Eisenbahnunfall

Cootamundra railway derailment

25. Jan. 1885 · 34.66° S, 147.97° E

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Wann
25. Jan. 1885
Art
Eisenbahnunfall
Koordinaten
34.66° S, 147.97° E
Description
railway accident in Australia
Deaths
7
Injured
12

Salt Clay Creek railway disaster

Railway accident in Australia

The Salt Clay Creek railway disaster was one of Australia's first railway accidents involving multiple fatalities. It occurred on the evening of 25 January 1885, when a mail train from Albury to Sydney failed to negotiate a flooded creek, around 5 km from Cootamundra. Seven people were killed and dozens seriously injured.

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