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Proof: Excitement turns to confusion as car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T01:13:07Z","headline":"Excitement turns to confusion as car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"smh","url":"https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/newcastle-crash-live-updates-multiple-injuries-after-car-hits-crowd-20261003-p612js.html","v":1}

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4969449c56753729d0c54c95c8e72a07cf886e9ab5e0e493b4148450863c3571

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969656, mined 2026-10-03 02:16 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4969449c5675.json prints 4969449c56753729d0c54c95c8e72a07cf886e9ab5e0e493b4148450863c3571. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-4969449c5675.json and headline-4969449c5675.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-4969449c5675.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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