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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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He Didn't Catch the Tram

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

"I was out in the western part of the state the other day on a matter of business, "said Brown. "I expected to get back the name day, but I missed the train and was forced…

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The Transcontinental Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 4

Speaking at the opening of the new road from Claremont (W.A.) to the sea Sir John Forrest said that he would do his best to have the transcontinental…

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The Conversion of Don Enrique. an Episode of Mexican Railway Life

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 1
Also in Manilla Express

"It is most wonderful Nay, more, it is marvellous miraculous Why, an hundred burros could not draw so great a load! No, not even an hundred of the…

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Railway Commissioners

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners arrived at Manila by special train on Saturday afternoon. Nobody appeared to know they were coming. After a brief…

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Railway Matters

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1902 · page 2

SOME little time since, attention was drawn in these columns to the most unsatisfactory state of affairs at the Railway Station, and to the very…

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The American Private Railway Cars

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 March 1902 · page 4

The car on which we travelled to a few of the eastern towns of Canada was divided as follows—dining-room and drawing-room in one; two…

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A Bridge Collapses

Manilla Express · Wednesday 19 March 1902 · page 2

While a priest was pronouncing the benediction over a bridge at Lima, the structure collapsed and 100 people were drowned…

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Jumped From a Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 2

A criminal lunatic jumped from the train yesterday between Goulburn and Tarago…

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The Motor Car

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 March 1902 · page 4

The motor-cars of to-day may be divided into three classes, according to the means used for their propulsion —oil, steam and electrical. Of…

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Queensland Railways

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

The Queensland Government are considering the question of closing rome of the railway lines owing to the effects of the drought…

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Train Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 3

A girl named Thomas, aged 5 years, was run over and killed by a train yesterday…

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The Tram Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1902 · page 3

Horace Blaney, the fireman of the tram motor which capsized at Botany, is still alive, but his recovery is doubtful…

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Tram Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 2

Only two tram accidents occurred during the holidays, in one of which a child was killed…

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Barberton Railway Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

Several of the injured soldiers in the Barberton railway accident have since died. The guard saved the carriage in which the civilians were travelling by sticking to the…

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Burglars at Work. Moree Railway Station Robbed. the Safe Dynamited

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 3

It is not often, fortunately, that the quiet and even tenor of our conditions of life in Moree is interrupted by the depredations or inroads of the skilful…

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Daring Burglary at the Railway Station. the Safe-blown Open

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Early on Sunday morning an important b[?]ghary was perpe[?]ted at the local railway station. The manner in which the undertaking was [?]…

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Moree Railway Robbery. Two Men Arrested. Narrabri

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 3

Two men named William Day and Edward Hogan have been arrested by Constables Hickey and Hurley, in connection with the Moree Railway Station robbery. They…

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The Railway Robbery. Two Arrests Made

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

The two men, William Day and Edward Hogan, who were arrested at Narrabri on a charge of breaking and entering the railway station at East…

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