Arthur Edgar Adams was one of twenty six people killed in the Murulla rail accident, which involved the collision of five runaway goods wagons with the Sydney-bound Northwest Moree Mail Train, near Murrurundi, New South Wales, in the Upper Hunter Valley on 13 September 1926.
A goods train had become divided when a coupling pin broke while shunting, and the attempts of the train crew to re-unite the portions resulted in the two vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train.
This was the worst accident on the New South Wales rail network until the Granville railway disaster in 1977.
Death and funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald 16 November 1926:
ADAMS. — September 13, 1926, Arthur Edgar, dearly beloved husband of Suzanne Adams, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point, result of railway accident.
FUNERALS: ADAMS. — The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. A. E. ADAMS, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point,are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late beloved HUSBAND, Arthur Edgar; to leave St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, after short service commencing at 10.15 o'clock, for South Head Cemetery. Motor Funeral.
WOOD COFFILL LIMITED,
Motor Funeral Directors.
The gravestone reads:
A Tribute of Love
TO MY DEAR HUSBAND
ARTHUR EDGAR
(BILL) ADAMS.
KILLED IN MURALLA RAILWAY
DISASTER
ON THE 13TH SEPT. 1926
AGED 50 YEARS.
My Pal.
A goods train had become divided when a coupling pin broke while shunting, and the attempts of the train crew to re-unite the portions resulted in the two vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train.
This was the worst accident on the New South Wales rail network until the Granville railway disaster in 1977.
Death and funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald 16 November 1926:
ADAMS. — September 13, 1926, Arthur Edgar, dearly beloved husband of Suzanne Adams, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point, result of railway accident.
FUNERALS: ADAMS. — The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. A. E. ADAMS, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point,are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late beloved HUSBAND, Arthur Edgar; to leave St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, after short service commencing at 10.15 o'clock, for South Head Cemetery. Motor Funeral.
WOOD COFFILL LIMITED,
Motor Funeral Directors.
The gravestone reads:
A Tribute of Love
TO MY DEAR HUSBAND
ARTHUR EDGAR
(BILL) ADAMS.
KILLED IN MURALLA RAILWAY
DISASTER
ON THE 13TH SEPT. 1926
AGED 50 YEARS.
My Pal.
Arthur Edgar Adams was one of twenty six people killed in the Murulla rail accident, which involved the collision of five runaway goods wagons with the Sydney-bound Northwest Moree Mail Train, near Murrurundi, New South Wales, in the Upper Hunter Valley on 13 September 1926.
A goods train had become divided when a coupling pin broke while shunting, and the attempts of the train crew to re-unite the portions resulted in the two vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train.
This was the worst accident on the New South Wales rail network until the Granville railway disaster in 1977.
Death and funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald 16 November 1926:
ADAMS. — September 13, 1926, Arthur Edgar, dearly beloved husband of Suzanne Adams, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point, result of railway accident.
FUNERALS: ADAMS. — The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. A. E. ADAMS, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point,are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late beloved HUSBAND, Arthur Edgar; to leave St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, after short service commencing at 10.15 o'clock, for South Head Cemetery. Motor Funeral.
WOOD COFFILL LIMITED,
Motor Funeral Directors.
The gravestone reads:
A Tribute of Love
TO MY DEAR HUSBAND
ARTHUR EDGAR
(BILL) ADAMS.
KILLED IN MURALLA RAILWAY
DISASTER
ON THE 13TH SEPT. 1926
AGED 50 YEARS.
My Pal.
A goods train had become divided when a coupling pin broke while shunting, and the attempts of the train crew to re-unite the portions resulted in the two vehicles running away down a steep gradient, and colliding with the approaching mail train.
This was the worst accident on the New South Wales rail network until the Granville railway disaster in 1977.
Death and funeral notices, The Sydney Morning Herald 16 November 1926:
ADAMS. — September 13, 1926, Arthur Edgar, dearly beloved husband of Suzanne Adams, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point, result of railway accident.
FUNERALS: ADAMS. — The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. A. E. ADAMS, of 31 Darling Point-road, Darling Point,are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of her late beloved HUSBAND, Arthur Edgar; to leave St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, THIS (Thursday) MORNING, after short service commencing at 10.15 o'clock, for South Head Cemetery. Motor Funeral.
WOOD COFFILL LIMITED,
Motor Funeral Directors.
The gravestone reads:
A Tribute of Love
TO MY DEAR HUSBAND
ARTHUR EDGAR
(BILL) ADAMS.
KILLED IN MURALLA RAILWAY
DISASTER
ON THE 13TH SEPT. 1926
AGED 50 YEARS.
My Pal.
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