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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

390 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 20

The Colorado Railway Outrage. Martial Law Proclaimed

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 4

In connection with the Cripple Creek railway outrage at Colorado, two hundred of the sheriff's deputies, under General Bell, had a sanguinary…

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Railway Construction

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 4

A German electrical engineering firm is tendering for the constriction of a railway from Berlin to Hamburg, 197 miles, guaranteeing 125 miles…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 4

A Japanese named Tobita, a partner in a business firm at Brisbane, was found yesterday decapitated on the railway a few' miles from Brisbane…

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A War Picture Scenes on the Railway

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 6

A Russian doctor who is on his way to the Far East sends the following graphic account of his experiences, which is calculated to convey a fair idea of the…

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Railway Time Table

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 4

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

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Russian Ice Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 3

A RAILWAY upon ice is not the novelty generally supposed, for the Russians themselves have made ex tensive use of railways of this kind…

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Railway Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 5

WHILE attempting to step from a train, before it stopped, on Saturday at Redfern, a young married woman was killed. At the inquest to-day a verdict of accidental death…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 4

The body of a woman named Hepplewhite, almost severed in two, was found on the railway line near Broadmeadow on the northern line…

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T E L E G R a M S. SYDNEY, Tuesday. N.S.W. RAILWAYS. Fresh Coal Contracts

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1904 · page 4

The railway Commissioners have accepted various contracts for the supply of 380,000 tons of coal at from 4s 6d to 8s 6d per ton, according to…

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Railway Fatality. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 5

A DAIRY-WOMAN named Mungovan was run over and killed by a train on the Caniberwell line last night. The station master (Mr. M'Gann) who…

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Largest Motor in the World

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 1

It is in the huge forests of Canada where the biggest motors in the world are seen. They have been specially designed by a Chicago inventor for hauling logs over…

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New Type of Railway Engine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 1

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, in order more satisfactorily to cope with their heavy, suburban trains, have just introduced the first of an entirely…

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Train-wreckers. Their Punishment

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 3

Evening at De Aar. An awed hush has fallen upon a place of great unquiet for there is stern, grim work afoot, and the breathlessness of impending tragedy…

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Railway Accidents

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 5

AT Yailsop, W.A., the brakes failed to hold a train, which dashed into an embankment. A passenger was killed and two were injured. A WOMAN was run over by a train at Auburn…

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Railway Accident in West Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 June 1904 · page 3

A serious railway accident occurred near Yarloop (W.A.) on Tuesday night, resulting in the death of one man and injuries to others, whose…

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Port Arthur. How the Ammunition Train Got Through

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 June 1904 · page 8

In the American files to hand by the Sonoma is a narrative by the war correspondent in the service of the Associated Press, who describes…

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Assistant Road Super

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 2

MR. J. R. SOLOMONS who a short time back, was transferred from the Glen Innes Roads Office to Lithgow, is likely to be appointed Assistant Road Superintendent of the Armidale district, vice Mr…

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The Tramway Trouble. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 June 1904 · page 5

IT is now understood that the differences between the Railway Commissioners and the employees will be settled without recourse to the Arbitration Court…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 2

A subscription is being raised for Mr. Alf. Withers, who had the misfortune to lose his leg below the knee through an engine passing over it…

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Action Against Railway Commissioners

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 4

The action brought by Kate Wywand and George Wyward, husband and wife, against the Railway Commissioners for compensation for…

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