Location: Ballarat, Australia

Surname/tag: Australian_Disasters
THE SUNSHINE STATION RAILWAY DISASTER
On the night of Easter Monday, 20 April 1908, over 400 were injured and 44 people died as a result of a Melbourne-bound train from Bendigo colliding with the rear of a mail train from Ballarat, which was just leaving the station. Around 1,100 people were aboard the two trains. Almost all of the casualties were from the Ballarat train, as the Bendigo train was cushioned by its two locomotives.
For additional information see:
- Wikipedia: Sunshine Rail Disaster
Deaths
Picture Surname Given Names Age Burial Other Family in Accident ACREMAN Rose Beatrice (Williams) 35 yrs. Footscray General Cemetery 16 yrs old daughter Rose Beatrice received a fractured thigh in the collision. ATKINSON Thomas 48 yrs. Williamstown Cemetery No BLIGHT John Algernon 22 yrs. Ballarat Old Cemetery No BROWN John Ballarat New Cemetery yesorno BUNYARD Stuart Ormonde 22 yrs. Oakleigh Cemetery No CLARK Archer 48 yrs. Fawkner Memorial Park 16 yr. old daughter Mary Alicia also killed. CLARK Mary Alicia 16 yrs. Fawkner Memorial Park Father also killed. DALLING Frances Elizabeth Mount Cole Cemetery DANNOCK James Oliver 49 yrs. Boroondara General Cemetery Daughter Maria Mary killed; daughter Urica critically injured. DANNOCK Maria Mary 20 yrs. Boroondara General Cemetery Father James killed; sister Urica critically injured. DAVIS Joseph Melbourne General Cemetery DENIER Ernest Ballarat New Cemetery DENT John Edward 24 yrs. Boroondara General Cemetery Brother Albert received extensive scalp wounds, a broken nose, and severe bruising. DORAN Denis ELLINGSEN Albert Ballarat New Cemetery GATES Joseph Leonard 20 yrs. Footscray General Cemetery Brother Leslie also died. GATES Leslie Russell 18 yrs. Footscray General Cemetery Brother Joseph also died. GILES Matilda Maud Boroondara General Cemetery GREEN Ethel May Dolly Boroondara General Cemetery HAWKES John Daniel Boroondara General Cemetery HUGHES Ada Williamstown Cemetery HUGHES Griffith Williamstown Cemetery HUNTINGTON Thomas Leslie Footscray General Cemetery JONES Elizabeth Amelia Melbourne General Cemetery LAFFAN Catherine Amy 23 yrs. Melbourne General Cemetery Sister Alice killed. LAFFAN Bridget Alice 20 yrs. Melbourne General Cemetery Sister Katherine killed. McCALL George Wilkie 24 yrs. Boroondara General Cemetery No McKAY Alexander Barclay Melbourne General Cemetery McKean Thomas Fawkner Cemetery NANKERVIS William 51 yrs. Melbourne General Cemetery Son William Raymond received dislocated hip. O'CONNOR Frederick George St Kilda Cemetery PASCOE James Victor 26 yrs. Ballarat Old Cemetery No PEATE Henry Edwin Boroondara General Cemetery RUSHBROOK Esther Edith May Boroondara General Cemetery SAWYER Frederick George Melbourne General Cemetery SKOGLUND Oscar 27 yrs. Boroondara General Cemetery Wife Jenni (Grace) Skoglund injurred. THOMAS William Williamstown Cemetery THOMAS Janet (Jones) 61 yrs. Ballarat New Cemetery No TUCKER Annie Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery TUCKER Margaret W. (Leckie) Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery WATSON Rupert Chester Inglis 15 yrs. Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery WILLIAMS Elizabeth Melbourne General Cemetery WILLIAMSON Charles Frederick Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery WRIGHT Agnes Brighton Cemetery
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