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Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line [B 31180] • Photograph

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Summary

After leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914 the coal train comprising 27 carriages and two locomotives was derailed. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when in the vicinity of the lagoon the boiler of the second engine (No 103), without the slightest warning, burst on the left hand side, and the concussion caused the engine to sway to the right".

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Physical description

Photograph; 21 cm x 13.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1914

Collection

Part of Port Augusta Collection

Subject

Railroad accidents -- South Australia -- Port Augusta

Catalogue record

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General notes

For a detailed report of this event the Port Augusta Dispatch, 3 April 1914; and The Chronicle, 4 April 1914 pg 43.

Digitisation information

Date

18/01/2008

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,496 x 2,606 pixels (9.1 MP)

Size

27.36 MB

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