Bathurst…

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Railway Oollision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 4

He damage in connection with the railway collision near Rydal is estimated at £4,000. The injured persons are progressing…

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Kookabookra Road

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

ON Friday morning last we received the following letter from our Member who has been moving with reference to the above road :-- I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter…

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Masilla-barraba Railway

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 2

The Works Committee have rucommended the construction of the Manilla-Barraba railway, providing the land can be conveyed free of cost…

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Barraba Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 May 1901 · page 3

The Public Works Committee have recommended the construction of the Manilla-Barraba railway, provided the land be conveyed free of cost…

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Female Train Guards

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 7

In Santiago and Valparaiso women are employed as conductors on tramways. They wear a dark-blue, uniform with a White apron tied with red ribbons, and large white…

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Railway Accidents

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

The third railway accident in two days occurred at the Redfern railway station last night (says Saturday's " Herald "). At 20 minutes past 11…

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