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

Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

648 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 23 of 33

A Railway Fatality. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 4
Also in The Forbes Advocate

A woman about 35 years of age, not yet identified, was killed last night on the railway line at Banksia. She was terribly cut about the head…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Motor Van Fatality. Adelaide

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 6

A train ran into a motor van near the Adelaide abattoirs, killing the driver, of the latter and his assistant…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Big Railway Smashes. Heavy Sacrifice of Lives

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—A disastrous railway collision occurred at Aisgill Yorkshire, one of the highest points on the Midland railways…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Train Derailed. London

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

A train was derailed 14 miles from Londonderry. One person was killed and 30 others injured…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Jemalong Road Work. Shire Engineer's Report

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 1

At the meeting of the Jemalong Shire Council on Saturday, the engineer, Mr A. J. Booth, submitted the following:—…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Road Near Eugowra. Deputation to Shire Council An Owner's Objection

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 4

The Jemalong Shire Council has received a request from Moura Creek Progress Association, to open a road through Mr L. Mallick's property near…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Request for a Road Shire Council Waited On. by Moura Creek Progress Association

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last a [?] from the Moura Creek Progress Association waited on the [?]emalong Shire Council in support…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Forbes Times. Tuesday, September 9Th. Local and General. The Railway Picnic

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

Mr. H. E. Brown, secretary for the western districts railway picnic which is to be held on the Forbes Show Ground on Monday, 22nd…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway League Meeting. Keeping Things Astir

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 4

A general meeting of the Forbes Railway League was held in the council chambers on Friday after-noon last and was fairly well…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Public Works Committee. Projected Railways

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 4

An adverse opinion was passed by one of the Railway Commissioners at a meeting of the Public Works Committee this week, in regard to the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Railway Matters. Forbes to Eugowra

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 September 1913 · page 2

A meeting of the Forbes Railway League was held in the town hall on Friday afternoon last, at which there were present his Worship the Mayor…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Dash in Front of a Train. Woman and Brave Man Killed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

An act of conspicuous bravery illumined a railway tragedy at Saughton. Station, near Edinburgh, where a railway man lost his life in a vain effort to save a woman from being cut down by a train…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Vanishing Horse. Counteracting Effects of Motors

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 7

Some novel proposals for dealing with the shortage of horses in England were canvassed at an important private meeting ol officials held at the rooms of the Royal Agricultural Society…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Notorious Train Robber Dead

Western Champion · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 9

The death has occurred in a prison in Georgia of "Bill the Miner," the most notorious train-robber and gaol-breaker in North America. For 50 years…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Railway Ghouls

Western Champion · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 9

Gruesome stories were unfolded before the Corner at Newhaven, Connecticut, during the inquest upon the victims of the railway disaster that took…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Railway Picnic

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 4

The annual railway picnic of the western railway employees, to be held on the Forbes showground on Monday, September 22, promises to be a huge…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Random Readings. a Train Seven Years Late!

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 8

On the authority of an American correspondent, the "Railway Magazine" records tho story of a train which reached its destination more than)…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Seaweed Tyres for Motorcars

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 8

Motorists may now look forward hopefully to a possible reduction in the cost of new tyres if the latest discovery as to the manufacture of rubber…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Cowra-crookwell Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee. Some Interesting Evidence Given

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 September 1913 · page 7

On Monday last the Public Works Committee comprising Messrs. J. Storey (chairman), William Robson, Donaldson, G. Burgess, J. Travers,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →