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Warrnambool railway accident

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Clip description

This is a re-creation of the derailment of a train that occurred between Allansford and Warrnambool on 11 March 1897 recorded by Thomas Rome. Drum virtuoso George Twentyman, known as 'Herr Schoot’, created effects to mimic the sounds of a steam train pulling out from a station and then leaving the rails. Warrnambool residents play the parts of a train conductor and passengers reacting to the accident with screams and calls for assistance.
Courtesy of the Performing Arts Museum of Victoria.