Derailment at Stanwell Park, New South Wales
| dc.contributor.author | Photographer: M. William John Ellis | en_AU |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Stanwell Park, New South Wales | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2004-02-25T22:27:10Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-05T12:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004-02-25T22:27:10Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2011-01-05T12:05:19Z | |
| dc.date.created | 18 January 1907 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-02-25T22:27:10Z | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Photograph of a damaged train alongside a railway platform in hilly, wooded country. Near the station one carriage roof is at a steep angle and next to it is some buckled wreckage. An engine and coal carriage to the right of the scene appear unscathed. A number of passengers, mostly women and children walk along the platform towards the station. A newspaper report on a 1910 derailment at Stanwell Park noted that that portion of the South Coast line was notorious for railway mishaps because of sharp curves and steep embankments.The picture was probably taken by William Ellis during the thirteen years he was examining fitter and fitter in charge of the Sydney accident train. In the course of his work, he examined thousands of engines and attended hundreds of derailments and other accidents. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 25056872 bytes | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | Black and white photograph | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | 8.8cm x 11.2cm | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | image/tiff | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/195 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/195 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | National Union of Railwaymen of Australia | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Noel Butlin Archives Centre. ANU Archives Program. | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Material 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.rights | This 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.other | Railways | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | trains | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | steam engines | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | locomotives | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | railway lines | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | railway accidents | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | accidents & disasters | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | railway platforms | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | railway stations | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | railway workers | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | fences | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | buildings, structures & establishments | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | clothing | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | New South Wales Government Railways | en_US |
| dc.title | Derailment at Stanwell Park, New South Wales | en_US |
| dc.type | Image | en_AU |
| dspace.entity.type | ANUArchivesItem | |
| local.citation | E80-61-030 | en_US |
| local.description.notes | Alternative number: K2052 | en_US |
| local.description.notes | Ellis 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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