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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

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Railway Collision. Express and Goods Train. Albury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at The Rock, 00 miles from Albury, at 5.30 yesterday morning. The first division of the express from Sydney crashed into a goods…

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Railway Robbery. Thieves Sentenced. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 5

Joseph James, dealer, and Charles Schneifer, clerk, have been sentenced to fifteen and twelve months' imprisonment respectively, in connection with…

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East Greta Railway. Engine-drivers' Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 June 1913 · page 4

Early in May last a letter was written by the secretary of the Association of Engine-drivers, Firemen, Cleaners' and Fuelmen in the employ of the East Greta…

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Aeroplane on Fire. Aviator Burned to Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

An aeroplane was eat on fire by an explosion at Shoreham, in Sussex. Wight, the aviator, was seriously burned, and died from his injuries…

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Uniform Railway Gauge. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Holman, the state Premier referring, to-day to the resolutions in connection with the question of uniform railway gange, adopted, on the occasion of the…

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Railway Collision. Passengers Injured. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

A pilot engine collided with a stationary train at Kimbuck, in Perth-shire. Many of the passengers were…

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Railway Disaster. Caused by Floods. Calcutta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 5

Details have been received of a railway accident in the Bardwan district of Bengal. A train, carrying a hundred…

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Railway Bridge Burned. Picnickers Marooned. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 5

A fire destroyed a trestle bridge connecting Rockaway Beach with Long Island. Fifty thousand picnickers were…

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Our Tramway System

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 11

A correspondent complains that in dry weather the seats of our trams are dusty, and wet in rainy weather, and that the conductors rarely close the doors after…

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The Rock Railway Accident. Finding of the Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. Cann, the State Treasurer, who also administers the Railway Department, has received from Mr. Spurway, the secretary for railways, the report of the…

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Railway Travellers Warned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 5

The following paragraph was issued to the press by the Railway Department to-day:—"Railway travollers who intend visiting the adjoining States would do well…

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The North Coast. a Motor Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 11

My last article concluded at our arrival at Lismore, During the evening a casual stroll was made round the town, which is…

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Railway Delays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 4

Yesterday the coal trains on the Maitland line were running 22 hours late, while the position with regard to the West Wallsend line, referred to in the…

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Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1913 · page 4

George E. Gasterstadt, a bollormaker, employed at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's works, at Hoxham, was killed on the railway, between Hexham and Tarro, late…

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Motor Cycling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 3

The first social run for the season of the Hunter District Motor Cycle Club, in which over twenty members took part, was held yesterday. The route travelled…

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Dismasted & Abandoned. the Schooner Tramp. Rescue of the Crew

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1913 · page 5

The heavy gale that raged along the centre of the New South Wales coast during the early part of last week was responsible for the dismasting of the scow…

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State of the Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

Al the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night, Alderman Brooks moved, "That in view of the unsatisfactory state of the roads of the municipality, the…

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East Greta Railway Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 6

The trouble between the East Greta Railway Company and the Association of Engine-drivers, etc., was settled on Saturday at the conference between…

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Hexham Railway Fatality. Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1913 · page 5

Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of George E. Gasterstadt, who was killed on the…

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The State of the Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1913 · page 6

Sir,—In today's is issue of "The Newcastle Morning Herald," you report the Mayor (Alderman sheddon) as having made use of the following words: "Their…

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