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Railways, roads & transport, 1875

442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 23

Fire on the Great Northern Railway Line

Evening News · Friday 31 December 1875 · page 2

On Tuesday morning the grass on the railway line in front of the court-house in East Maitland caught fire from sparks from the engine, and (according to the MERCURY) the fire caught the paling fence dividing…

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The Government Railway Policy. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 December 1875 · page 3

SIR.—In your issue of the 27th in[?] an excellent letter [?] under the above heading, signed [?] The writer is unknown [?] me, but th[?] truths be [?] are [?]o important that I [?]…

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