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This series includes statements and reports made by Public Transport Commision staff and experts relating to the Granville railway accident. Also included are: expenditure statement for the Way and Works Branch (1950s to 1977); copies of an article 'The Bogie Intercoupler: Action and Design' from a technical journal; a copy of The Response of Steel Struts to Impact Overload (Doctor of Philosophy thesis by John Maxwell Roberts, University of Sheffield); correspondence received from the public re Granville train accident; Report on Granville Train Disaster which is a diary of the rescue operation (Bureau of Environmental and Special Health Services); an alphabetical list of persons injured, and/or who lost or had property damaged as a result of the Granville Rail Disaster and an alphabetical list of the deceased; lists of exhibits. A full listing is available. These records were transferred as State archives by the Civil Law Litigation Branch of the Crown Solicitor's Office. (9/1129). 1 box. Note: This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.Created: 1977-01-21 to 1977-05-11
Data time period: 20 01 1977 to 10 05 1977
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