Special Edition. Sensational Mystery. Railway Employee Assaulted
The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 January 1910 · page 1
Shortly after 8 o'clock last night a railway employee named Charles Bubel was taken to the Sydney Hospital In urgent need of medical treatment. His left eye was shockingly…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 January 1910 · page 1
The Brisbane mail is hung up at Moonbi, near Tamworth. owing to a washout. As she has been delayed since midnight fin Friday the railway authorities think that…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 January 1910 · page 8
Matters are still very quiet with the Automobile Club of Australia. In the city of Vienna there are 5082 motorists, made up of 3312 car-drivers, and 1770 motor-cyclists…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
BATHURST,. Saturday.—The Sydney-Melbourne telegraph lines are not the only ones which are a source of annoyance and inconvenience to the public. Those between…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
The Cudgegong River rose this morning to the greatest height lecorded for nearly 20 years. As yet no losses have been reported among stock, as warning was given in time to…
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Evening News · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 3
COFF'S HARBOR, Monday.—In the country districts, the feeling grows stronger every day against any movement that would delay the construction of the Dorrigo-Glenreagh line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.45 P.M. Railways Swept Away. Six Hundred Men Repairing Lines. Where Traffic is Suspended. Estimating the Extent of Damage. Highest Floods on Record
Evening News · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 5
Six hundred men, many of them in special gangs, sent from Sydney, are now busily at work repairing the damage caused to the railway lines by the flood waters. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manchurian Railway. Outcry in Russia. London, Jan. 14
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 7
There is an outery in Russia against the proposed neutralisation of the Manchurian railway. England has not assented to the proposal,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 6
At 6.30 o'clock on Saturday morning a railway accident occurred at claremont, midway between Fremantle and Perth, whereby ten goods trucks became derailed. The spring of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Tramway Accident. Little Girl Killed. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
At Toowoomba, Lily Hanrahan, aged 3, was playing close to Munro'B timber tramline, at Perseverance, when an engine approached unnoticed, and knocked the child down. Her…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
George M'Dougall (21), employed on the railway construction works three miles from Tar[?], was found dead in a powder magazine in which he slept last night. It would…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 10
The Centennial Bicycle Club held a five miles road race on Saturday, over the Bunnerong course. There was a good entry, and the racing proved exciting. Result:—L. Fazackerley, 14m 20s riding time, 1[?] J…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
The river is 25ft, and still rising at the rate of 6in per hour. De[?]king Creek Bridge is submerged, and the general impression is that the bridge will go. The police boat…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
There are several washaways between here and Narrabri. The mails for Walgett and some passengers were trollied over ten miles of the worst washaways yesterday on two…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
As the result of the continued rains further damage has been caused on the Narrabri railway line. The Railway Commissioners have been informed that at a spot 255 miles from…
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The Star · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 5
This afternoon the Public Works Committee took evidence with respect to the proposal to construct u railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa…
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The Star · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 4
All the railway linen in the flooded districts have been damaged, and all traffic has been suspended to Barraba. The Brisbane mail train was held up at Moonbi, near Tamworth,…
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The Star · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
In the country districts the feeling grows stronger every day against any movement that would delay the construction of the Dorrigo-Glenrcngh line. Already a meeting of…
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The Star · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 8
A petition has been got up under the auspices of the Mosman Progress Society in the hope of inducing the Government to give practical form to the long-projected tramway…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 9
PERTH, Sunday.--The railway service between Fremantle and Perth, was blocked for several hours yesterday owing to the axle of a goods truck breaking, with tho result that…
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