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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112768954
SHOCKING OUTRAGE BY TRAIN ROBBERS RAILWAY PAY CAR BLOWN UP, NEAR YANDERRA
A railway pay car, with a large amount of money on board, was blown up, and destroyed, near
Yanderra shortly after midday on Monday, two members' of the crew of the car being killed and a
third seriously injured.
The men killed were — George Sydney Randall (driver, of Marrickville) and Alfred Thomas' Philpotts (guard, of Ashbury). The injured man, Mr. Frederick Walker (paymaster, of Elizabeth Bay) died early on Tuesday morning
The police investigating the tragedy are satisfied that the motive was robbery.
The pay car, which was on its way to Goulburn, left Picton shortly after 11 o'clock and stopped at different sections along the line to give railway men their wages.
While in the vicinity of Yanderra it struck an obstacle which caused a terrific explosion, upsetting the car, and smashing portions of it to match-wood. Two great holes were also torn in the permanent way and the heavy rails twisted.
First To Espy Wreckage
The driver of a goods train from Goulburn was the first to discover the wreckage. He pulled his train up at once and while in the act of doing so noticed two men in shorts running from the wrecked rail-car.
He, however, rushed to the scene of the tragedy, and, realising the seriousness of the position, left the fireman and guard of his train to render first-aid to the injured, while he hurried to Bargo to report the occurrence and seek assistance.
Constable Quinell and Mr. T, Hawke, of Bargo, and police from Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale hastened to the rescue, and soon after the paymaster, who was embedded in the wreckage, was extricated and taken by ambulance to the Bowral Hospital.
Railwaymen could not use their oxy-welding plant to release the guard, because it might have set fire to the petrol-soaked wreckage. He died before the doctor arrived from Mittagong.
It is,believed that dynamite was buried in the permanent-way, and attached by a insulated wire to
battery , which was discovered about 100 yards from the spot where the explosion occurred.
Money Scattered About
Bank notes and money were scattered over a wide area, but the safe oft the ill-fated car was intact.
It is, therefore, believed that most of the money intended for pay for the railway men lias been recovered, but it is impossible to say how much has been lost or stolen.
SHOCKING OUTRAGE BY TRAIN ROBBERS RAILWAY PAY CAR BLOWN UP, NEAR YANDERRA
A railway pay car, with a large amount of money on board, was blown up, and destroyed, near
Yanderra shortly after midday on Monday, two members' of the crew of the car being killed and a
third seriously injured.
The men killed were — George Sydney Randall (driver, of Marrickville) and Alfred Thomas' Philpotts (guard, of Ashbury). The injured man, Mr. Frederick Walker (paymaster, of Elizabeth Bay) died early on Tuesday morning
The police investigating the tragedy are satisfied that the motive was robbery.
The pay car, which was on its way to Goulburn, left Picton shortly after 11 o'clock and stopped at different sections along the line to give railway men their wages.
While in the vicinity of Yanderra it struck an obstacle which caused a terrific explosion, upsetting the car, and smashing portions of it to match-wood. Two great holes were also torn in the permanent way and the heavy rails twisted.
First To Espy Wreckage
The driver of a goods train from Goulburn was the first to discover the wreckage. He pulled his train up at once and while in the act of doing so noticed two men in shorts running from the wrecked rail-car.
He, however, rushed to the scene of the tragedy, and, realising the seriousness of the position, left the fireman and guard of his train to render first-aid to the injured, while he hurried to Bargo to report the occurrence and seek assistance.
Constable Quinell and Mr. T, Hawke, of Bargo, and police from Mittagong, Bowral and Moss Vale hastened to the rescue, and soon after the paymaster, who was embedded in the wreckage, was extricated and taken by ambulance to the Bowral Hospital.
Railwaymen could not use their oxy-welding plant to release the guard, because it might have set fire to the petrol-soaked wreckage. He died before the doctor arrived from Mittagong.
It is,believed that dynamite was buried in the permanent-way, and attached by a insulated wire to
battery , which was discovered about 100 yards from the spot where the explosion occurred.
Money Scattered About
Bank notes and money were scattered over a wide area, but the safe oft the ill-fated car was intact.
It is, therefore, believed that most of the money intended for pay for the railway men lias been recovered, but it is impossible to say how much has been lost or stolen.
