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Tragic Level - Crossing smash at Hawkesbury River, NSW., When the Kempsey Mail train crashed into a bus at a level-crossing near Hawkesbury River (NSW) station on January 20, 16 bus passengers were killed. Four members of one family were among the victims. The bus was cut in halves and smashed to matchwood. One section with several bodies was carried 400 yards by the locomotive, the tender of which was derailed. The engine is shown above. January 25, 1944. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd.).

Tragic Level - Crossing smash at Hawkesbury River, NSW., When the Kempsey Mail train crashed into a bus at a level-crossing near Hawkesbury River (NSW) station on January 20, 16 bus passengers were killed. Four members of one family were among the victims. The bus was cut in halves and smashed to matchwood. One section with several bodies was carried 400 yards by the locomotive, the tender of which was derailed. The engine is shown above. January 25, 1944. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd.).
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Tragic Level - Crossing smash at Hawkesbury River, NSW., When the Kempsey Mail train crashed into a bus at a level-crossing near Hawkesbury River (NSW) station on January 20, 16 bus passengers were killed. Four members of one family were among the victims. The bus was cut in halves and smashed to matchwood. One section with several bodies was carried 400 yards by the locomotive, the tender of which was derailed. The engine is shown above. January 25, 1944. (Photo by Associated Newspapers Ltd.).
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