By Angeline Buckler
EVENTS |
YEAR |
PEOPLE |
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Holdfast Bay Railway Company opens its train-line to Glenelg (24th May) |
1880 |
Tom Dunn joins the Holdfast Bay Railway Company (15th December) |
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Holdfast Bay RC and Adelaide Suburban RC merge to form the Glenelg Railway Company |
1881 |
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Collisions between a goods train and a passenger train occurs at Plympton Station (4th July) |
1883 |
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Adelaide Hunt Club meets at Plympton Station for steeplechase (1st July) |
1889 |
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Warden F.W. Vasey knocked down by train at Plympton Station (9th October) |
1909 |
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Shelter at Plympton Station being constructed due for completion in 3 weeks (25th November) |
1911 |
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Rally to Bronzewing Poultry Farm leaves from Plympton Station (6th September) |
1913 |
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Break-in at Plympton Station, door forced with pick, nothing taken (16th August) |
1916 |
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Postmaster General advises that the installation of a post-box and phone is under consideration (10th December) |
1917 |
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John Alfred O’Donohoe (junior porter) saves Mary White from being hit by train (2nd June) |
1924 |
Tom Dunn retires from the railway company after 43 years of service (5th January) |
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John Alfred O’Donohoe awarded Humane Society Bronze Medal for his bravery (24th October) |
1924 |
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Last train from Adelaide to Glenelg runs on the North Terrace line (November) |
1929 |
Thomas Stockley drives the last train to Glenelg along the North Terrace line (November) |