"Death Railway" guards -- Now prosperous citizens of Siam
BANGKOK, Sat. -- I have just returned from on overnight visit to the homes of eight of the guards on prisoners who built the Burma-Siam "death railway."…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250
Customers rushed tram tickets in the hope of winning a prize
The bosses of Havana's embattled bus company had suffered and bled for years over…
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BRISBANE, Sat. -- Brisbane Tramways general manager S. L. Quinn will lodge 1000 complaints against union officials and individual tram…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Odd Facts Strange Railway
A CURIOSITY of South Austra is its "'ocean wave" railway. Engineers, laying the track from Marree to Oodnadatta,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burma Railway Guards Of P.O.W.s Now Thriving Prominent Business Heads in Siam From An A.A.P.-Reuter Correspondent
BANGKOK, March 12.—Eight former prisoner-of-war guards on the notorious Siam-Burma "death" railway live prosperously in Bangkok to-day. They are members of a thriving little Japanese colony here, including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Leg Severed In Motor Cycle Crash
A young man had his right leg cut off yesterday in an unusual motor cycle accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fireman Hurt on Train
A fireman last night possibly fractured his skull when his head struck an iron stanchion as he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crash Bodies Go by Train
BRISBANE, Monday. -- Bodies of Sydney victims of last week's air crash near Coolangatta are being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slip blocks scenic road
The Hawkesbury Panorama, a scenic road running from Springwood to Richmond, will be closed until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Blocked By Landslide
A hundred tons of rock and earth from a landslide last night completely blocked the Hawkesbury Panorama, a scenic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Hits Sedan Car, Six Injured
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Four of six persons who had amazing escapes from death were admitted to…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Four of six persons who had amazing escapes from death were admitted to…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Four of six persons who had amazing escapes from death were admitted to…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Four of six persons who had amazing escapes from death were admitted to…
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A Lithgow-bound train was delayed for 19 minutes last night when the fireman was struck on the head as he leant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Hit in U.S. Coal Strike Threat Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
NEW YORK, March 13.— American railways will suspend at least 40,000 men as a result of a two-week coal strike due…
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Results are expected soon from a move for uniform traffic laws for the whole of Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Train wreck attempt young man in Court
MACKSVILLE, Tuesday. -- Charged with putting eight sleepers on the railway line with intent to injure train travellers, Douglas Francis Hardie, 22, laborer, appeared in the Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wild Driver Ploughed Express Through Crowded Holiday Train
THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…
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THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…
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