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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 233

Baby Fell Off Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

Strapped in a stroller, 5-months-old Graham Johnston, of Wheeler Parade, Dee Why, was jolted from a moving train…

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Baby Fell Off Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

Strapped in a stroller, 5-months-old Graham Johnston, of Wheeler Parade, Dee Why, was jolted front a moving train…

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Roads Built in Ramu Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Good roads, capable of carrying heavy traffic, now run up the Ramu Valley in north-east New Guinea. They have taken the place of native…

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Baby, Stroller Fall From Train

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 3

A baby strapped in a stroller fell from an electric train on the North Shore line today, and was almost unhurt. The baby is the…

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LETTERS N.S.W. RAILWAYS To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Sir,—While appreciating the task performed by the N.S.W. Railways, since the commencement of the war, as described by Mr. Hartigan, I do…

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Fewer Tram Stops

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 2

Trams will make fewer stops in the suburbs, and conditional halts will be eliminated…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Italians Railways Attacked

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 12

LONDON, Monday.--Rail communications in the Italian Rivera were attacked yesterday by strong forces of Allied medium bombers,…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at Central Station this…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at Central Station this…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at. Central Station this…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at Central Station this…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at Central Station this…

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Infant's Body in Railway Carriage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 7

THE newly-born body of a baby girl, wrapped in newspaper, was found in the carriage of an electric train at Central Station this…

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Badly Hurt by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was badly injured when he walked in front of a train at Rydalmere level-crossing last night. He was…

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Badly Hurt by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was badly injured when he walked in front of a train at Rydalmere level-crossing last night. He was…

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Badly Hurt by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was badly injured when he walked in front of a train at Rydalmere level-crossing last night. He was…

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Badly Hurt by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was badly injured when he walked in front of a train at Rydalmere level-crossing last night. He was…

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Badly Hurt by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 11

A MAN who has not been identified was badly injured when he walked in front of a train at Rydalmere level-crossing last night. He was…

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Woman Killed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 6

Mrs. Alice Graham, 62, of Lelehhardt Street, Leichhardt, fell between a moving train and the platform at the Newtown station yesterday…

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Murdered Baby Left in Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1944 · page 9

The body of a newly-born female child which, according to the Government Medical Officer, Dr. Percy, had been strangled, was found under the…

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