Man Under Train at Petersham
Western Suburbs Ambulance officers worked for 20 minutes beneath an electric train at Petersham…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250
Train jam expected as holiday crowds return
About 50,000 returning holiday-makers will crowd the limited number of trains from seaside and mountain resorts to Sydney this afternoon and tonight. Railway officials at holiday…
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LONDON, Sunday.-- Russian frontier guards yesterday prevented the British military night train from Berlin to the British Zone from crossing the zonal frontier…
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BERLIN, January 25 (A.A.P.).—Russian guards yesterday seized two coaches of German passengers from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Papers used as splints in railway accident
Rolled up newspapers were used as splints by ambulance officers who crawled under a train at Petersham railway station today to treat a critically injured man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big ship "shaves" bridge
With just a few inches to spare, the big liner Asturias (22,445 tons) sneaked under the Harbor Bridge at crack of dawn today in a race against the incoming tide…
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Crowds thronging the platforms of the 3.55 p.m. train from Hawkesbury, the first Sydney-bound train in two hours yesterday. There was ample accommodation on later trains, which ran at 14-minute intervals until 10 o'clock last night…
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Holiday trains to and from Sydney yesterday were not seriously overcrowded. About 25,000 people returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →9 Injured in Road Smashes
Nine people were injured in road accidents yesterday. Four men were hurt when a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bus careers wildly after hitting tram
Passengers were hurled from their seats and showered with broken glass when a double-decker bus crashed in Bridge-street, city, at 6.30 am today. After colliding with a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stop Press Motor [?]River's Arrest
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Police today arrested a 34 years old motor driver, believed to be the man who has been stopping women motorists…
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ADELAIDE. Tuesday.--Police today arrested a 31 years old motor driver, believed to be man who has been stopping women motorists…
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NINE PERSONS were killed and 53 injured when two passenger trains collided at Quebec on…
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NINE PERSONS were killed and 55 injured when two passenger trains collided at Quebec on…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Nine people were injured, one seriously, this afternoon when a Pioneer motor coach collided with a bulldozer on the main road at Raymond…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Nine people were injured, one seriously, this afternoon when a Pioneer motor coach collided with a bulldozer on the main road at Raymond…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Nine people were seriously injured this afternoon when a Pioneer motor bus and a heavy lorry carrying a tractor collided on the main road at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Fair Deal for the Motorist. £8,000,000 From Petrol Tax. States Starved For Road Revenue
Official figures of petrol tax receipts and diversions, following the tightening of petrol restrictions, are leaving a nasty taste in the motorist's mouth. Whatever support the Federal…
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Minutes of an meeting held at Fairfield to discuss improvements to railway services on the southern line, were received…
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Commonwealth Departments now use five times as many motor vehicles as they did in 1940. This figure does not take into account Army and Air Force vehicles…
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