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[The Melbourne-Sydney passenger train derailed at The Gap, Salt Clay Creek, near Cootamundra, New South Wales, 25 January 1885] Nicholas
Nicholas, William A
Condition: Fair; faded, some losses around edges; mount showing marked discolouration and damage.; Title devised by cataloguer based on caption and accompanying information.; Caption: "The Gap, Cootamundra"--Handwritten in pencil lower centre.; "Cootamundra and District Historical Society"--Stamped on verso. "From Mrs. M.E. Sedgwick, Trey St., Stockinbingal"--Handwritten on verso.; "Nicholas"--Lower right. (Probably William A. Nicholas or George H. Nicholas, photographers at Cootamundra, Cowra, Bundanoon in late 19th century.); Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24601599. Image shows a crowd of people at the accident site of the Melbourne-Sydney passenger train hauled by engine 79 class 4-4-0, no. 81 and derailed in the flooded Salt Clay Creek near Cootamundra, 1885.--Reference: Australian railway disasters / Kenn Pearce. Smithfield, N.S.W. : IPL Books, 1994. p. 17-19.
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[The Melbourne-Sydney passenger train derailed at The Gap, Salt Clay Creek, near Cootamundra, New South Wales, 25 January 1885] Nicholas
Nicholas, William A
Condition: Fair; faded, some losses around edges; mount showing marked discolouration and damage.; Title devised by cataloguer based on caption and accompanying information.; Caption: "The Gap, Cootamundra"--Handwritten in pencil lower centre.; "Cootamundra and District Historical Society"--Stamped on verso. "From Mrs. M.E. Sedgwick, Trey St., Stockinbingal"--Handwritten on verso.; "Nicholas"--Lower right. (Probably William A. Nicholas or George H. Nicholas, photographers at Cootamundra, Cowra, Bundanoon in late 19th century.); Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24601599. Image shows a crowd of people at the accident site of the Melbourne-Sydney passenger train hauled by engine 79 class 4-4-0, no. 81 and derailed in the flooded Salt Clay Creek near Cootamundra, 1885.--Reference: Australian railway disasters / Kenn Pearce. Smithfield, N.S.W. : IPL Books, 1994. p. 17-19.
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