Train accident at Sunshine, Victoria

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dc.contributor.otherPhotographer: not knownen_US
dc.coverage.spatialSunshine, Victoriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-02-25T22:26:59Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T12:05:14Z
dc.date.available2004-02-25T22:26:59Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T12:05:14Z
dc.date.created20 April 1908en_US
dc.date.issued2004-02-25T22:26:59Zen_US
dc.descriptionProbably taken by a newspaper photographeren_AU
dc.description.abstractPhotograph of train wreckage on the Sunshine railway platform. The wreckage includes timber doors and wheel axels. Various men, including a man carrying a shovel are on the tracks. On the further platform a photographer has set up his camera and a number of men are lined up in front of him.There are many onlookers, some of whom are trying to look in over a high timber fence. Parts of trains can be seen in the distance. The station sign: SUNSHINE, is visible on the right. The Sunshine accident occurred when the Easter Monday special train from Bendigo passed stop signals and collided with the rear of a train from Ballarat that was standing at the station. 44 people died and 431 were injured in what until 1956 was Australia's worst railway accident.en_US
dc.format.extent26309188 bytesen_US
dc.format.mediumBlack and white photographen_US
dc.format.medium15.8cm x 21.2cmen_US
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/191en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/191
dc.language.isoen_AUen_US
dc.relation.ispartofNoel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofNational Union of Railwaymen of Australiaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMaterial relating to railway matters collected by M.William John Ellis over the period 1898-1949. The series contains press cuttings, 159 photographs and 1 photograph album.en_US
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_US
dc.subject.otherRailwaysen_US
dc.subject.othertrainsen_US
dc.subject.othersteam enginesen_US
dc.subject.otherlocomotivesen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway linesen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway accidentsen_US
dc.subject.otheraccidents & disastersen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway platformsen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway stationsen_US
dc.subject.otherrailway workersen_US
dc.subject.otherfencesen_US
dc.subject.otherbuildings, structures & establishmentsen_US
dc.subject.otherclothingen_US
dc.subject.otherVictorian Government Railwaysen_US
dc.titleTrain accident at Sunshine, Victoriaen_US
dc.typeImageen_AU
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.citationE80-61-017en_US
local.description.notesInscribed in pencil above image, u.c.: SUNSHINE ACCIDENTen_US
local.description.notesAlternative number: K2045en_US
local.description.notesFor more information on this accident see: Coroner's Enquiry into the Sunshine Railway Disaster, published by W.O. Bagley, Melbourne, 1909, Archives file: P56/266/5en_US
local.description.notesEllis entered NSW Railways Service in 1882 and retired May 1924. He was a fitter and turner at the Eveleigh workshops and for 13 years was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. His career in the Railways was disrupted by an incident in 1909 when he was dismissed from his position because he had suggested to the NSW Railway Commissioner that some senior officers be removed. Ellis maintained they were negligent in their duties to the safety of the train-travelling public. On 25/3/12 a Select Committee recommended that Ellis be reinstated and compensed for losses. The last was done but Chief Commissioner Johnson did not reinstate him. It was only when Johnson left NSW in 1915 that Ellis was re-employed in the workshops. In July 1926 he was a witness in the coronial inquiry into the Aberdeen railway accident of 10/6/1926.en_US

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