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Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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Robbery in a Train. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

A TAX collector was held up in a train near Rostov, Russia, and robbed of £2000…

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Terrible Railway Accident. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident consequeut on the unprecedented snowstorms happened to a Scottish train from Arbroath, which was waiting at…

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Railway Fatality. Man and Woman Run Over

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

Charles Taylor, employed as a repairer on the railway, and his wife were ran over by a goods train from Melbourne on Saturday night, near…

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Railway Collision in Scotland. 19 KILLED, 37 INJURED. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

A shocking railway accident has occurred in Scotland. A train of the Caledonian Co., going from Arbroath, Forfarshire, to…

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Killed on the Railway. Man and Woman Run Over

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

CHARLES employed as a repairer on the rail way, and his wife were ran ever by a goods train from Melbourne on Saturday night, near…

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A Motor-car [?]

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

A darling feat was success [?] phlished by Mr. Charles Jarrelt [?] motor-car by the ascent of Arthur's the historic mountain which overlook…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

Mr. T. Morris, a railway employee at Walcha Road for the past 20 years, has resigned from that department, and intends living on his farm at…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

The Uralla News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

From Now York, on 30th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Further information fails to lessen…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

Two passenger trains on tbe Chicago Pacific railway collided, 35 passengers being killed and 21 injured. A number of Mexicans ware…

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Railway Commission

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

It is now announced that the Cabinet has not yet come to a final determination in regard to the appoint ment of new Railway Commissioners…

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Railway Disaster

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 6

A terrible railway disaster, due it is believed, to the severe snowstorms, has occurred at Elliot Junction, Forfarshire,…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

A motor 'bus belonging to Sheehan Bros, was going down Black's Spur, Victoria, on Sunday, last week, when the brake…

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Main Roads

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

THE following hare been classified at main reads within the meaning of section 38 of the Local Government Act:--Grafton, via Glen Innes to Inverell; Inverell, via King's Plains to Glen Innes;…

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Railway Accidents. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

J. J. COURTNEY, a retired schoolmaster, was killed by a Melbourne train at Ormond station to-day. The mutilated, remains of a wood merchant…

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Railway Commissionership. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

It is stated that an offer has been made to a British railway expert to take the position of Chief Commissioner of Bail ways, bat that…

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Fate of Railway Employees

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 4

Eighteen navvies, buried In Germany in a railway cutting are unduscovered and the case is considered hopeless…

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Railway Mismanagement

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

THE travelling public of New South Wales are a long suffering people, and, in the matter of railway management, or mismanagament, they have…

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Railway Picnic at Guyra

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

The annual railway picnic meeting was held at the Armidale ref[?]ment-room on the 7th inst., when Mr. Thos. Webb was elected President; Mr. O. McDermott treasurer, and Mr…

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Agricultural Instruction Train

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

A popular means of imparting special information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…

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War Against Bridge. a Young Girl's Losses

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

From New York on 15th October the correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote:-- Mr Justice Shuster's decision on…

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