Re: Salt Clay Rail Distaster nsw

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

Chris Stratton wrote in message <715d6c$t7n1@atbhp.corpmel.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".
>
There is also another photo on page 54 of "Tender into Tank" by Ron Preston
(1984 edition). It also states in the text that the loco was No. 81 of the
79 class, later 1302.

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Regards,
Chris Stratton
Wollongong, NSW, Australia