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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Highest Metal Bridge in the World

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 7

There has just been finished in Auvergne, France, what is supposed to be the highest metal bridge in the world, the viaduct des Fades. This…

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Run over by a Train. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

Richard Hibbs, aged twenty-three, a (Sherman, residing at the Hawkesbury River, was run down by the Northern Express in the Hawkesbury…

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High Up the Winding Road the Homing of the Herds

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 3

Towards the end of September, when the High Alps are more beautiful than any orthodox summer tourist knows, the abiding stillness which lies upon the…

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The Latest. Matters in Suspension. the Southern Ballot. the Train Service. Sydney, Friday afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 5

Strike matters are practically suspended till after the New Year. The Labor Council is discussing which Congress it would endorse, but no decision was…

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Railway and Progress Association

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

The above association have been active in regard to the Werris Creek to Dubbo railway proposal, and railway matters generally. A travelling committed was sent over the route…

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A Train Derailed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 3

A Californian special was deralled. The carriages caught fire, and five passengers were killed and [?] others severely injured…

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CABLES. Attempt to Rob a Train. London, Monday Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

While attempting to rob a bank at Harrar, Okishoma, two men were shot and killed, and a third wounded. Two othera escaped…

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Motor Traffic. What the New Act Provides

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

THE Motor Traffic Act, 1909, passed by the State Legislature during the early portion of the session just closed, gives the authorities a supervision over, and control of, motor vehicles…

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American Railway Disaster. London, Monday Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

A Callforaian special train was derailed on Bock Island, New York line, and the carriages caught fire. Five people were killed, and nine injured,…

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Railway Commissioners as Coal Vendors

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 2

It was remarked at the Municipal Council on Monday evening that the Railway Commissioners had declined very positively to supply or lend coal…

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About Railway Tickets

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 3

Some interesting particulars about railway tickets, ancient and modern, are given by it contributor to the "Railway Magazine." The earliest tickets…

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Train Derailed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 3

The tender attached to the engine of a mountain train was derailed at Penrith on Monday morning. The driver succeeded in stopping the train before it reached the culvert…

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Train Derailed. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

The train attached to the engine of a mountain train was derailed at Penrith yesterday morning. The driver succeeded in stopping the train before…

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Out to Pieces on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 3

Early on Monday morning, George Mullins, a railway employee, while crossing the line at the central station at Sydney, was run over by a train and shockingly mutilated. He was…

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Local and General. Molong to Cumnook Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Kennedy, an officer of the Public. Works Department, recently visited Molong to make an exploration of the proposed railway from Molong to…

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Railway Fatalities. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

Early yesterday morning, George Mullins, a railway employee, while crossing the line at the Central Station, was run over by a train and…

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OBITUARY. Mr. James Dempster. An Appreciation by Edmund Milne, Superintendent Western Railway Division

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 3

A newly-opened railway station in Riverina. A wagon laden with bags of grain is being dealt with, the owner is of the sturdy, broad-shouldered…

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Curra Creek Road

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 2

A great source of danger to teams and traps travelling on this road is the narrow cutting of which a deal of the road is composed. Some of the cuttings…

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Motor-car Services to Tourist Resorts

The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 2

The Government Tourist Bureau, quite in consonance with its reputation for keeping abreast of the times, has for some time had under consideration the…

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Motor-car Services to Tourist Resorts

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

THE Government Tourist Bureau, quite in consonance with its reputation for keeping abreast of the times, has for some time bad under consideration the…

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