Re: Salt Clay Rail Distaster nsw

["Chris Stratton" <stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au>]

Malcolm Airs wrote in message <36362741.63A2@tpgi.com.au>...
>Hi All,
>   Does anyone know anything about The Salt Clay Rail Disaster which
>occurred in Feb. 1884, in the Cootamundra area.  I learnt about it in my
>great grandfather's obituary in The Temora Times.  Apparent he was one
>of the first on the scene after the crash.
>Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Mal Airs
>mairs@tpgi.com.au

The book "Australia Through Time" mentions a railway accident near
Cootamundra on 25th January 1885 but gives no details.

"Along Parallel Lines" by John Gunn has a photo of a crash near Cootamundra
in 1885 but doesn't give the exact date. The caption to the photo reads
"Albury Mail crashed into washout caused by flood rains destroying the 20
foot high embankment. 8 people were killed".
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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
stratton.chris.cp@bhp.com.au