50 Killed in American Train Smash
NEW YORK Dec. 31.—At least 50 were killed and 160 injured when the second division of the Pacific Limited crashed into the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
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Chinese Civilians Repair Burma Road
Chinese volunteers from villages along the Burma Read in China, dig away landslides that hampered movement at men and supplies to the Salween River front…
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.— A warning that the closing of the nation a race courses may be followed by more…
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GLOUCESTER.— The North Coast Mail train to Sydney yesterday was delayed when it struck a bull on-the the-at Doon…
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WELLINGTON (NZ), Wed — One man- was killed and two injured when a car driven by Major H. A. Jaffray, military secretary…
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SYDNEY Wed—While di[?] traffic in George Ste[?] Wynyard Station Constable William Kirby 48 [?]…
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GOULBURN Wed—Gunner Alan Trevor Betts 21 who was reproved missing from the 114th Australian General Hospital…
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Gunner Alan Trevor Betts (21), who was reported missing from the 14th A.G.H., where he was a patient, was found dead on the main railway line…
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LONDON Jan 3.—The [?] for War Transport [?]that [?]07 persons were [?] and [?]10,268 mixed as…
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The Leader of the Country Party Col. Bruxner. urged, When speaking in the Legislative Assembly, that the Commonwealth Government should reimburse the…
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The Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. J. Haritgan) announced that although the improved country time-tables provided over the…
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SYDNEY Thursday.—Tie Minister for Supply and Shipping Beasley) stated that there no hope of any major…
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A bull, which is believed to have jumped the railway gates at a level crossing at Bu[?]hac derailed the tender of the engine of a mail train and…
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Mr. Lawrence Wenham has been spending his holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Wenham, of Stroud Road. Lawrence is at present…
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The district superintendent of railways has advised Mr. Clive Bourke (secretary of Singleton and District Chamber of Commerce) that,…
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Restrictions on the use of tyres, petrol, and motor accessories were more likely to be tightened than eased in 1945, said the Minister for…
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LONDON, January.5.—Over 1000 Superfortresses and Liberators, escorted by 500 Mustangs on Friday pounded communications and railway yards in-western Germany. They attacked over 20 targets inside German lines between Cologne and Karlsruhe, and to the east beyond Frankfurt…
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AUCKLAND Monday. — When two carriages of the Wellington-Auckland express plunged over a 15-foot bank and four others were…
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A motor lorry owned by the Messrs. O'Bryan Bros and driven by Mr. Carl Andrews, overturned on Saturday about noon after it had collided…
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CHUNGKING, Jan 8.—Unites of the 14th Air Force raided Jankow aerodrome on Friday and Saturday and destroyed at Least…
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