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Northern Rivers · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1912

1,386 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 70

Tenterfield Coraki Road

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 6

An agitation is about to be revived by the residents of South Casino with the object of having Hare street formed and graded,…

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Terania Creek Suspension Bridge. a Useful Straucture

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 4

The photogrnph reproduced in this issue gives clear idea of the now suspension bridge over Terania Creek at McLean's to connect the Keerrong road with the…

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Departure in Moving Pictures. Taken From an Aeroplane. New York

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

An aviator named Coffin, accompanied by a moving picture operator. Hydro, aeroplaned around the Statue Liberty and across the harbor, the operator taking…

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Notes and News. Tenterfield-casino Railway

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 6

Speaking at the reception to the Executive Council of the Farmers ahd Settlers' Association at Lismore, on Friday, Mr. McCredie, of Glen Innes, advocated…

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Casino-Tenterfield Railway

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon (says Tuesday's "Daily News") a conference which had been arranged by the Mayor between the members of the executive of the…

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New Concrete Railway Sleeper

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 2

A struggling Californian inventor named George Gates. who is seventy years of age, has sold to a syndicate of eleven of the greatest railway systems of the…

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A Tram Employee's Truths. Badge Question a Pretext. Sydney. 1 a.m

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

There thousand police and specials assembled in Market Square, Brisbane today to prevent any procession of the strikers. Thousand of persons looked on,…

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Train Wrecked. Many Lives Lost. Minneapolis

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

The Great Northern train, belonging to the Oriental, Limited, was wrecked at Devon, North Dakota, and several were killed and many Injured. The physicians…

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Railways in War. "Wiping Out" an Army of Invaders in Forty-eight Hours

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 8

Although the railways of Great Britain, unlike those of Germany and other Continental countries, were not built with an eye to military considerations, the…

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Railway Runaway. One Man Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 5

A number of runaway railway trucks dashed into a ballast pit near Geraldton, West Australia. Seven men were having lunch in the pit, and one, J. Smiley, was…

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Shire Road Plants and Motor Cars

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 6

Cr. Maxwell, President of Dorrigo Shire, was present at a social function in connection with the election of the Woodburn Shire President last…

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Derailing a Train. an Unsuccessful Attempt. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

The Superintendent of Police rcceived a telegram stating that a stock train on the Culctuirn-Corowa line was yesterday derailed through fish-plates being piled on…

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Local Interest. Railway Workers' Union

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

On Monday night last Mr. Con. Hogan, the organiser of the above union, visited Casino, and at night addressed the men working on the…

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Tableland Railway

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 10

Conference of the F. and S.A. and Lismore Railway League. A conference of members of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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Motor Car-sulky Collision

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

A collision occurred in Uralba-street last evening between a motor car and a sulky. The car was running into town, and the light on the vehicie was hung in such a,…

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Railway Collision. Escape of Driver and Fireman. Secen Carriages Smashed. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 5

A railway collision occurred at Sutherland this morning through an engine and three cars which came through [?]om Waterfall dashing into a set of standing…

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Border Road

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 4

At the last meeting of Beaudesert Shire Council the local "News" reports that Mr. H. G. Gray, carrier, Tylerville, wrote re the opening of…

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Train on Fire

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 11

While the train from Melbourne to Bairasdale on Sunday was speeding along between Fernbank and Lindenow two of its passenger cars caught fire, and were…

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Train Wrecks. an Epidemic of Them in America. Many Lives Lost. New York

Northern Star · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 9

There is an epidemic of train wrecks in the North of America. Two freight trains collided at North Yarmouth, and in the wreckage burned three trainmen. lost their…

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Train Delayed

Northern Star · Monday 19 February 1912 · page 5

Saturday ovening's train from the Tweed was late reaching Lismore, not arriving till eight o'clock. It was reported here the cause of the delay was first the late…

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