C1885

The Terrible Railway Accident at Cootamu…

Artist:

(Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918)

Rare large engraving of the Bethungra (Cootamundra) train disaster, 1885. On 25 January 1885 the Melbourne to Sydney Express passenger train derailed near Bethungra, killing seven and injuring over twenty. The cause was a washaway of a culvert over Salt … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

The Terrible Railway Accident at Cootamundra.

Date:

C1885

Artist:

(Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Engraving.

Image Size:

485mm

x 340mm

Paper Size:

553mm

x 410mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1885

Description:

Rare large engraving of the Bethungra (Cootamundra) train disaster, 1885.

On 25 January 1885 the Melbourne to Sydney Express passenger train derailed near Bethungra, killing seven and injuring over twenty. The cause was a washaway of a culvert over Salt Clay Creek during a period of heavy rainfall.

Inset titles:
Guards Van, Culvert, Saloon Car, The first Gap Sketched Jany 28th
The second gap 140 feet wide
As she fell, Jany 25

Collections:
State Library Victoria: Accession no: A/S11/02/85/24-25

(Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918)

T.C. - (Tom) Francis Thomas Dean Carrington (1843 - 1918) Carrington was born in London and studied in Paris before moving to Melbourne in the 1860s and pursuing an art career. He was a cartoonist for Melbourne Punch, and artist for the Australasian Sketcher. He joined the special train accompanying the police to Glenrowan, to cover the last siege of Ned Kelly. His article ‘Catching the Kellys: a personal narrative of one who went in the special train’ was published in The Australasian on Saturday 3 July, 1880. This article, written in the first person, evocatively describes the siege and capture of Kelly at Glenrowan. Carrington’s illustrations of the siege and its aftermath for the Australasian Sketcher are among his most famous drawings. Together, his words and images underpin the way Ned Kelly is remembered in Australian history and cultural mythology.

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