What the records say
- When
- 13 Sep 1926
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 31.82° S, 150.93° E
- Description
- railway accident in Murulla, Australia
- Deaths
- 26
Placed at the town its description names, Murulla.
Murulla rail accident
Railway accident in Murulla, Australia
On 13 September 1926, the Sydney-bound Northern Mail collided with a runaway goods wagon near Murrurundi, in the Upper Hunter Valley and killed 26 people. A goods train had become divided and the attempts of the train crew to reunite the portions resulted in 12 vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train.
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