Salt Clay Creek railway disaster

34°38′57″S 147°59′12″E / 34.6492°S 147.9868°E / -34.6492; 147.9868

Salt Clay Creek railway disaster
The derailed train
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Date28 January 1885
CountryAustralia

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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