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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Youth Killed in Train Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

A 16-YEARS-OLD youth was fatally injured yesterday and a young married woman suffered a probable fracture of…

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Troop Train Mined In Palestine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Feb. 29 (A.A.P.).—Twenty-six British soldiers were killed when terrorists blew…

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Youth Killed in Train Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

A 16-YEARS-OLD youth was fatally injured yesterday and a young married woman suffered a probable fracture of…

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Grim scenes after mines wreck train

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 5

JERUSALEM, Monday. -- Grim-faced troops walked through pools of blood and tore at with bare and wood bleeding hands to extricate dead and wounded in…

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Four Dead After Road Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Four persons died at the weekend from injuries received in road accidents…

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Four Dead After Road Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Four persons died at the weekend from injuries received in road accidents…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence tor years. For…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence for years. For…

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Railways Deal In Uruguay Reported

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- The London headquarters of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo says that it has not received confirmation of reports that an agreement has been reached for the…

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Railways Deal In Uruguay Reported

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- The London headquarters of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo says that it has not received confirmation of reports that an agreement has been reached for the…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence for years. For…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence for years. For…

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Railways Deal In Uruguay Reported

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- The London headquarters of the Central Uruguay Railway Company of Montevideo says that it has not received confirmation of reports that an agreement has been reached for the…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old styles has been in evidence tor years. For…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence for years. For…

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Tram Comforts

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 6

WHY not share the new type of trams round the suburbs, where the old style has been in evidence tor years. For…

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Bridge Still Sound

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

PONTE VECCHIO, famous 14th century bridge of Florence, will stand for another 500 years. This is the verdict of engineers and architects who have examined the bridge with the aid of divers. The bridge was the…

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Fall From Train

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Vincent Bamfield, 27, of Ferris-street, Annandale, believed to have fallen from a train, was found unconscious…

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Glass Injures Train Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

FRAGMENTS of glass temporarily blinded a train driver between Bankstown and Yaeoona todav when a missile…

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Train victim is identified

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

A man killed by a train last night at Town Hall Station, has been identified as William Purvis, about 60,…

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