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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Holiday-makers Stranded: Struggle To Board Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

GOSFORD, Friday.—So great were the crowds of returning holiday-makers who packed Gosford and Way Woy railway station to-day that two extra trains had to be requisitioned to bring them back to…

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Music and Drama Long Plays and Last Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 7

SOMERSET MAUGHAM once said that the last suburban train was the commercial dramatist's best friend; it gave the writer an…

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One Hurt In Traffic Collision Tram Hits Crowded City Bus

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

Passengers in a crowded bus had narrow escapes from injury today when the bus and a tram…

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Costly Tram Smash

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

TRAM accidents in Perth (WA), in which 12 persons were injured, and which led to a four-day hold-up of tram…

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Doctor Did Not Pay Tramfare

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 18

Dr. Elisa Fiaschi, of Macquarie Street, City, was fined £2 in the Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of having evaded payment…

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Tram Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

WILLIAM O'CONNOR (55) suffered slight injuries to the eye today when the tram he was driving crashed into the back of a bus on the…

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Four Killed In Train Smash

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.—Four persons are believed killed and at least 17 wounded when the London-Newcastle express crashed into a goods…

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A double bedroom on a 1946 train

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 3

The famous New York Central Company laid the pattern for America's 1946 railways with a £10,625,000 order for…

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England's tramps were vanishing

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 2

Soon Britain would have lost the 400,000 tramps who roamed her lanes before the war. Reasons:…

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The Nation For the Premiers, a railways scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 16

Transport Minister "Our Eddie" Ward was optimistic about his big railways unification schemes…

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Ten Killed in Train Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--At least 10 persons are now believed to have been killed in a train smash near Ferry Hill (Durham) yesterday…

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Stationmaster Assaulted In Train Rush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—In a wild scramble by 800 passengers to board the already overcrowded Sydney-bound Brisbane mail this…

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Negligence on Motor Cycle

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

For negligently driving a motor cycle, George Vivian Streat (27), motor mechanic, was fined £5 at Paddington…

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Negligence on Motor Cycle

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

For negligently driving a motor cycle, George Vivian Streat (27), motor mechanic, was fined £5 at Paddington…

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Trams Collide in City Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

When an Undercliffe train (right) jumped the rails at the intersection of Cleveland Street and City Road, Broadway, yesterday afternoon, it collided head on with a city-bound tram (left). Nine people, including the two tram drivers, were hnrt…

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Sabotage Theory Train Smash Suspicions on Fascists

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which ten people were…

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Sabotage Theory Train Smash Suspicions on Fascists

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which fen people were…

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Sabotage Theory Train Smash Suspicions on Fascists

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which ten people were…

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Fascist Sabotage in Train Smash Feared High Official's Life Imperilled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which ten people were killed and 20 seriously injured, police are probing a theory that the smash may have…

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Fascist Sabotage in Train Smash Feared High Official's Life Imperilled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which ten people were killed and 20 seriously injured. Police are probing a theory that the smash may have…

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