January 25
On this day in 1885 a train bound for Sydney crashed over a washed away culvert at Cootamundra, killing eight people. The busy train was on its way to Sydney packed with people planning to attend the horse races at Randwick. A downpour of twenty-five centimetres of rain had washed away the embankment at Salt Clay Creek, five km from Cootamundra and the train could not be notified as the telegram wires were down.
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