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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 194

Handbills Available for Holiday Train Services

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 8

HANDBILLS showing special holiday weekend train timetables from Sydney on all lines, trains on which seats can be reserved, and…

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Handbills Available for Holiday Train Services

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 8

HANDBILLS showing special holiday weekend train timetables from Sydney on all lines, trains on which seats can be reserved, and…

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Handbills Available for Holiday Train Service

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 8

HANDBILLS showing special holiday weekend train timetables from Sydney on all lines, trains on which seats can be reserved, and…

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Handbills Available for Holiday Train Services

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 8

HANDBILLS showing special holiday weekend train timetables from Sydney on all lines, trains on which seats can be reserved, and…

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Retreating Nazis Pack Roads Withdrawal To Rhine Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--German armies in the remnants of the Belgian bulge are in full retreat towards the Siegfried Line. Roads east of the bulge are jammed with long…

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Bolt on Line Cause of Train Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

Left: The place on the railway track near Merrylands station, where a seven-inch bolt (right) was put lengthwise on one of the rails, causing an electric train smash, is near a path where people illegally, cross the line. The trodden grass can be seen in the foreground. The threaded end of the bolt was flattened by the leading carriage before the…

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Train Smash Thirteen Persons Injured Near Meerylands

The Biz · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

A Sydney-bound Liverpool electric train jumped the ralls near Merrylands on Wednesday afternoon. Twelve passengers and the driver were injured. A…

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No Smooth High Road to Tokio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 2

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Lieut. -General Vandergrift,…

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Aussies In Drive For Burma Road

Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON.—Helping the Ramree landing operations, Australian soldiers and airmen figured in the drive to reopen the old Burma road, which was formerly a Chinese lifeline. THE Burma Road was closed to…

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No Smooth High Road to Tokio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK. Thursday.--Lieut. - General Vandergrift,…

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No Smooth High Road to Tokio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK. Thursday -- Lieut. - General Vandergrift,…

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No Smooth High Road to Tokio

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- Lieut. - General Vandergrift,…

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Thirteen Injured in Train Derailment Near Merrylands Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

Top: A general view of the electric train derailment near Merrylands station. The first carriage (1) was thrown off the line and swung round so that the driver's cabin faced in the direction opposite to that in which the train was travelling…

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Police Radio Cars Aid in Train Rescue Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 5

Police wireless cars, under Sergeant Stacpoole, of Parramatta, assisted in rescue work at yesterday's Merrylands rail smash. Telephone lines had been torn…

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Burma Road Will Soon Again Pulse with Life

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 12

MYITKYINA (Northern Burma).--Any day now (he first jeep will bounce across the last narrow barrier between Burma and China break the three-years land and sea blockade…

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Burma Road Will Soon Again Pulse with Life

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 12

MYITKYINA (Northern Burma). -- Any day now the first jeep will bounce across the last narrow barrier between Burma and China to break the three-years land and sea blockade…

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Burma Road Will Soon Again Pulse with Life

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 12

MYITKYINA (Northern Burma). -- Any day now the first jeep will bounce across the last narrow barrier between Burma and China to break the three-years land and sea blockade…

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Train Derailed by Bolt on Line 13 Injured at Merrylands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 1

A big steel bolt put deliberately on one of the rails is believed to have caused a train smash in which 13 were injured near Merrylands Station yesterday afternoon. Thoughtless boys are suspected…

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Burma Road Ready Soon for War Supplies to China

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Wednesday.--Supplies of heavy war equipment will soon be pouring in a steady stream into China along the Burma Road. The Burma Road was opened yesterday, after being cut by the…

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Bolt Placed on Line Caused Train Smash Thirteen Injured In Derailment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 5

A seven-inch bolt placed on the railway line at Merrylands yesterday wrecked a train, injuring 13 passengers and causing more than £5000 damage…

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