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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Motor Car Accident

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 2

The motor car has been [?] a great amount of work during the present election, and a recent development will prove of great importance in increasing the…

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Narrow Escape. Railway Inspector's Experience. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 3

Percy Roberts, a permanent way inspector on the raliway, was proceeding from Ry[?]stone to Wnllerwang on a motor cycle, when he met a special train in a…

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A Giant Bridge

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

The building of the great Manhattan Bridge has added another chapter to the romance of modern engineering. Whether the finished structure…

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Iii.—land Bridge Between Europe and America

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

Some reasons for believing there was a land bridge between North Europe and North America in geological times as recent as the days of the Reindeer and only…

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Illustrated From all over the World the Highest Bridge in the World

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 3

Our illustration shows the highest bridge in the world. It runs over the Sioule Valley, and opens a new route from St. Eloy to Volvie, on the…

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All Round the World's Railways

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 6

At the end of 1903 there were in the world about 516,000 miles of railways, which seem to have increased at the rate of about [?]…

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Canadian Pacific Railway

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 2

The Canadian Pacific Railway's gross revenue for 1909 is estimated to reach £20,0O0,000. or £1,000,000 more than the revenue for the same year. This includes…

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Railway Appointment

Northern Star · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Griffin, District Inspector of Railways at Goulburn, has been promoted to District Superintendent at Lismore in succession to Mr. A. Allen, who goes to…

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Aeroplane Accident. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

Siemens Schuckers biplane, carrying an engineer and two passangers boke down at a height of 50 feet at Bornstedterfed and a side wind simultaneously struck the…

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Attempt to Wreck a Train. Sidney

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

An attempt at a double train derailment occurred at Katoomba last night. The train fromat Victoria was approaching; the station when the front oogey wheels…

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Grafton Railway Returns

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 5

MR. CAHILL, stationmaster, has supplied us with the following statistical information concerning Grafton railway station for the month of February :—Coaching revenue,…

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Railway Strike Averted. Loondon, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

Mutual conncessions have averted a strike on the Baltimore-Ohio railroad…

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Fatal Motor Accident. London, Sunday Afternoon

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 3

Mr. Geiger Argentino Consul at Munich has been killed by his automobuile crashing into a tree. His wife severaly injured, likewise the Paragunyam Council and…

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Attempted Train Wrecking

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

A telegram from Katoomba says:--An attempt at double train derailment occurred on Sunday night. The train leaving Mount Victoria and due at…

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Brown's Creek Bridge Lismore

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Oakes was successful in securing the contract for the erection of a bridge over Brown's Creek, Lismore, the contract price being '£1346…

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Motor Traffic Regulations. Some Strict Provisions

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 7

The regulations framed [?] Motor Traffic Act. 1909, are published in the Government Gazette." The Act came into operation at the beginning of the year…

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Death on Railway Line. Mangled Body Found. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

The body of Mary Millicent James aged [?]is been found on the railway, line near [?] in a terribly mangled condition. She was last seen at eleven o"clock lost…

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Wilson's Creek. a Bridge Wanted

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

A correspondent in this issue calls attention to the unsafe conditions attaching the crossing of Wilson's Creek during times of heavy rain…

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Clue to Train Wreckers. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The police have discovered a [?] to the attempted train wrecking at Katoomba on Sunday night…

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Test of Motor Snow Sledges. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

Captain Scott's motor sledge tests in Norway were successful. They pulled a [?] of nineteen [?]wt. [?] on the snow…

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