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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 250

Motor Cyclists Hurt in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 4

TWO motor cyclists were injured when their machines came' into collision during the final race at the Speedway last…

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Motorcyclists Hurt in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 4

TWO motor cyclists were injured when their machines came into collision during the final race at the Speedway last…

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Railway Wind-up

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- In a stormy scene at the final meeting of the London and North-Eastern Railway…

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Train victim identified

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 7

A girl who fell in front of an electric train at Wynyard Station last night and was killed was identified today as…

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Woman Killed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

A young woman was killed last night when she fell in front of a train at Wynyard station…

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Douch may train Titanic

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 16

Doncaster Handicap candidate Titanic may be prepared for his autumn engagements by G. Douch…

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Narrow Escape in Train Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

A railway worker, Harry Cribben, of Penrith, escaped death by seconds when three of seven runaway carriages were derailed after crashing into an emergency siding near Clyde…

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Train Kills Girl At Station

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

A well-dressed brunette was killed instantly when she fell under ah electric train at Wynyard Station at 8.32 last night. The girl was aged about 20…

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Town Gets Food by Plane Road, Railway Supply Cut Off

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Mt. Isa, a mining township in the north-west of Queensland, is being supplied with food entirely by plane…

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Train Carriages Derailed; Clyde Shunting Mishap

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

STEAM TRAIN CARRIAGES which were derailed while shunting at Clyde railway station this morning. One carriage struck a shed, wrecking it, just after a rail worker, Harry Cribben, had left it, and narrowly missed striking a high tension wire…

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Close Call with Death Man Hit By Runaway Carriages Clyde Train Mishap

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 4

A railway worker, Harry Cribben, of [?]enrith, escaped death by seconds when three of seven runaway…

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Bid to Stop Road Transport Queensland Petrol Ban From Our Special Reporter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Transport strikers' leaders in the Queensland industrial struggle are now concentrating on holding up petrol supplies…

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APPOINTMENTS Motor Funerals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 5

Mr. J. N. Lord has joined the board of Motor Funerals Ltd…

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Railway Man Given Bond

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

A railway employee, said to be suffering from a split personality, was released on a two years' bond after…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24) The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a prob[?] fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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Railway Mam Given Bonb

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 3

A railway employee, said to be suffering from a split personality, was released on a two years' bond after…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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New road

The Sun · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 2

PROPOSED HEIGHT. Frame erected on top of the Overhead railway, now under Construction at…

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