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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Future of Station Street Council Wants to Know Railway Intentions

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Penrith Council decided on Tuesday night to ask the Railway Department what were its intentions with regard to the new lay-out of Penrith railway station as affecting the question of parking space, with…

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3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

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3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

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3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens or thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

3600 Were Trampled to Death When Ill-starred Reign Began First Great Tragedy of Nicholas Ii

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 21

ALL through a hot summer night in May, 1896, tens of thousands of Russian peasants streamed along the roads from Moscow for a monster fete on Khodinsky Plain to celebrate the coronation of the…

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Bad Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 15

SIR: The statement by the N.R.M.A. secretary, Mr. Richards, that the road safety campaign needs…

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Hassett took the train

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 30

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Lindsay Hassett arrived at his testimonial match…

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Death fall from train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 3

A man was killed yesterday when he fell from a train near Erskineville. He was Kenneth Grant,…

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Train Buried in Avalanche

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 9

This train was buried in snow near Oberried, Switzerland, during one of the many avalanches which occurred in Switzerland and Austria on Wednesday after heavy snowfalls…

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Surf Team To Train For Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 10

The Australian surf team to meet New Zealand will live together for a week's training and…

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MOTORING Amazing U.S. Motor Car Output in 1953

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 29

DETROIT,—The tremendous production capacity of the United States auto industry was demonstrated again in 1953. Despite labor troubles…

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Man's Body Found On Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

The body of Kenneth Lang Grant, 33, of Stacey Street, Bankstown, was found lying near the…

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Woman on tram rails

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

A woman last, night tried to throw herself under a tram at Camperdown, a constable said…

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Woman on tram rails

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

A woman last night tried to throw herself under a tram at Camperdown, a constable said…

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Woman on tram rails

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 4

A woman last night tried to throw herself under a tram at Camperdown, a constable said…

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