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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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Stop Press Late Edition Car Over Bridge

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 1

John Malone, 46, Brennan-street, Fairfield, and Mrs. Margaret Welsh, 46 Eton-street, Smithfield, injured seriously…

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Bus Smash Shows Value of Trams

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 37

THE bus disaster at the intersection of Bridge and Loftus Sts., City, on Friday night, when the cumbersome, top-heavy vehicle, dangerously overcrowded as usual, capsized after colliding with a tram, injuring 40 passengers, is…

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Woman Teacher Sleeps in Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 5

A young woman school teacher was compelled to sleep for several nights in a motor car at Inverell, because she was unable to get accommodation, Mr. D. McLean said yesterday…

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Two Dead in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. --Two soldiers were killed and five persons seriously injured when the night express from London…

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Two Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. --Two soldiers were killed and five persons seriously injured when the night express from London…

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Two Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Monday, --Two soldiers were killed and five persons seriously injured when the night express from London…

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Boy Claims £8500 For Train Injuries

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Claiming £8500 damages for injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of a tram…

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Train Sent To Get Stranded 300

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 12

A special train was sent to "rescue" more than 300 holiday-makers stranded at Woy Woy yesterday. They had been unable to fight their…

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Plan To Increase Tramway Earnings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 12

Profits earned by Sydney trams could be increased by about £388,000 a year if the scale of fares were simplified, the Tram and Bus Employees Union says in a report to the New South Wales Government…

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Body of Colored Man Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

THE body of a colored man, aged about 25, was found on a railway line near Coff's Harbor early this morning…

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German Motor Cycle Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 4

Under the supervision of the U.S. Military Government Public Safety Police Branch in Frankfurt, German police,…

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Aborigine's Mutilated Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE body of Leslie Robinson (32), an aborigine, no fixed place of abode, was found on the railway line near Coff's Harbor station early this…

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Aborigine's Mutilated Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE body of Leslie Robinson (32), an aborigine, no fixed place of abode, was found on the railway line near Coff's Harbor station early this…

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Aborigine's Mutilated Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 15

THE body of Leslie Robinson (32), an aborigine, no fixed place of abode, was found on the railway line near Coff's Harbor station early this…

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Elderly Mam Under Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 18

Prompt,action by a porter at Stanmore Station, saved Allen Cuthbert Kildea (58), 32 Nithsdale City,from possible…

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Elderly Man Under Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 18

Prompt action by a porter at Stanmore Station, saved Allen Cuthbert Kildea (58), 32 Nithsdale St., City, from possible…

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Elderly Man Under Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 18

Prompt action by a porter at Stanmore Station, saved Allen Cuthbert Kildea (58), 32 Nithsdale St., City, from possible…

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Elderly Man Under Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 18

Prompt action by. a porter at Stanmore Station, saved Alien Cuthbert Kildea (58), 32 Nithsdale St., City, .from possible…

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263 Servicemen Home by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

A SPECIAL train today brought to. Sydney the 263 Navy, Army, and Air Force personnel who arrived by the Quanza at Newcastle…

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263 Servicemen Home by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 4

A 'SPECIAL train today brought to . Sydney the 263 Navy, Army and Air. Force personnel who 'arriyed by the Quanza. at Newcastle…

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