William PATTISON (1823-1895) was great grandfather of donor and driver of the first train at Sandridge, 1854. Digital image scanned from copy photograph & donated to the society by Keith PATTISON, great grandson of first Sandridge train driver then reclaimed for reproduction. The "terrible smash at Windsor" is almost certainly the crash near Windsor station on 11 May 1887 killing engine driver, William MASKELL and fireman, James McNab and and several passengers with additionally over 150 people injured.Train from Windsor smash, repaired and with William PATTISON at the footplate.Details on back of copied photos. "This engine was in a terrible smash at Windsor and had just been repaired and driven by Will Pattison".william pattison, transport - railways, frederick william maskell, james mcnab, windsor railway accident

As a member of the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, donor Arthur ROWAN photographed a series of significant buildings in the Port and South Melbourne area over several years. A selection of nineteen of these was presented to the Port Melbourne Society in 1993.Small print mounted on white card, with mounted, typed caption: Drinking Fountain, Beach Street PM [Sinclair Parade] This memorial was erected by public subscription in honor of Frederick W MASKELL and James McNAB, the former engineer aged 46 and the latter fireman 21 years, who lost their lives through devotion to duty in an accident on Victorian Railways near Windsor on the 11th of May 1887. [Shifted here from Graham & Station when overpass built in 1970s]memorials, transport - railways, arthur rowan, frederick william maskell, james mcnab, maskell & mcnab memorial, windsor railway accident

Ill, p.15.non-fictionA brief description of the Windsor railway disaster of 1887railway accidents - victoria, railway safety - victoria