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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Bridge a Death-trap

The Biz · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 9

Surely there has not to be five fatal accidents at Ireland's Bridge, Liverpool Road, Warwick Farm, before the Main. Roads Board takes immediate steps to…

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Road Maintenance Cost

The Propeller · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3

It was stated in the auditor's report at the last meeting of Kogarah Council that practically all the streets in the municipality had been given…

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Crews Train at Night

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 31

Surf-boat crews from Cronulla to Palm Beach have been training nightly for Sunday's invitation race at Coogee…

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J. E. Pike to Train Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 10

Former champion jockey, J. E. Pike, is to resume training. He will be represented in the March Nursery Handicap at…

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Fantastic Wartime Road To Be Abandoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 2

The American announcement that the Stilwell Highway is to be abandoned means the end of one of the most, fantastic engineering projects of the war. WHEN China was completely cut…

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4-Years-old Girl Dies After Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 7

CAROLYN JOAN JACKSON (4), Bexley Rd., Earlwood, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when she alighted from a bus at a…

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4-Years-old Girl Dies After Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 7

CAROL JOAN JACKSON (4), Bexley Rd., Earlwood, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when she alighted from a bus at a…

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4-Years-old Girl Dies After Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 7

CAROLYN JOAN JACKSON (4), Bexley Rd., Earlwood, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when she. alighted from a bus at a…

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4-Years-old Girl Dies After Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 7

CAROLYN JOAN JACKSON (4), Bexley Rd., Earlwood, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when she alighted from a bus at a…

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Three Hurt In Tram Collision

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 3
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Three persons were injured when two trains collided in Ultimo-road, Pyrmont, this afternoon…

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Body on Railway

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The body of a man, with the right arm severed, was found between the railway line and the…

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Child Leaps From Moving Tram; Fractures Skull

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 11

After a tram had moved off without her mother, a girl aged five yesterday jumped to the road and fractured her skull. The girl, Lynette Gubbay, of…

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Three Hurl In Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 2

Three men were injured and passengers were showered with broken glass and splintered woodwork when a crowded…

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Two Mishaps on Wet Roads

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 7

Three people were seriously injured when two motor vehicles skidded and overturned on roads made slippery by rain…

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Fight to Save Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

A MAN whose name is believed to be I. J. Pillow (32), Wybalena Rd., Hunter's Hill, was found lying unconscious and critically injured at…

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Growing Menace Of Glass On Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 11

[?] at the growing menace to irreplaceable motor vehicle tyres caused by broken glass on roadways, the N.R.M.A. has…

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Fell From Train, Man in Hospital

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 6

A MAN whose name is believed to be I. J. Pillow (32), Wybalena Rd., Hunter's Hill, was found lying unconscious and critically injured at…

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Harbor Bridge Footway to Be Reopened Shortly

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 6

THE footbridge on the western side of Sydney Harbor Bridge, closed during the war, will be reopened as soon as the lighting is fully restored…

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Harbor Bridge Footway to Be Reopened Shortly

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 5

THE footbridge on the western side of Sydney Harbor Bridge, closed during the war will be reopened as soon as the lighting is fully restored,…

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