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

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] the Real Dick Turpin

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 4

Probably there never was a man more unlike the Dick Turpin of romance, the dashing highwayman in his fine laced coat and long boots, than the real malefactor of that…

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Railway Retrenchment

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 3

It is rumored that drastic retcench ment is contemplated in the Railway service…

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Injured by a Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 2

Trevor Jones was awarded £600 for train injuries…

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Railway Heroes

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 1
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Patrick McTamany was a switchman at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad crossings in Jersey City, where there is an intricate network of tracks over which…

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[?]Mances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] Swift Nick

Manilla Express · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 3

The closing period of the seventeenth century was the golden age of highwaymen. They were generally cowardly ruffians, who took care never to attack unless the odds…

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The Great Siberian Railway

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 4

The last rail of the groat Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostock has been laid, and with the completion of this great highway…

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Latest Cables. LONDON, Friday. Bridge Collalsed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 3

A bridge collapsed in Chili. WHilst a train was passing over it the latter was precipitated into a river. A great many passengers were killed and a…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) the Manilla Railway. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

SIR,—I write concerning the latter stages of my journey from the metropolis to this township. My troubles began on boarding an alleged "carriage" on the…

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North Shore Bridge

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 2

Tenders are not yet ready for the North Shore bridge…

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Train Wrecked

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 3

A train whilst rounding a curve it Rampurhst, India, was truck by a cyclone and Completely wracked, thirteen passengers being killed and fifteen injured…

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Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] a Duel on Wimbledon

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 4

The name of Thomas James Brudenel, Sixth Earl of Cardigan, and the last of his line, will recall to most readers of history the plains of Balaclava and the charge of the…

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N.S.W. Government Railways. Cheap Excursion to Melbourne. Wednesday, 16th JULY, 1992

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 July 1902 · page 2

CHEAP Return Excursion Tickets will be issued to Melbourne from Northern Line Stations at the local Holiday Excursion Para to Sydney, plus the…

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Re Moree-mungindi Railway

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

Public Work Department, Sydney, July 6, 1902 Sir,--With reference to the letter dated 30th [?] from Mr C.F. Doughton, [?] by you…

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England's First Passenger Train. Its First Trip Described by the Man Who Held the Throttle

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 4

It will surprise most people to learn that one of the men who stood on the footplate of George Stephenson's famour Rocket when it drew the…

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The Manilla Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 2

A WRITER in the Bingara Telegraph says:—Manilla is "full up" of its eleven-miles-an-hour railway, with its dirty, antiquated hard-seated…

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The Namoi Bridge. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 2

SIR;—Don't you think our municipal authorities are suffering from a alight depression of the brain, judging from your report of meeting, held by…

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Romances of the Road. [All Rights Reserved.] the Derbyshire Rebels

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 4

On the evening of June 8th, 1817, a strange scene was taking place in the parlour of the White Horse Inn at Pentrich. Pentrich is a village a few miles…

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The Manilla Train. United Condemnation

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 3

THE protest against the Manilla train service is well-nigh universal. A petition, asking for the substitution of lavatory carriages in place of the cars…

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The Manilla Train

Manilla Express · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 2

IN another portion of this issue, we give some returns showing the amount of…

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