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 the Queensland capital with 143 passengers aboard. Among the passengers was a member…
It was June 10, 1926, and the Brisbane Limited train was on its way from Sydney to the Queensland capital with 143 passengers aboard. Among the passengers was a member…
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…
WHEN the newly formed NSW Railway Commission proposed in 1856 to extend the Newcastle railway line from Honeysuckle Point to the city’s east, many of the town’s inhabitants were horrified.…