Sunshine railway disaster 1908 : a railwayman's perspective / by Tom Rigg.
Material type: TextPublication details: Sunshine, Vic. : Sunshine & District Historical Society, 2008.Description: xiv, 74 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 30 cmISBN:- 9780959598957 (pbk.)
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1. Background. - -2. Signals and signalling. - - 3. Causes of the accident. - - 4.After the accident. - - 5. Inquest. - - 6. Trial- - - 7. Official action. - - 8.Questions in the house. - -9. Charges and appeals. - - 10. Some puzzles and queries. - -11.What happened to the men charged ? - - 12.The cost. - - - 13. lists thosse who died, the injured, some of the ppeaple involved. - - Appendix 1: Signalling systems 1908. - - 2. The engins. - - 3.Changes after the accident. - -4. Hospital cars.
On Easter Monday, 20 April 1908, two trains colloded at Sunshine Railway Atation. Forty-four people lost their lives and until the Granville train crash, this was Australia's worst rail disaster. Well-known and respected railway historian, Tom Rigg, sets the scene prior to the crash. Tom goes on to describe the collision, the working conditions of the staff and the inquest and investigations.
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