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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Railway Accidents. Ganger Run Down

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

As stated in our Junee news, George Aldridge was travelling on a tricycle through a cutting about a mile south of the station when he was overtaken…

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First Train

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

The first train for over a week, carrying only passengers and light luggage, left Moree this morning…

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Closing of Roads

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

The Local Government Act provides that before unnecessary roads may be acquired by landowners the consent of the Shire Council must be obtained…

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Catastrophe in a Blizzard. Train Derailed. Topples Over Bridge. Temperature Below Zero. Large Number Killed. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

An express train was detailed just as it reached a bridge across the river near Sudbury, an important mining town of Ontario, Canada…

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At Turn of Road

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 3

The rain poured uncompromisingly down and down, and the State street crowd swarmed unceasingly on. The girl In the waterproof raglan and the…

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Railway Disasters Train Falls Into River. Many Persons Killed. London, Jan, 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

A derailed train struck a bridge in Canada and some of the cars tell into the river beneath, 48 lives being lost. The Sudbury express first-class…

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Tumbarumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

We are informed that Mr. Hutchinson, Chief Engineer for Railways, passed throught Adelong a few days ago, accompanied by Mr. Stephens, the…

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Local and General News Tumbaumba Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

It seems pretty well a foregone conclusion (says the "Tumut ana Adelong Times") that the railway to Tumbarumba will be constructed from…

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Collision of Trams

The Worker · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 19

An extraordinary tram collision happened in Liverpool-street, Sydney, on Thursday afternoon. A tram from Bondi Junction, consisting of two cars filled…

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Open Column. State of Shire Roads. (To the Editor)

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 2

SIR,—As on erstwhile resident of your bonny little town of Tumut, I was pleased to note recently, that Cr. Mason said that since the gales were…

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Train Derailed

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

Some excitement was caused at the Cootamundra railway yards on Tuesday owing to the engine and tender attached to the paper train…

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Railway Employee Killed. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

Robert Jones, a tram examiner, met with a shocking death yesterday. On the second division of the Melbourne express one car of the train had been…

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Lockhart—clear Hills Railway. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

A tender was accepted to-day for the construction of station buildings at Long Park. Boree Creek, and Mucra, and sheep trucking yards of Boree Creek, on the…

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A Railway Employee Killed. an Extraordinary Accident. Goulburn

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

Robert William Jones, a train examiner, residing at Goulburn, was killed at Towrang yesterday. He was leaning out of the second division of the…

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Terrible Train Accident Two Drovers Run Down. One Mutilated; Other Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Two drovers named H. Jones and John Ellis, residing near Grenfell, who were in charge of some, stock, alighted from their train at Goulburn this…

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Railway Fatality. Drovers Knocked Down by Express. One Killed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at Goulburn this morning. Two drovers, in charge of some stock, alighted from their train and stood in a splice…

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Floods in France the Seine Falling. Precautions for City's Safety. Motor Boats From England. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

There has been two days' fine weather in France and a sharp frost. The river Seine is falling steadily. Each section of Paris is under the…

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Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The evidence at the inquest concerning the Stoate's Nest railway fatality, when a carriage was derailed and seven people killed, last week, showed…

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Object to Police. Railway Men Refuse to Work

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

Twenty-three permanent railway laborers were taken to Stanford-Methyr to load coal under the protection of 16 police. Thirteen of the…

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Railway Strike Victims

The Worker · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 9

A full measure of revenge has been taken by the Railway Commissioners against certain of the railway employees who were concerned in the strike of some…

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