Train Crash in England: 8 Killed. London. Jan. 17
It has been officially announced that a train from Norwich ran into a train from Yarmouth at Ilford station on Sunday night. Although the Norwich train was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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25 Hurt; Trams Collide SYDNEY
Twenty-five people were hurl by flying glass and were treated at hospital when two trams collided outside Rush-cutter Bay tram depot early tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5th Near Road to Rome LONDON, January 18
In their drive on Cassino, the Fifth Army in Italy captured Santella, 3 miles north-eastward of a vital hopping-off spot on the road to Rome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Meet at Union Bridge
On Wednesday, February 2, at 2 p.m. Albury Council will meet representatives of the Wodonga Council at the [?] Bridge to discuss Wodonga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workers Get More Pay WASHINGTON, January 19
Mr Roosevelt announced at a Press conference today the settlement of the railway wage dispute, under which non-operating workers will receive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Alleges “Raw Deal” Railway Department Criticised
Treatment of Albury by the NSW Railway Department was criticised at Albury council meeting last night. Secretary for NSW Railways (Mr S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steel Mesh on Roads
Following on the use by Allies of steel mesh for emergency landing strips for aircraft in war service, America has laid down an experimental stretch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Road Works for 1944
The Coreen Shire Council has been advised of the acceptance of the 1944 main roads programme providing for an expenditure of approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Bus-train Collision Fifteen Lives Lost
SYDNEY, Thursday: A train bound for Kempsie and a heavily laden bus collided at a level crossing on the Hawkesbury River 30 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Ledo Road Will Link India and China
Edgar Snow writes in the “Saturday Evening Post" that great progress has been made during the post year in building both ends of the Ledo road which will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17 People Killed Train-bus Smash at Hawkesbury Sydney
Seventeen people are dead and five others seriously injured aa a result of a tragic level crossing smash at Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany Say They Have Evacuated Heavily Fortified Novgorod Red Army Smashes Onwards Racing Towards Leningrad Narva Railway ONLY 12 Miles From Vital Life-line London. January 20
Novgorod, heavily defended German base on the northern Russian front, has been evacuated as the Red Army smashes forward. The withdrawal was announced by Berlin radio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →10,000 Increase in Motor Registrations SYDNEY
There has been an increase of nearly 10,000 in the number of motor vehicles registered in NSW during 1943, compared with the 1942 figures…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram-Bus Service Hold-up Threatened SYDNEY
Unless there is any intervention in the Bus and Tram Employes’ Union’s claim for improved conditions, including time off weekly, the threatened 24…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed by Train Tamworth. Friday
While crossing Peel river viaduct engine struck the body of a man who apparently had been run down by express from Wallangarra an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train-Bus Smash Deaths—16 SYDNEY
The death at Hornsby hospital today of David Itallano, aged 6, of Brooklyn, raised the death-roll in the smash between an express train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Train Derailed: 6 Killed. London. Jan. 20
The Vichy radio states that terrorists derailed a passenger train between Complegne and Soissons. Six were killed and 20 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Midget Motor Cycle for Airborne Troops
British airborne troops are equipped with light folding motor cycles as illustrated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Charges for Repairing Motor Vehicles Fixed Sydney
The price charged for repairing motor vehicles is fixed in a prices order gazetted tonight. It is 7/3 an hour during normal working hours, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allied Landing Behind Lines In Italy Surprised Germans All First Objectives Taken Everywhere Made at Dawn on Saturday Bridgehead Several Miles Deep Pushing on Under Strong Air Cover Rome Reported To Be Isolated; Railways Smashed LONDON. January 23
British and American forces of the Fifth Army which made the amphibious landing deep in the rear of the present enemy front-line positions south of Rome before dawn on Saturday, have taken first objectives…
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