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Railways, roads & transport, 1927

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Killed by Train Newtown Accident Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

[?]ark, aged 30, of Banks [?] down and killed by [?] Newtown railway sta[?] [?]…

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Woman's Escape Fall From Moving Train Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Mrs. Dovey had a remarkable escape when she fell from a moving train at Gympie. Through the emergency cord falling…

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Fell From a Train Woman's Remarkable Escape Brisbane

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

Mrs. Dovey had a remarkable escape when she fell from a morning train at Gympie. Through an emergency cord…

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Man Killed By Train Two Others Escape Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

William Clark, aged 30 years, of Bankstown, was run down and killed by a train near the Newtown railway station this afternoon…

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'Bus and Tram Collide Four People Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 3

Four passengers were injured when a motor bus and a tram collided at Marrickville this afternoon. The bus, which was bound from…

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Motor Cycle Tour Perth to Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 3

Sixteen motor-cyclists arrived in Sydney to-day, after having travelled more than 6000 miles from Perth. The party [?] the West Australian…

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Motor Racing World's Records Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

Eldridge, driving an eight cylinder two litre Miller ear, covered 50 kilometres in 15 min. 32 sec., 60 miles in 24 min. 8.87 sec., beating Captain…

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Fatal Motor Accident One Man Killed Two Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

One man was killed and two others were injured when a motor car collided with a bicycle and then dashed into a culvert and overturned in Hardy…

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North Queensland Railways Lines Not Paying Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

The Brisbane Railways Department has decided to discontinue running trains on Normanton-Croydon, and Cooktown-Leura lines in the North,…

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Railway Washaway Rails Suspended in Air Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 5

A [?] eight feet high, was washed from under the rails for a distance of 100 yards on the Coal Mining Company's line between Redhead and…

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Tram Crashes Into Timber Yard Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

A tramcar from the city, bound for Ryde, left the rails this morning and dashed into Allen Taylor's timber yards. Fortunately no one was…

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Toes Cut Off Foot Under Motor Cycle Chain Rockhampton

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Harold Richards, while riding pillion on a motor cycle at Emu Park, caught one foot in the chain, which cut oft the great toe and the second…

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Railways Loss Queensland Lines Closed Brisbane

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

The Railway Department has [?] [?] running on the [?] Croydon [?] [?]in the [?] owing to…

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Another Tram Crash Runs Into Timber Yards Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

A tramcar from the city, board for Ryde, left the ralls this morning and dashed into Allen Taylor's timber yards. Fortunately, [?] was in [?]…

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Motor Cycle Tour Perth to Sydney. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

Si[?] motor cyclists arrived in Sydney to-day after having travelled over 6000 miles from Perth. The party left the West Australian…

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Strike Pay Railway Union's Calls London, Dec 30

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

During the past six months the Railwaymen's union has spent £1,700,000, in strikes and unemployment pay…

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Bus and Trams Marrickville Collision Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

Four passengers were injured when a motor bus and a train collided at Marrickville this afternoon. The bus which was bound from…

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Fatal [?] Motor Car [?] One Killed [?]

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

[?] [?] One man w[?] injured [?]…

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Train Hits Jinker Men Have Lucky Escape Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 3

When a train from Maryborough to Castlemaine was passing over a evel crossing near Joyce's Creek station yesterday it [?] into a horse…

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