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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

6,475 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Tram and Cart Collision. The Liverpool- street Fatality

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 7

The Acting- City Coroner, Mr. W. Clarke, made inquiry yesterday afternoon into the death of Edward Chadwick, a carrier, who succumbed to injuries sustained on Friday…

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Tramway Through Moore Park

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

At a meeting held yesterday afternoon of the health committee of the City Council a letter was read from the Railway Commissioners asking for permission to construct a train track…

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Seaport of Afghanistan. Ameer Wants a Strip of Land. Railway to Kandahar and Kabul

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Router's Agency states that if allowed to acquire a strip of Baluchistan territory, starting at the southwest corner of Afghanistan and terminating…

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Motoring

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 8

Recent bush fires in New South Wales and Victoria have in several instances destroyed culverts, etc., on the route of the Dunlop overland motor contest from Sydney to Melbourne, which is to take place on the 21st to the…

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Furiously Driving a Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 8

Ernest Alfred Peck was charged at the Water Police Court with driving a motor car on the Sydney road, Manly, on January 23, so furiously as to endanger the safety of Stephen Matterson. On that date Matterson…

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Bogan Gate to Trundle Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 4

In connection with the proposed construction of the section of railway from Bogan Gate to Trundle, it will be remembered that those interested gave a guarantee to provide against…

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The Spit Tramway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 9

There have been numerous complaints of late by visitors to the Spit with reference to the tramway arrangements, and these complaints, have found expression in the Mosman Council…

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Great Railway Trust. a Capital of £1,400,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The formation of another gigantic trust in America is foreshadowed. A report from New York slates that a…

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Railway Accident. Unaccountable Derailment. Passengers' Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Passengers by the morning train from Ararat to Avoca to-day had a sensational experience. The train consisted of 12 trucks, loaded with firewood, a louvre…

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Repairs to Green's Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 9

A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday with the request that certain repairs should be carried out to Green's Bridge at Kissing Point. The work…

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John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 11

For our sales on Tuesday next we propose to submit a catalogue of some four thousand bales, the re arrangement of auctions, owing to the recent shipping…

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Train and Sleigh Collision. Seven Women Killed

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

A train from Pittsburgh, Pennsyivania, came into collision with a sleigh at Hornellsville (New York State), killing seven women, and fatally injuring four others…

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Shocking Accident. Sleigh Smashed by a Train Several Women Killed. London, Thursday, 3 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 1

A shocking railway accident has occurred at Hornellsville, In Steuben County, New York. It appears that a train from Pittsburg…

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The Lady and the Motor Car. Amateur Detectives Defeated

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

A well-known hotelkeeper, whose hostel is much, frequented by motorists, complains of the keen inquisitiveness displayed by fellow sportsmen as to the names land identity of ladies and…

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For Railway Employees' Orphans. Eddy Memorial Fund. Mass Meeting Proposed

Evening News · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

At a meeting of the board of management of the Eddy Railway Memorial Fund, it was decided to convene a mass meeting early in March, of all railway employees who…

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Day-street Tramway. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 3

Sir,—Your last correspondent, Peter McLachlan, is hardy a fair critic, be being a shopkeeper in Erskinestreet, exactly opposite Day street and therefore gains the most benefit by the construction of the tramway…

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Railway Accidents in Victoria. Collision at Beaufort. Three Engines Damaged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 6

At Beaufort raliway station last night a collision occurred bestween a goods train drawn up at the platform and a heavilyladen wheat train drawn by two engines,…

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Cycling and Motoring. the Sydney Thousand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

This big race, which comes off early next month, promises to be the best of the series since the inauguration of the event. No doubt the increase in this season's, entries is accounted for, to a large…

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Railway Facilities at Meadow Bank

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

A deputation representing the municipal councils and residents of Ryde and Hunter's Hill was introduced to the Railway Commissioners yesterday by Mr. T. R. Moxham,…

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The Railway Exports. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1905 · page 4

Sir,—I saw in a recent issue of the "Herald an exhaustive dissertation and report by our Railway triumvirate upon the absorbing topic, viz., the retention of our profits in the…

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