Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Railways, roads & transport, all years

Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1916

2,297 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 115

John Bridge and Co.'s Report

Molong Argus · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 1

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 22nd Jan., 1916:— Wool:—The new year's market has oponed with a very bunyant tone. An…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Train Overwhelmed. Eight Deaths. Seattle

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

It has been established that the death roll following the overwhelming of the great northern train by an avalanche of snow consisted of eight…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

January Wool Sales "John Bridge" Record. Handsome Wool Prices

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 1

John Bridge and Co's opening sale of the year, held on Wednesday last, 19th instant was notable for several things. One of these was the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Soldier Badly Injured. Fall From a Train. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

When Private Stilton George Todd, of the Seventh Battalion, in camp at Liverpool, fell from a train last night he received injuries from which there are…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Serious Motor Bike Accident. Ald. W. R. Cole Very Badly Injured. Marvellous Escape From Instant Death

Molong Argus · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A sensational and very serious motor bike accident occurred in Watson Street shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, as a result of which…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Smash Car Over a Cliff. Four Men Knocked Unconscious. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Through a tyre coming off the front wheel of a motor car containing five men and travelling between Liverpool and Bulli [?]ell over a cliff thirty feet…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Cycle Smash Rider Badly Injured. Collision with a Team. Molong

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Through an accident which occurred yesterday just outside the town, William Coles is now in the hospital suffering from a broken jaw and nose, a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Cycling. 100 Miles Motor-cycle Race. Reg Williams' Bad Luck

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 3

The following were the positions of the riders in the 100 miles motor cycling race held at Hartley on Anniversary Day: B. Wickham (8…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Narrow Escape of Motor Party. Sydney

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

A motor car, carrying live men, from Liverpool, lost the front tyre, and the car fell over a cliff thirty feet deep, in the Bulli Pass. All the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Motor Lorry for Country Hauling

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

The farmer of New South Wales has been quick to utilise machinery in every possible branch of his vocation. The harvester, if not actually invented in…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Cycle Accident. Sydney

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

A man named William Cole, who was riding a motor cycle at Molony, collided with the loading horses of a wheat team, and sustained a broken…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Motor Car Victim SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Edward Clarke, of Wooloomooloo, was knocked down by a motor car in Cathedral-street shortly before midnight last night. The driver,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sensational Motor Accident Occupants' Lucky Escape. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. T. Higgs, a president of Liverpool, took a party of residents of the some town on a trip to the Bulli mountains to-day. A tyre coming off…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Trip to Coolah. Annual Meeting of M.u.i.o.o.f., Mudgee District

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Several members of Queen of the Valley Lodge,Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows, motored to Coolah during the week end for the annual meeting of the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Motor Cycle Race

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

The weather was ideal for motor cycling on Tuesday, when the second annual circuit 100 mile road-race of the Canberra Motor Cycle Club was held on the Hartley triangle. There…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

J. Bridge & Co's, Market

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

John Bridge & Co. Ltd. report under date 22nd January, 1916:- Wool.—The new year's market has opened with a very buoyant…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Vale Road Again

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

Yesterday's heavy rainfall soon made trouble on the Vale Road The Creek came down in a torrent early in the evening, broke over the banks, and…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

January Wool Sales. "John Bridge" Record. Handsome Wool Prices

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 14

John Bridge & Co's. opening sale of the year, held on Wednesday last, 19th instant, was notable for several things. One of these was the extraordinary…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Coroner Caustic Guard's Unsatisfactory Evidence Urgent Train Causes Fatality Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

At a Parramatta inquest to-day, concerning the death of Sybil Woodman (10), who received fatal injure on January 14, through being over by a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wheat Team Worries. Rocks in Railway Yards and Poor Watering Facilities

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 17

At the meeting of the Amaroo Shire Council on Monday, Mr. President Rogers tabled a minute stating that while in Molong…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →