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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Two Baby Sisters' Tragic Death Killed Crossing Street Run Over by Motor Car in Front Parents' Home at Willoughby End Instantaneous

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 1

TWO baby sisters aged 4 and 2 years a respectively children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams, of 121 Penshurst Street, Willoughby, we rerun over and killed outright by a motor car last night. The victims, Alica Margaret and Kathleen lvy, were the only children…

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Take the Wrong Turning Motorists Led Astray

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 4

Visiting motorists, approaching Sydney via Liverpool Road, are frequently confused, particularly at night time says the N.R.M.A.. at the intersection…

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New Motorship First Interstate Passengers and Cargo

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 4

THE passenger and cargo vessel Manunda. the first motor ship to he built for the Adelaide Steamship Co., Ltd.. for the Australian coast service…

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Little Sisters Hurled to Death in Front of Home Grief-numbed Parents Nearly Collapse Tiny Tots Ran in Front of Passing Motor Car Only Children in Family

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 3

Hearing the shriek of brakes and the screams of a woman, a mother and father dashed from their home in Penshurst Street, Willoughby, last night to find their two little girls, aged two and four, lying dead on the roadway…

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New Executives of Durant Motors, Inc

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 7

Complete executive management of Durant Motors, Inc., has been assumed by a group, including three former executives of Dodge Brothers--Messrs…

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Girl Knocked Down by Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Miss Eva Gentry (18) was knocked down by a motor-car at the intersection of Latrobe and Elizabeth Streets today…

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Seventeen Killed in Motor 'Bus Smash Bellevue (Ohio)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1929 · page 4

Seventeen are known to be killed and fifteen others have been taken to hospital after a crash between an electric interurban tramcar and a…

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Widening a Dangerous Bridge on the Main Road at Granville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 16

AT THIS CORNER, PARRAMATTA-ROAD AND WOODVILLE-ROAD, SEVERAL FATAL ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED…

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The "Reso" Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 7

The Railway Department has found it possible to bring the New South Wales "reso" train into operation earlter than was originally intended. It will begin its tour in April…

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Additional Train Needed

The Propeller · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 2

For some time past night-workers and others have been agitating for a train to leave Sydney shortly after midnight for the Illawarra line, but…

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Bridge a Common Fault

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 8

There is another point in connection with informatory doubles, about which I have been writing lately, on which a good many players seem to have somewhat hazy…

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Riley "Nine" Cars Ample Clearance for Country Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 14

The Brooklands speed model Riley Nine, which performed with remarkable success in the reliability and six hours' endurance races at Brooklands,…

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Train Buried. Under Snowdrift. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 14

A report from Bucharest says that it is feared that 40 people have perished from cold and starvation in a train which has been buried in a snowdrift between Turnumagurele…

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Double Train Romaine and Tulle Cremorne Bride

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 14

FRANGIPANNI blossom and golden roses, tied with gold ribbons, were the bridal flowers carried by Miss Mollie Sharps, only child of Mr. and…

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Rich Mixtures City Road Report--east

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 16

Go east if you've courage enough to face A dreary processional obstacle race Round gravel heaps scattered in fine disdain; Midst laborers drilling through lough concrete…

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Excavating for Subway on Parramatta-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 16

RAILWAY CROSSING AT GRANVILLE, WHERE MOTORISTS HAVE SUFFERED DELAYS…

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Main Roads Board's Effective Work in the Wagga District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 14

Excellent result are already apparent owing to the stationing of Main Roads Board engineer and staff at Wagga. This enables all details of…

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Cheated Death Laborer Struck by a Passing Train

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

Phillip Murphy, 55 laborer, of Penrith, had a remarkable escape yesterday morning, when he left a stationary train on the wrong side at…

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Kogarah Overhead Bridge. To the Editor of The Call

The St George Call · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

Sir,—A few weeks before Christmas I noticed a letter in the Call drawing attention to the awful condition of the road leading to this bridge on the…

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Starving to Death in Snowed-up Train Bucharest

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

It is feared that 40 have perished of cold and starvation in a train lying buried in a snowdrift between Turnu-magurele and Litz since Monday…

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