WHEN the second division of the Melbourne express, in a blinding rainstorm, ran into a washaway on a culvert crossing a small creek and was derailed about two miles on the Murray Bridge side of Callington at 7.20 a.m. yesterday, 17 people were injured. Six were treated at the Adelaide Hospital. ...
Article : 1,137 wordsTHE outward-bound South-East train was at Aldgate when news of the disaster came through. Passengers were removed from this train ...
Article : 810 wordsTO the driving care of the enginedriver of the wrecked express the passengers can attribute their miraculous escape ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 617 wordsBecause of the smash on the Melbourne line, the South Australian Gliding Club's slider has been delayed, and the demonstration of gliding, which was to have been given ...
Article : 67 wordsThe express derailed two miles from Callington through floods undermining the track just in front of a culvert. Heaps of twisted iron and tangled wreckage covered the twisted line for two chains. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931), Sat 28 Dec 1929, Page 3
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