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Emily Bellamy McDonald

Birth	:	1 Feb 1884 Pennant Hills, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death	:	13 Sep 1926 Blandford, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	:	Carlingford Anglican Cemetery, Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, Australia
Coordinate	:	-33.7833430, 151.0598510
Plot	:	Section D 23
Description	:	THE MURULLA RAIL DISASTER Twenty-seven people lost their lives and 42 injured as a result of a midnight train collision in the Upper Hunter Valley on Sept. 13, 1926 near Murrurundi, New South Wales. Breaking away from a goods train at Murulla, four cars laden with wool dashed backwards down a gradient and crashed into the oncoming north-west mail train from Moree to Sydney. Many of the passengers were children returning to school from holiday. Sometimes referred to as the Blandford railway accident, as the crash occurred near the border of these two districts. Daughter of John Thomas Bellamy and Susannah Bellamy. Married... Read More	THE MURULLA RAIL DISASTER Twenty-seven people lost their lives and 42 injured as a result of a midnight train collision in the Upper Hunter Valley on Sept. 13, 1926 near Murrurundi, New South Wales. Breaking away from a goods train at Murulla, four cars laden with wool dashed backwards down a gradient and crashed into the oncoming north-west mail train from Moree to Sydney. Many of the passengers were children returning to school from holiday. Sometimes referred to as the Blandford railway accident, as the crash occurred near the border of these two districts. Daughter of John Thomas Bellamy and Susannah Bellamy. Married Albert Spencer McDonald in 1909. Mother of Keith McDonald and Mother's Fatal Journey Son Leaves Earlier Mrs. Emily McDonald, another of the victims, was well-known in this district. She was a member of the Bellamy family, of Carlingford, and the wife of Mr. Albert Spencer McDonald, whose mother resides in Albion-street, Harris Park. About two yeers ago, Mr. and Mrs. Mc Donald, with their son and daughter, removed to Werris Creek where Mr. Mc Donald was employed in the railway service. Keith McDonald, deceased's 16-year old son, recently received a notification that he had passed the necessary examination for entrance to the Railway Depertment, and that a position awaited him. In order to see that her boy was properly clothed and equiped for his new step in life, Mrs. McDonald decided to accompany him io Sydney, where he was to reside, on Monday night. But Fate, the inscrutable, intervened. Keith had some young friends leaving Werris Creek for Sydney on Saturday night and pleaded with his mother to allow him to go with them. Mrs. McDonald agreed, and decided to follow later. That arrangement probably saved the life of the boy. When Mr. McDonald heard of the smash, he was sixty miles away, but knowing that his wife was upon the ill-fated train, he raced by motor car as rapidly as possible to the scene. Upon arrival, he searched the carriages for some trace of her; but it was not until some hours later he learned of her death. "There are some bodies in an empty house over there," said one of the people at the scene, and upon Mr. McDonald going to investigate, he was shocked to face the dead body of his wife lying with those of other victims. Deceased had received terrible injuiries, and her end was probably instantaneous. The strange workings of Fate were further shown in the fact that recently Mr. McDonald purchased a motor car, and upon the last trip deceased made to the city; she travelled by that medium. She was a splendid driver, and would have thought little of motoring down.. Mrs. McDonald, who was in her 38th year, was a clever and capable woman, a splendid organiser, and an enthusiast in anything with which she was connected. She was an expert horsewoman as well as motorist. Her daughter, who is 14, was residing in Newcastle, where she is being educated, at the time of her mother's tragic end. The body was brought to Carlingford on Wednesday morning, and the interment took place in the Churech of England Cemetery, Carlingford, on Thursday afternoon. The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate Parramatta, NSW Friday 17 September 1926, p.1, p.4 __________ Other Deaths: ACKLAND, Catherine Sarah (Ireland), Scone Catholic Cemetery ADAMS, Arthur Edgar, South Head Cemetery ANDERTON, Azubah (Davison), Helensburgh Cemetery BRUSH, Alfred Charles "Stumpy", Moree Cemetery DOYLE, Janet, Quirindi General Cemetery DUNBAR, John, Scone Anglican Cemetery FRIPP, Ada Methven, Murrurundi General Cemetery GARLAND, Elizabeth, Haydonton Cemetery GILES, John, Penrith General Cemetery GILES, Sarah A (Price), Penrith General Cemetery JEFFERSON, Albert, Sandgate Cemetery JURD, Arthur George Oswald, Moree Cemetery MALLETT, Sydney Sustains, Rookwood Cemetery MALONE, Kathleen, Rookwood Cemetery McDONALD, Emily, Carlingford Anglican Cemetery McGRATH, Owen Vincent, Waverley Cemetery McKEOWN, Frank, Tamworth Cemetery McMILLAN, Walter Kenneth, Waverley Cemetery MOCKRIDGE, John Reuben, Rookwood Cemetery NOLLER, Stanley Augustus, Mays Hill Cemetery RICH, Howard J., Sandgate Cemetery VAGIANIS, Peter, Murrurundi General Cemetery SAMPSON, Olive Clarice, Gunnedah General Cemetery WALKER, John Errol, Sandgate Cemetery WALKER, Helen "Nellie" (Pollock), Sandgate Cemetery WILSON, William H., Haydonton Cemetery WILSON, Flora Dundas (Campbell), Haydonton Cemetery ..................................................................................................

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Where is Emily Bellamy McDonald's memorial?
Emily Bellamy McDonald's memorial is located at: Carlingford Anglican Cemetery, Carlingford, City of Parramatta Council, Australia.
When did Emily Bellamy McDonald death?
Emily Bellamy McDonald death on 13 Sep 1926 in Blandford, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Where are the coordinates of the Emily Bellamy McDonald's memorial?
Latitude: -33.7833430
Longitude: 151.0598510

Family Members:

Parent

John Thomas Bellamy

(1851 - 1905)

Susan Hockley Bellamy

(1849 - 1918)

Siblings

Matilda Ellen Bellamy Williamson

(1871 - 1932)

Isabella Amy Bellamy Allen

(1872 - 1941)

Ada Lawson Margaret Bellamy Catt

(1875 - 1942)

John Ernest Bellamy

(1877 - 1951)

William James Bellamy

(1878 - 1938)

Phillip Arthur Bellamy

(1879 - 1881)

Cyrus Bellamy

(1880 - 1881)

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Coordinate: -33.7833430, 151.0598510

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Coordinate: -33.8333500, 151.0084450

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