Rail smash at Ardglen, NSW, July 9, 1926
Steam trains and long tunnels are a dangerous combination, especially when not enough attention has been paid to ventilation, and when safe breathing apparatus hasn’t been provided to the train…
The entangled ships Ditton, Port Crawford and Peeblesshire in Newcastle Harbour, April 1902.
Three ship pile-up in Newcastle Harbour
It was just on dark, April 4, 1902; the weather was taking a turn for the worse, and among the fleet of ships that appeared off Newcastle, NSW, hoping to…
Off the rails at Woodville Junction: a vintage photo essay on a railway mishap
As a newspaper reporter, I often had the experience of spending time covering a story, only to have it never appear in print or, even worse perhaps, see it cut…