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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 194

Train Crash Injures 53 Head-On Impact On Windsor Line R.A.A.F. Men As Victims

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

EIGHTEEN civilians and 35 R.A.A.F. s personnel were injured -- none seriously--when a steam train crashed into another at Clarendon station…

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46 Motor Cruisers for Sale by Tender

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 7

The Commonwealth Disposals Commission is inviting tenders for the purchase of 24 motor cruisers at Sydney 17 at Brisbane, and five at Cairns…

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Motorist's Close Call in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

LES CHAPPELL (32), bookmaker, Campbell Parade, Bondi, crawled uninjured from his badly battered car as it lay upside down in Old South…

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Motorist's Close Call in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

LES CHAPPELL (32), bookmaker, Campbell Parade, Bondi, crawled uninjured from his badly battered car as it lay upside down in Old South…

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80 Hurt on Train

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

MONTREAL, Monday.--Eighty persons were hurt when nine cars of a Canadian Pacific Railway train from Montreal to…

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53 Injured In Train Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 7

Fifty-three people were slightly injured when a train travelling about 20 m.p.h. hit a stationary train head on at Clarendon Station, near Richmond, at 7 a.m. yesterday…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PUSHING THROUGH miles of swamp, men of the British 14th Army, which has scored many successes recently, advance on Jap positions in the Mohnyin district…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PUSHING THROUGH miles of swamp, men of the British 14th Army, which has scored many successes recently, advance on Jap positions in the Mohnyin district…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PUSHING THROUGH miles of swamp, men of the British 14th Army, which has scored many successes recently, advance on Jap positions in the Mohnyin district…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PUSHING THROUGH miles of swamp, men of the British 14th Army, which has scored many successes recently, advance on Jap positions in the Mohnyin district…

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On Road To Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PUSHING THROUGH miles of swamp, men of the British 14th Army, which has scored many successes recently, advance on Jap positions in the Mohnyin district…

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Express Roads to Be Built in N.s.w

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

MOTOR roads similar to the express roads of England would be built in N.S.W., the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the…

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Express Roads to Be Built in N.s.w

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

MOTOR roads similar to the express roads of England would be built in N.S.W., the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the…

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Train Smash Near Richmond 53 Persons Slightly Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4

When a train travelling from Richmond to Sydney crashed head-on into a stationary train at Clarendon Station, near the Richmond aerodrome yesterday morning, l8 civilians and 35 members of the R.A.A.F. were…

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Naval Stoker's Body Found Near Railway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 5

WITH shocking injuries to the skull, the body of a naval stoker was found near the railway line between Yennora and Fairfield at 7.40 last…

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Vain Court Plea by Tram Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- "You have to die before they release you," said George Collishaw, tram driver, at Prahran Court today when…

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Naval Stoker's Body Found Near Railway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 5

WITH shocking injuries to the skull, the body of a naval stoker was found near the railway line between Yennora and Fairfield at 7.40 last…

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Fast Motor Roads Planned By Govt

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

A system of fast motor roads, controlled by the Government, was planned in New South Wales after the war, the Minister for Transport (Mr…

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Hohenzollern Bridge Blown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

Early to-day the Americans held one-third of Cologne and the German rearguard was withdrawing into Altstadt, the oldest…

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Hohenzollern Bridge Over Rhine Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 1

The massive Hohenzollern Bridge, over the Rhine at Cologne which carried the main rail, and road traffic into the heart of Germany. As the Allies entered the suburbs of the city, great explosions from the riverside indicated that the bridge, already…

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