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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Killed By Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 5

Allan Richard Desmond Smith, 60, of Belemba Avenue, Lakemba, was fatally injured yesterday when a…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency homo unit…

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Home for Train Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 16

The Minister for Housing (Mr. Clive Evatt) has provided an emergency home unit…

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Bridge, Ferry Ban Hits 200,000

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 14

More than 200,000 people would be prevented by the 7 a.m. ban on Harbor Bridge and ferry traffic from visiting the city when the Queen arrived…

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Bridge, Ferry Ban Hits 200,000

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 14

More than 200,000 people would be prevented by the 7 a.m. ban on Harbor Bridge and ferry traffic from visiting the city when the Queen arrived…

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Bridge, Ferry Ban Hits 200,000

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 14

More than 200,000 people would be prevented by the 7 a.m. ban on Harbor Bridge and ferry traffic from visiting the city when the Queen arrived…

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Bridge, Ferry Ban Hits 200,000

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 14

More than 200,000 people would be prevented by the 7 a.m. ban on Harbor Bridge and ferry traffic from visiting the city when the Queen arrived…

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Bridge, Ferry Ban Hits 200,000

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 14

More than 200,000 people would be prevented by the 7 a.m. ban on Harbor Bridge and ferry traffic from visiting the city when the Queen arrived…

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Car Hit by Train Amazing Escapes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Hit by the Brisbane Express at Mt. Kuring-gai level crossing today, this small car was crumpled and hurled along the line. The occupants (above), Mr. Ben Gray, his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Kerry (3), leaped to safety when the heavy locomotive smashed into the car which stalled on the line. (Story, P. 2.)…

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Car Hit by Train Amazing Escapes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Hit by the Brisbane Express at Mt. Kuring-gai lever crossing today, this small car was crumpled and hurled along the line. The occupants (above), Mr. Ben Gray, his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Kerry (3), leaped to safety when the heavy locomotive smashed into the car which stalled on the line. (Story P. 2.)…

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Car Hit by Train Amazing Escapes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Hit by the Brisbane Express at Mt. Kuring-gai level crossing today, this, small car was crumpled and hurled along the line. The occupants (above), Mr. Ben Gray, his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Kerry (3), leaped to safety when the heavy locomotive smashed into the car which stalled on the line. (Story, P. 2.)…

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The Ghost That Walked The Campbelltown Bridge

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

Despite the fact that we live in an enlightened age there are still those -- their name is Legion-- who like to relate or give ear to a real ghost story. How disappointed are such folk should one refuse to…

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Took and Used Motor Vehicles Four Sentences of 12 Months Gaol

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

VICTOR Ronald Gadd, of Castlereagh Itoad, Penrith, pleaded gruilty, at Penrith Court of Petty Sessions…

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