Berala Train Accident 7th May 1952

On 7 May 1952 in conditions of heavy fog, a fully laden passenger train ran into the rear of a stationary passenger train at Berala station. Death toll was 10 with injuries to another 140 passengers. A crowded eight-car suburban train from Liverpool to Sydney was standing in the station at Berala when a second, equally crowded train from Bankstown ran into the rear (in heavy fog conditions) killing 10 people and injuring 140. Four of the carriages of the Liverpool train were telescoped into each other, with the dead being in the last two. The crash was so severe it was heard 4.5 km away. Both trains were packed, with workers going to factories and other city and suburban jobs. Two carriages of each train were telescoped, and the eighth carriage of the standing train ripped half-way through the seventh carriage where at least 12 people were trapped. A memorial plaque and garden commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the railway tragedy of 1952.  At that time the accident was the first major catastrophe of its type in Sydney, and it was probably the largest accident involving an electric train until the tragic events at Granville. The driver of the electric train was charged with manslaughter in relation to the accident but was later acquitted. A plaque has been placed in a memorial garden that has been erected at the site.

THE CACHE:  (an offset multi and a simple substitution)

At wpt 1 you will find the garden and plaque.

a= no. of words in 2nd line

b= no. of words in the 1st line, beginning with A

c= no. of words in the 5th line

d and f= no. of words and groups of numbers in the 4th line

e= no. of words in the emblem at the bottom ( beginning with capital letters)

GZ can be found at: S33 52.abc E151 01.def