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Proof: Nine people injured, driver arrested after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T01:31:06Z","headline":"Nine people injured, driver arrested after 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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8cc603ab2b8821775ccf9b6d8af91c87edc7c19cc2a90eba98da5cfc55fdbf21

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969658, mined 2026-10-03 02:24 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-8cc603ab2b88.json prints 8cc603ab2b8821775ccf9b6d8af91c87edc7c19cc2a90eba98da5cfc55fdbf21. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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  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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