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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

6,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Trapped train evacuated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thurs. --Passengers rescued from a snowbound express train in the…

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New bridge at Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 9

The Department of Main Roads will build a new bridge costing £484,880 over the…

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Power Failure Jams Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

Cars lined up for nearly two miles at Taree on Tuesday when the bridge across the Manning River jammed in the open position because of a blackout. Here some of the cars are seen lined up on the bridge waiting for the power to be restored…

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252 Taken Off Trapped Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 3

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.).— A fleet of cars yesterday rescued 252 persons from a train which has been snowbound without heat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains…

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POP Road (non) sense

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 7

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Tender Let For Bridge At Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

The Minister for Transport, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, announced yesterday that the Department of Main…

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Two Perish in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

BURNIE (Tasmania); Friday. -- Norman Edward Booth (21). Normandy Av., Oakleigh (Melbourne), was…

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Road courtesy has not gone

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 13

WHOLESALE. condemnation of motorists for lack of courtesy and bad temper can be overdone, in the…

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Two Perish in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 8

BURN IE (Tasmania). Friday. -- Norman Edward Booth (21). Normandy Av., Oakleigh (Melbourne), was…

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Two Perish Is Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

BURNIE (Tasmania). Friday. -- Norman Edward Booth (21), Normandy A.,Oakleigh (Melbourne), was…

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Two Perish in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 9

BURN IE (Tasmania). Friday.--Norman Edward Booth .(21), Normandy Av., Oakleieh (Melbourne), was…

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Last Year 650 People Were Needlessly Killed In Road Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 13

(By Son.-Constable Smith in the "Daily Examiner," Grafton.) FIGURES for 1951 have now been published and we find that 723 people last their lives in road accidents during the past 12 months in N.S.W. I have previously pointed…

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Motors and Motoring.. Was it a Taxi?

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 13

BEFORE becoming enthusiastic about a used car offered to you for purchase, keep in mind the possibility of its being an…

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Campaign for Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 1

A Warringah Shire Councillor, Mr. William S. Hewitt, was last night elected president of a "Railway…

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Motorist Charged Accident At Crossing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Robert Leslie Crampton, 42, storeman, was charged in the Court of Petty Sessions…

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Railways Obtain 194 Convictions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 7

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. W. A. Anderson, said yesterday that there were 194 convictions in December in…

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Country Children See Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 3

This party of children from the Far West Home at Manly gazed in wonder as they crossed the Harbour Bridge for the first time yesterday…

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Motor cruiser blown on beach

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 1

The 32ft motor cruiser Luana, owned by Mr. S. H. Fink, of Point Piper, was driven ashore at…

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Railway track shortage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 9

Scarcity of sleepers and rails is hampering Railways Department…

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Her love makes a hard road easier

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1952 · page 13

Anna Doughty, 50, who married road mender George Doughty, 45, a year ago, said this week she loved' her husband so much she…

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