Fell Under Train
Frederick Case, 50, of Church Street, Parramatta, had an amazing escape from death at the Town Hall, city railway station on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 214
Rise in Bridge Toll Likely
As forecast by the Daily News three months ago, a move may be made soon to increase Harbor Bridge tolls…
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Two stages in the recovery of a lost train during the recent cold snap in England. A snowplough and 2,000 soldiers were employed. (Pictures by air mail.)…
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Any increase in Harbor Bridge tolls will be strongly opposed by motorists' organisations and North Shore…
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"Unless financial assistance is received from the Federal Government for technical education, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blast in Train Lad's Queer Mishap
Claiming that his shoe had been torn off by an electrical explosion and His right foot injured when he…
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Two men and a woman were killed, and many other persons were injured, in motor accidents in New South Wales during the week-end…
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Four thousand people are stranded by flooding in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. I am one of them. Women with children, who have already spent…
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The former commodore of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, Mr. W. D. Larson, won the vice-commodore, Mr. J. S. Bruce's, cruise trophy in his motor yacht Sylph III. on Saturday…
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After forcing the wire grille and breaking the glass on the door of the booking office of the Herne Bay railway station yesterday, thieves opened…
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WOLLONGONG, Monday. -- A man who collapsed in Crown Street, Wollongong, tonight, later told police that he had previously crashed in an aeroplane…
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On Sunday, March 3, the Newcastle Tourist Bureau, co-operating with the Department of Railways, will run an excursion from Newcastle to Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shock In Train Alleged
A youth claimed in the District Court yesterday that he had received an electric shock while travelling in an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hundred Train As Fitters
About 100 trainee fitters will this week begin a four-months' course under the Empire Air Scheme at No. 3 School of Technical Training,…
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A non-stop run from Newcastle to Katoomba will be made next Sunday by a special excursion train, comprising four cars of the "Red Flier,"…
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Ronald Holstead. 12, of Edwatd Street, Redfern, fell from an electric train, near Illawarra Junction, when returning home from school yesterday, and he suffered a compound…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy Fell From Moving Train
Ronald Hoysted. 12. of Edward Street. Redfern, yesterday fell from a moving train, between Macdonaldtown and Redfern, in view of his…
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Newcastle Tourist Bureau, in cooperation with the Department of Railways, on Sunday will run on excursion train from Newcastle to…
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Whatever the song was, these Australian Diggers seemed to be in high spirits as they entrained for camp after arrival in the Middle East. Apparently, the piano accordion virtuoso was a welcome member of the party. Department of Information picture…
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