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Train accident on the Great Northern Railway line [B 57499] • Photograph

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Summary

The coal train was derailed by a boiler explosion after leaving Port Augusta for Quorn on 28 March 1914. "About 2 miles of the journey had been covered, when travelling down an incline 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 hand side of the tack."

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Physical description

Postcard (b&w); 8.7 cm x 13.7 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 account of this event see the Port Augusta Dispatch, 3 April 1914; and The Chronicle, 4 April 1914 pg 43.

Digitisation information

Date

04/03/1999

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,304 x 1,440 pixels (3.3 MP)

Size

3.32 MB

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