Fifth Train Death
SYDNEY.—Mrs. Elizabeth Crawley (74), who was injured in the train smash at Sydenham on Dec. 19…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
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Bridge Repairs for Estimates
Newcastle Council Health Committee recommended last night that money for the repair of the Laman-street bridge…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. Wetherell) advised Kearsley Shire Council that it would be uneconomical to provide at…
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LONDON, Jan. 26. A.A.P.—Roads in 29 counties of England and Wales were affected by snow or ice this morning in one of the heaviest snowfalls this winter…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A tram driver was fined £20 in Central Court to-day for having driven under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queen Leaves Train First
The Queen will be the first to step from the Royal train when it pulls into Newcastle station at 1.10 p.m. on February 9. She will be followed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Million Lives Lost On Roads
NEW YORK, (O.S.R.): More than one million people have been killed on U.S. roads since the first motor accident was recorded in 1899. The total exceeds that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Dead; Fall From Bridge
Noel Ross Bracken, 13, of Urunga, near Kempsey, lost his life yesterday afternoon when he fell from a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Gets Practice To Train Doctors
Royal Newcastle Hospital has acquired an interest in the practice of a Newcastle private doctor to give resident doctors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Races At Tomago
Close on 100 entries from Sydney, Goolburn, Tamworth, Penrith and clubs within a 50 miles radius of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Man Killed In Fall From Train
SYDNEY.—A young man, who has net been identified, was killed when he fell from a train near…
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SEOUL (Korea), Mon. (A.A.P.).—Forty people are reported dead in a collision between a…
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ABOVE: The interior of the dining room of the train the Queen will travel in to Newcastle. RIGHT: Waitresses…
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CAIRO, Jan. 31. A.A.P. Twenty-eight people, including three policemen, were killed and five injured by a train at…
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Four people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. When a car skidded and…
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Particularly heavy bookings and inquiries for trains to Sidney indicated that many Newcastle…
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SYDNEY: Three men jumped from a rail tricycle seconds before it was struck by the speeding…
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SEOUL, Feb. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Rescue workers toiled under falling snow searching for people believed to be…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — Douglas Camp [?] 34, tramway employee, of Northcote, was remanded till…
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SYDNEY.—Police are searching for a man who abused, punched and stabbed a motorist at…
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