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Summary

Pinera Station Tragedy
Photographer
State Government Photographer
Title
Pinera Station Tragedy
Description

This image would have been taken after the events of January 31 1928. The train is possibly a train coming from either Victoria or New South Wales.

One of the greatest tragedies in South Australian railway history occurred on the night of 31 January 1928, when six men died, buried in a land slide while demolishing the tunnel to make way for Overway Bridge, on Main Road Belair. The bridge is near the present day Pinera Station, previously known as Overway Bridge Station. Conditions were difficult for rescuers who worked through the wet and stormy night, in the light of hurricane lamps and car headlights. Robert Lafferty of Coromandel Valley was one of the men killed. The accident is reported in The Advertiser 2 February 1929; "There was a fog which clothed the scene with a mantle of softness---" The injured man "chatted with the ambulance men but seemed unable to say anything about his sensations during his terrible experience. However his injuries were so serious that he died in the hospital at 4.10am" J. Callen, Then & Before - Glimpses of the Belair Line in the Age of Steam 1883-1969, self published, Adelaide, 2002

Refer to p. 36 "Then and Before - Glimpses of the Belair Line in the Age of Steam 1883-1969" Janet Callen.
Date 1 February 1928
date QS:P571,+1928-02-01T00:00:00Z/11
Medium Glass Negatives
The History Trust of South Australia
Accession number
GN13788
Source The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government
Photo [1]
Object record [2]
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Captions

The train is The Overland, from Melbourne. Note the V&SAR initials on the carriage.

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