Train smash at Murulla, NSW, September 13, 1926
Rail smashes: Murrurundi 1908 and Murulla 1926
Murrurundi: Good Friday 1908 It was Good Friday, April 17, 1908. At about 3.35am the Glen Innes train was just about to leave Murrurundi station, in the Upper Hunter Valley, when it was hit head-on by the Brisbane Mail train, travelling south. Ultimately, signalling staff at the small country station were held responsible for accidentally misleading the drivers of the trains into believing the tracks were clear. At the scene of the accident at Murrurundi, April 17, 1908. The impact of the smash was tremendous, and it was incredible that nobody was killed. Injuries amounted to…