>MarkBau1 wrote:
>
>> I believe a monument was unveiled at the crash site for the 25th? anniversary
>> of the crash.
>
>It must be 30 years ago now. I was selling papers after school in
>Melbourne the day it happened. The Herald's headline (emblazoned in my
>mind to this day) was "Aurora crashes -- 50 dead, 100 injured".
>
February 7, 1969 was the date ( I think).
A memorial was erected at the level crossing south of Violet Town (SE
corner) about 1994.
Cheers
Krel.
When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my Grandfather; not screaming and scared shitless like his passengers.