Man Killed in Fall Under Train
When he fell between an electric train and the platform at Macdonaldtown last night a man suffered injuries from which he died…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Road Fatalities Safety Campaigns Effective
The number of persons killed in road accidents has been reduced from a monthly average of 53 from April to July to 35…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.S.W. Branch Railway Construction Jobs
Since my last report, writes Organiser T. Breen, I have visited the following jobs: Heavy Mills, Rylands. W. Ryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Reviewing City Motor Parking
The problem of motor vehicle parking in the central city area will not be reconsidered by the Parking Sub-committee until about the middle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oatley Traffic Bridge
At the last meeting of Hurstville Council a communication was received from the Secretary for Railways regarding council's request for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Salt Pan Bridge
The Department of Main Roads advised Hurstville Council at its last meeting that, following on a recent survey of present day bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed by Train
Early on Monday morning the body of a man was found on the railway line near Milson's Point. A train driver saw the body on the line about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Road to Kurnell
A communication was received from the Prime Minister at the last meeting of Sutherland Shire Council, through the courtesy of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crazed Man on Train Shot Dead
NEW YORK, Thursday. -- A crazed passenger who tried to force others in the St. Louis and Dallas flier to jump from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Many Injured in Road Accidents
More than 30 people were injured yesterday in holiday road accidents. Eleven youths were injured at Junee when a truck overturned, and seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →31 Hurt in Road Accidents Locomotive Runs Down Bus At Level Crossing
Thirty-one people were injured in road accidents in New South Wales yesterday. Most serious was at Junee, where 11 were injured in a collision. New Year Traffic Lighter Than Expected…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transport Costs Australia £382,850,000 Per Annum. Road Transport Three Times Greater Than All Other Forms
The Department of Main Roads, N.S.W., in the December, 1946, issue of their journal “Main Roads,” analyse expenditure on transport in Australia, in a particularly interesting article from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child and Motor Truck Inquest on Fatality
That no blame whatsoever was attached to the driver of the lorry was stated by the district coroner, Mr. E. F. Rule, at an inquest held by him at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycle Titles
BALLARAT, Wednesday.—N. Osborne (Vic.) beat J. Forrest (N.S.W.) in the senior Grand Prix at the Victorian motor cycle championships…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tram Men to Meet To-night
Tram and bus unions, at a mass meeting to-night, will consider their attitude towards promises on their claims made by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Move To Stop Trams
No recommendation for a stoppage will be submitted to the mass meeting of tram and bus men at the Trades Hall tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured by Motor Car
James Alfred Prinable, aged 63 years, of Alma Street, Hurstville, suffered facial lacerations and a broken, right leg, about 1.15 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brawl in City Holds Up Trams
Four men brawling in Castlereagh Street last night held up trams for nearly five minutes. More than 50 people gathered to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trammies Mixed Ideas
"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning. "Six," corrected his mate…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Damage At Railway
THIS UNUSUAL picture of the Railway clock tower was taken through the shattered skylight of the main hall at…
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