Twenty-seven people lost their lives and 42 injured as a result of a midnight train collision in the Upper Hunter Valley on Sept. 13, 1926 near Murrurundi, New South Wales. Breaking away from a goods train at Murulla, four cars laden with wool dashed backwards down a gradient and crashed into the oncoming north-west mail train from Moree to Sydney. Many of the passengers were children returning to school from holiday. Sometimes referred to as the Blandford railway accident, as the crash occurred before the community of Brandford,in an area bordered by both Brandford and Murulla districts.
Salvation Army member.
Daughter of Charles James Price and Martha (Martin) Price.
Married John Giles in 1887.
Mother of Leslie G. Giles, Clarice E. Giles, Victor Clyde Giles, and Clifford John Giles.
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
. . . MR. AND MRS. J. GILES.
The funerals of Mr. John Giles and his wife took place at the Church of England Cemetery, Kingswood, from Penrith yesterday. Mr. Giles was an enginedriver in the employ of the Railway Department, and at the time of the disaster he was enjoying his final leave from the department. Both Mr. and Mrs. Giles wore associated with the Salvation Army. Yesterday Commandant Butt and Commandant Watterson and members of the Campsie Corps visited Penrith to attend the funeral. The service was conducted by Commandant Butt.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Friday 17 September 1926, p.12
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Other Deaths:
ACKLAND, Catherine Sarah (Ireland), Scone Catholic Cemetery
ADAMS, Arthur Edgar, South Head Cemetery
ANDERTON, Azubah (Davison), Helensburgh Cemetery
BRUSH, Alfred Charles "Stumpy", Moree Cemetery
DOYLE, Janet, Quirindi General Cemetery
DUNBAR, John, Scone Anglican Cemetery
FRIPP, Ada Methven, Murrurundi General Cemetery
GARLAND, Elizabeth, Haydonton Cemetery
GILES, John, Penrith General Cemetery
GILES, Sarah A (Price), Penrith General Cemetery
JEFFERSON, Albert, Sandgate Cemetery
JURD, Arthur George Oswald, Moree Cemetery
MALLETT, Sydney Sustains, Rookwood Cemetery
MALONE, Kathleen, Rookwood Cemetery
McDONALD, Emily, Carlingford Anglican Cemetery
McGRATH, Owen Vincent, Waverley Cemetery
McKEOWN, Frank, Tamworth Cemetery
McMILLAN, Walter Kenneth, Waverley Cemetery
MOCKRIDGE, John Reuben, Rookwood Cemetery
NOLLER, Stanley Augustus, Mays Hill Cemetery
RICH, Howard J., Sandgate Cemetery
VAGIANIS, Peter, Murrurundi General Cemetery
SAMPSON, Olive Clarice, Gunnedah General Cemetery
WALKER, James or John Errol, Sandgate Cemetery
WALKER, Helen "Nellie" (Pollock), Sandgate Cemetery
WILSON, William H., Haydonton Cemetery
WILSON, Flora Dundas (Campbell), Haydonton Cemetery
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Twenty-seven people lost their lives and 42 injured as a result of a midnight train collision in the Upper Hunter Valley on Sept. 13, 1926 near Murrurundi, New South Wales. Breaking away from a goods train at Murulla, four cars laden with wool dashed backwards down a gradient and crashed into the oncoming north-west mail train from Moree to Sydney. Many of the passengers were children returning to school from holiday. Sometimes referred to as the Blandford railway accident, as the crash occurred before the community of Brandford,in an area bordered by both Brandford and Murulla districts.
Salvation Army member.
Daughter of Charles James Price and Martha (Martin) Price.
Married John Giles in 1887.
Mother of Leslie G. Giles, Clarice E. Giles, Victor Clyde Giles, and Clifford John Giles.
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS
. . . MR. AND MRS. J. GILES.
The funerals of Mr. John Giles and his wife took place at the Church of England Cemetery, Kingswood, from Penrith yesterday. Mr. Giles was an enginedriver in the employ of the Railway Department, and at the time of the disaster he was enjoying his final leave from the department. Both Mr. and Mrs. Giles wore associated with the Salvation Army. Yesterday Commandant Butt and Commandant Watterson and members of the Campsie Corps visited Penrith to attend the funeral. The service was conducted by Commandant Butt.
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Friday 17 September 1926, p.12
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Other Deaths:
ACKLAND, Catherine Sarah (Ireland), Scone Catholic Cemetery
ADAMS, Arthur Edgar, South Head Cemetery
ANDERTON, Azubah (Davison), Helensburgh Cemetery
BRUSH, Alfred Charles "Stumpy", Moree Cemetery
DOYLE, Janet, Quirindi General Cemetery
DUNBAR, John, Scone Anglican Cemetery
FRIPP, Ada Methven, Murrurundi General Cemetery
GARLAND, Elizabeth, Haydonton Cemetery
GILES, John, Penrith General Cemetery
GILES, Sarah A (Price), Penrith General Cemetery
JEFFERSON, Albert, Sandgate Cemetery
JURD, Arthur George Oswald, Moree Cemetery
MALLETT, Sydney Sustains, Rookwood Cemetery
MALONE, Kathleen, Rookwood Cemetery
McDONALD, Emily, Carlingford Anglican Cemetery
McGRATH, Owen Vincent, Waverley Cemetery
McKEOWN, Frank, Tamworth Cemetery
McMILLAN, Walter Kenneth, Waverley Cemetery
MOCKRIDGE, John Reuben, Rookwood Cemetery
NOLLER, Stanley Augustus, Mays Hill Cemetery
RICH, Howard J., Sandgate Cemetery
VAGIANIS, Peter, Murrurundi General Cemetery
SAMPSON, Olive Clarice, Gunnedah General Cemetery
WALKER, James or John Errol, Sandgate Cemetery
WALKER, Helen "Nellie" (Pollock), Sandgate Cemetery
WILSON, William H., Haydonton Cemetery
WILSON, Flora Dundas (Campbell), Haydonton Cemetery
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Inscription
In Loving Memory of/OUR DEAR FATHER & MOTHER/JOHN & SARAH ANN GILES/WHO WERE KILLED IN MURULLA TRAIN DISASTER/13TH SEPT 1926/BELOVED BY ALL/ERECTED BY LES, EDIE & CLIFF/
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1845–1917
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1846–1934
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1848–1923
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1850–1927
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1854–1917
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1855–1940
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1857–1942
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1859–1926
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1862–1927
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1865–1955
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1867–1911
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1869–1928
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