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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

585 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 30

Terrible Disaster. on the Midland Railway. Expresses in Collision. Wreckage Ablaze. [?]Lled, 20 Injured. Terrible Scenes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 4

Not since the Bullhouse accident near Penistone, in 1884, when 24 persons were killed and 60 injured by the breaking of a clank-axle of a fast…

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Woman Chaffeur. Professional Lady Motor Driver

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 3
Also in Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review

The lady chauffeur has arrived. We have had lady lawyers, lady doctors, lady porters, and lady barbers, but the fair said who dons a big coat and a…

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Science & Invention New Railway Signal

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 7

The numerous railway accident which have recently occurred in Germany because of the failure of engia cert to observe the signals. have…

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Railway Picnic

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

The following tenders were accepted by the Picnic Committee, at their meeting on Wednesday night, for the privileges in connection with the…

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Opening the Bridge over the Yarrangobilly River

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 3

A VERY representative gathering assembled at the Yarrangobilly village on Saturday last for the purpose of arranging some form of demonstration…

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Decapitated by Train. Woman's Strange End. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 2

The body of Man Hannah Neighbour, aged 37, was found on the railway line Dear Ascot Vale to-day. The head was completely severed from the body…

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Fusion of Tram Wire City Traffic Suspended. Explosion and Fire. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 2

Owing to the fusion of a number of wires carrying the current supplying the Sydney tramway service, the whole of the George and Pitt street trams were…

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British Railway in China Indictment of Contractors Violation Op Financial Contracts. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 2

Dr George Morrison, the Pekin correspondent of the "Times," has visited the Shanghai-Hangchau-Ningpo railway, which is being constructed…

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Runaway Motor Launch

The Worker · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 29

Quite a commotion was caused among yachtsmen in Lavender Bay, Sydney Harbor, on Sunday morning, when one of the fastest motor launches in the port was…

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Narrow Gauge Railways

The Worker · Thursday 11 March 1909 · page 29

The New South Wales Public Works Committee, in connection with the proposed railway from Coramba to Dorrigo, are considering the question of narrow-gauge…

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Sport and Play. Bicycle Road Race

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

The bicycle road race, run on Wednesday under the auspices of the Tumut Bicycle Club, did not attract a large entry, only half a dozen…

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New Yarrangobilly Bridge. to Be Opened March 17

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 2

Our correspondent writes under date March 8:—There was a very representative gathering at the Yarrangobilly village on Saturday, the 6th ultimo when…

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3000 Miles Over the Ice. Mikkelsen's Tramp in Endless Night. No Northern Land

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 6

For a man who has tramped 3000 mile by himself along the Verge of the Arctic Seas, for a long way by moonlight, living on dog-flesh when…

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Linking Up Railway System

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 4

The Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Johnson) and the General Traffic Manager (Mr. Harper) and party returned on Saturday morning from…

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Railway Collision. Melbourne Express Cars Damaged. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 2

During shunting operations in the Central Railway yards at Sydney last night a set of pick-up cars collided with several cars belonging to the…

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Chinese Railways Contract Violated. British Protest. London, 16th March

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

The British Government has taken action with regard to the revelations made by Dr. Morrison, the China correspondent of the "Times," as to…

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Fall on a Railway Line

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 2

A boy 10 years of age, named Sidney M'Glynn, son of the station [?] at Uranquinty, was playing on the railway platform there when he…

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Trans-country Railway Leading Pastoralist's View. Value of Light Lines. Temora

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 4

For a considerable time the arguments adduced in favour of a trans-country line, to connect Riverina with the North west system, have been based…

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Page twenty-Seven: the Railway Navvy

The Worker · Thursday 18 March 1909 · page 27

Aside he stands. The pick in his hands, While the carriages rock and sway As the train roars by…

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