1. List: Sydenham railway disaster Dec. 1953
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  1. AUTOMATIC "TRIP" BRAKE
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday 21 December 1953 p 1 Article
    A railway authority said last night that "tripping" of signals was permitted by Railway safety ... 589 words
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  2. Blood Donors Respond To Urgent Appeal
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Tuesday 22 December 1953 p 4 Article
    More than 400 people gave blood at the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in York Street yesterday in ... 64 words
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  3. On Other Pages
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 26 February 1954 p 1 Article
    Churchill sees hope for Eastern Europe, (p. 3) Uprising against President of Syria, (p. 3) ... 147 words
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  4. TWO RAIL MEN FOR TRIAL 'Negligence,' Says Coroner
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 5 March 1954 p 5 Article
    The City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, yesterday found that the Sydenham railway collision on December 19 was due to the negligence of two railwaymen. ... 1361 words
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  5. SMASH INJURED CRY FOR WATER Heartrending Scenes
    The Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1953 - 1954) Sunday 20 December 1953 p 2 Article Illustrated
    The cries of injured calling for water as they lay beside the wreckage of yesterday's Sydenham rail smash were often lost in the din of rescue work. ... 1283 words
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  6. TRAIN DRIVER HAD TAKEN BEER
    Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) Monday 15 February 1954 p 8 Article
    Sydney: A Government analyst said to-day that tests taken from Harold Joseph O'Neill, driver of the Bankstown train in the Sydenham rail smash, contained a ... 190 words
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  7. Negligence in Sydney Rail Smash
    Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) Thursday 4 March 1954 p 1 Article
    Sydney: Five people died in the Sydenham rail smash because of negligence by a tram driver and a signal ... 148 words
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  8. DRIVER OF TRAIN ACQUITTED
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 12 November 1954 p 2 Article
    A Central Criminal Court jury yesterday acquitted Harold Joseph O'Neill, 35, electric train driver, of a, charge of ... 216 words
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  9. SCREWDRIVER IN SIGNAL Witness Describes "Dangerous Act"
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 26 February 1954 p 5 Article
    John Russell Daley, a railways signals expert, said at the Sydenham railway accident inquest yesterday that if a signal-electrician had not manipulated a signal ... 1312 words
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  10. Signalman Tells Of Faults
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thursday 25 February 1954 p 6 Article
    A signalman, Allan John McDonald Berry, said at the Sydenham railway inquest yesterday that, as far as he knew, faults in two electric signals near the scene ... 300 words
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