Train Chops Man To Pieces
SYDNEY. Wed: A man who fell to the railway line at Petersham to-day was chopped to pieces by a steam train travelling from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
811 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 41
Fatal Road Accidents Total 503 For Year
SYDNEY, Wed: Fatal road accidents for the year rose to 503 tonight when Robert Miller, 50 of Bridge rd. Forest Lodge, died in…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—The Australian Railways Union is planning a holiday camp scheme for its members in NSW. The sum of…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.: New York’s record snowfall last Friday, in which it is estimated 85 million tons of snow blanketed the city, is producing a…
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LONDON, Thurs.: Without ceremony or a change in the routine of the 600,000 employes, the four main railway companies…
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OTTERVILLE, Fri.: At least 12 and possibly 16 holiday passengers were killed and many others were injured when a…
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SYDNEY. Fri.—Total number of deaths in road accidents in NSW last year was 505 compared with 508 in 1046. the executive…
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FOSTER. Fri.—Edward Macauley Turner. 26. single, Dandenong, was killed instantly when the motor cycle he was riding…
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MELBOURNE, Fri,: Some stoppage of Melbourne tram services seems very likely as a result of a disagreement between the…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: “Australians are supposed to be a nation of sportsmen, but we are on our trial,” said the president of the…
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MELBOURNE Fri.: A railway guard who fell from the van of a moving train at Moslface on Monday died from his injuries today…
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All Melbourne bus and tram services stopped at midnight last night and on present indications will not be resumed for some days. A meeting of off duty tram and bus men yesterday decided…
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ARCHBOLD (Ohio). Mon.: Ten children were killed and two were injured yesterday when the Chicago-bound New York Central passenger…
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Parties to the tram strike which has left Melbourne without tram or tramway bus transport since midnight on Saturday, have been called to appear before the Chief Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Mooney) at 11 a.m. to-morrow…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: A compulsory conference between the Patrick in the Melbourne train strike will be held before…
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Even a person with a most vivid imagination could never suggest that there was any possibility of the railways giving a service…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—An increase in city tram fares was practically certain as a result of 40-hour week, the Minister…
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MELBOURNE Wed—Representatives of Tramways Employes Association will discuss the [?] strike with the Minister for…
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MELBOURNE., Wed.: Although a meeting of combined executives of the Tramway Employes’ Association Australian…
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ADELAIDE. Thurs. — When the car which he was driving was struck by a tram at the Morphettville crossing to-day Veteran…
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