What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 1885
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 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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