Lightning Strikes Trams and Train in Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday: In a violent electrical storm over Sydney four trams and a train were struck by lightning. The drivers of two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
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£3000 Damage to Tintenbar Shire Roads
Damage, estimated at £3000, was caused by the recent floods to roads throughout Tintenbar Shire. This was reported at the monthly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kyogle Shire Causeway, Bridge, Wanted: M.R.B. Neglect Alleged
KYOGLE, Tuesday.—Stating that floods could seriously interfere with the delivery of important primary products to railheads at a…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Minister for Transport (Mr Ward) said to-day that traffic being handled by the Australian railways had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Dead in Tramtruck Collision Evidence at Inquest
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Describing a scene when five passengers were killed and 22 injured in a collision between a tram and a United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urgent Railway Repairs Needed Men Sought For Q'land
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The co-operation of the Munitions Department, Director-General of Manpower and trades unions is being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army Captain Dead in Leave Train
BRISBANE, Wednesday. —An Australian Army captain was found shot dead on the floor of a compartment of a leave train at…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: An Australian Army captain was found dead with a bullet wound in the right temple on a military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5Th Army Gain on Rome Road
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP). —While official messages do not confirm the Algiers announcement of the fall of Cassino,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trespassing On Railways Prevalent
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Railway employees who trespass on portions of railway property where they are not required to go in carrying out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twin Drives by Soviet on Odessa-warsaw Railway Tanks Massed In Big Battle For Bug River Crossing
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—With the Germans throwing strong reinforcements' across the Bug River great battles are raging on the northern bank. Some of the counterblows have had spearheads of 400 tanks. The Russians have held their gains but, with the exception of patrols, have not succeeded in forcing a crossing of the river…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Move to Stop Trespassing
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Railway employees wbo trespass on portions of the railway property where they are not reciuired to go in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tyre Shortage Hampering Road Transport
CASINO, Thursday. — That the shortage of rubber for tyres, which were being denied owners of vehicles used in primary industries,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways Hit by Destroyers
LONDON, Thursday (AAP).— British destroyers, ranging deep into the Adriatic, for the third successive day shelled German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.s. Truck Drive No Longer in Australia Tram Collision Sequel
BRISBANE, Thursday.—It was stated in the Coroner's Court to-day that the driver of an American truck (Pte. Hugh James Copeland,…
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LONDON, Thursday: Ten thousand air raid incidents have been reported since the outbreak of war on British railways and London…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—A monthly petrol ration ranging from one to four gallons, according to the length of the craft concerned, is…
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GIBRALTAR, Sunday (AAP). —Spanish reports indicate that at least 500 persons were killed when an express collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allies Blast Bridge In Italy
Bombs dropped from U.S. Marauder planes explode squarely on the Acquapendente road brid[?]e across the Tiber River near the Italian town of Orvieto, 80 miles north of Rome. The Germans had been using the bridge to move reinforcements and…
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LONDON. Monday (AAP).—It is officially announced that 3 persons were killed and 30 injured when a comparatively slow moving train…
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