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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 194

Holiday Train Rush Starts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 13

GOSFORD, Monday. A long wait faces tourists returning to Sydney from Gosford, which today is the busiest railway…

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50 Die, 150 Hurt In U.S. Train Collision

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday.--At least 50 were killed and 150 injured when the second section of Southern Pacific Railroad's "Pacific Limited" crashed into the first division, 14 miles west of Salt Lake City…

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120-Year Toll on British Bridge to End Next Year

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 13

LONDON.--"For every light locomotive, motor car or motor cycle weighing under two tons unladen--toll 3d., says the notice on the little round tower toll-house perched on the approach to famous Burrowbridge over the River Parrett…

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120-Year Toll on British Bridge to End Next Year

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 13

LONDON.--"For every light locomotive, motor car or motor cycle weighing under two tons unladen--toll 3d.," says the notice on the little round tower toll-house perched on the approach to famous Burrowbridge over the River Parrett…

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120-Year Toll on British Bridge to End Next Year

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 January 1945 · page 13

LONDON.--"For every light locomotive, motor car or motor cycle weighing under two tons unladen--toll 3d.," says the notice on the little round tower toll-house perched on the approach to famous Burrowbridge over the River Parrett…

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Bull Derails Mail Train

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

A bull charged the North Coast Mail late last night and derailed the engine, causing a hold-up of the train, with several hundred passengers, for more than three hours. Jumping the level-crossing…

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Train Kills Bull at Bulliac Gate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

JUMPING over the level crossing gates at Bulliac, 200 miles from Sydney, a bull was cut to pieces by the North Coast mall late last night…

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Train Kills Bull at Bulliac Gate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

JUMPING over the level crossing gates at Bulliac, 200 miles from Sydney, a hull was cut to pieces by the North Coast mail late last night…

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Train Crowds Now Back to Normal

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

Only trains to be overcrowded today with holiday makers were two which left Gosford early this morning. Otherwise travelling was normal…

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train kills bull at bulliac gate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

JUMPING over tire level crossing gates at Bulliac, 200 miles from Sydney, a bull was cut to pieces by the North Coast mail late last night…

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Train Kills Bull at Bulliac Gate

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

JUMPING over the level crossing gates at Bulliac. 200 miles from Sydney, a bull was cut to pieces by the North Coast mail late last night…

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Search For Crowded Train Fails a Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 4

Possibly the only person in the State who set out deliberately to ruin a good day, I spent yesterday looking for an overcrowded…

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Today's Peterson... "I Thought I Saw a Train"

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 4

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50 Dead in Train Smash on Great Salt Lake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- It is officially stated that the number killed in the train smash on the Great Salt Lake. Utah, on Sunday is…

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50 Dead in Train Smash on Great Salt Lake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- It is officially stated that the number killed in the train smash on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, on Sunday is…

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50 Dead in Train Smash on Great Salt Lake

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK. Tuesday. -- It is officially stated that the number killed in the train smash on the Great Salt Lake. Utah, on Sunday is…

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Jap dead liter the road back to Mandalay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 6

CALCUTTA, Monday. -- The sunlight came gently from the blue, cloudless sky-- warm on the red dust, as sticky and persistent as chocolate on your fingers, warm on the back of the…

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50 Passengers Killed, 150 Injured In U.S. Train Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.-- The shriek of escaping steam from a wrecked locomotive drowned the cries of those injured in a railway smash at Ogden (Utah) yesterday morning…

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Big Plan for P.o.w. Fitting Men to Start on "Road Back"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Lavish plans to cure the "barbed-wire sickness" of Australian prisoners of war before they are returned…

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Big Plan for P.o.w. Fitting Men to Start on "Road Back"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 January 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Lavish plans to cure the "barbed-wire sickness" of Australian prisoners of war before they are returned…

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