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Train wreck near Kapunda [PRG 327/25/3A/7] • Photograph

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Summary

A photograph of the No. 21 goods train on the Morgan line near Kapunda, 13 February 1913, following a wash away under the line after flooding in the area. The fireman, A.H. Waites [or Wheaton] managed to get clear, but the driver, Critchley, was washed away in the flood waters and drowned. The locomotive, No.64 class K, was completely wrecked.

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Physical description

Photograph (B&W print); 22.8 cm x 28.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

1913

Subject

Railroad accidents -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

20/01/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,756 x 4,712 pixels (27.1 MP)

Size

81.39 MB

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