Silver city showdown

By Damien Murphy
Updated October 31 2014 - 11:08pm, first published 9:19pm
After two men attacked a picnic train in Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915 one of their bodies is moved to the morgue. Photo: Broken Hill City Library
After two men attacked a picnic train in Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915 one of their bodies is moved to the morgue. Photo: Broken Hill City Library
Lorraine Cole, Barry "Fred" Cowie and Peggy Corney visit the site of the Broken Hill picnic train attack where their aunt, Alma Cowie was shot dead in 1915. Photo: Sam Scotting
Lorraine Cole, Barry "Fred" Cowie and Peggy Corney visit the site of the Broken Hill picnic train attack where their aunt, Alma Cowie was shot dead in 1915. Photo: Sam Scotting
The Manchester Unity picnic train attacked by 'Turks' at Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915. Photo: Broken Hill City Library
The Manchester Unity picnic train attacked by 'Turks' at Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915. Photo: Broken Hill City Library
Police and local militia in a shoot out on Cable Hill with two men who fatally attacked a picnic train in Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915. Photo: Broken Hill City Library
Police and local militia in a shoot out on Cable Hill with two men who fatally attacked a picnic train in Broken Hill on New Year's Day 1915. Photo: Broken Hill City Library

Gool Mahomed sold ice-cream around Broken Hill, so few took notice when the picnic train approached the two turbaned men beside his ice-cream cart flying a strange little red flag with a crescent and star.

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