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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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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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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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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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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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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