Maggie Tucker
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In loving memory of Thomas Davey died 20.11.1921, aged 76. Also Jane Davey died 1909. Also his beloved daughter Evangeline Harriet Kirby died 3.8.1973, aged 86 R.I.P. -------------- In loving memory of Maggie and Annie Dearly loved Wife and Daughter of Sidney W. Tucker who were killed in the railway disaster at Sunshine April 20th 1908, Aged 50 and 19 years. For so He giveth His beloved Sleep.
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The Sunshine rail disaster occurred on 20 April 1908 at the junction at Sunshine railway station when a Melbourne-bound train from Bendigo collided with the rear of a train from Ballarat. 44 people were killed and over 400 injured, almost all of them from the Ballarat train, as the Bendigo train was cushioned by its two locomotives.
A temporary mortuary was set up at Melbourne's Spencer Street Station to deal with the dead and wounded, who were transported from Sunshine by special relief trains. The disaster is Victoria's worst railway accident in terms of deaths, and is Australia's second-worst after the 1977 Granville rail disaster.
The subsequent coronial inquiry found that the two drivers of the Bendigo train as well as the Sunshine stationmaster had a manslaughter case to answer, although all three were later acquitted by the Supreme Court of Victoria.