Audio - Launch of Tom Rigg Sunshine Railway Disaster 1908 Book Audio Tape, 11/5/2008

Historical information

In April 1908 at the Sunshine Railway Station, a train travelling to Melbourne from Ballarat was struck by a train from Bendigo, resulting in 44 deaths and over 400 injured passengers. Tom Rigg was a former station master at St Albans station and author of a book on the Sunshine Train disaster.

Physical description

Audio tape

This audio tape has been digitised. This tape was recorded at 1/2 speed.

This audio tape has been transcribed. No editing of the recording has taken place, except where the speaker(s) can be identified.

Inscriptions & markings

Launch of T. Rigg Sunshine Railway Disaster 1908 1/5/2008

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