The 1926 Aberdeen rail smash and the heroine who saved a tenor
It was June 10, 1926, and the Brisbane Limited train was on its way from Sydney to Wallangarra with 143 passengers aboard. Among the passengers was a member of Australia's federal parliament and a number of members of the cast of a J.C. Williamson touring production of Katja the Dancer. Aberdeen Station, in the days following the accident The steel bridge over the Hunter River at Aberdeen At about 9.50pm the train, with eight carriages hauled by two engines - a heavy NN type and an AD class in front - had just passed Aberdeen station…