 There were thirty people in the two carriages, of whom two were killed, one a solicitor, the other a market gardener.In the ensuing investigation, reported in "the Sydney Morning Herald", it was suggested that the problem was caused by damage to the hollow-cast rails which were not able to withstand the weight of the locomotive.Rail workers, some of whom witnessed the derailment, claimed that the problem was caused, at least in part, by the practice of loose-coupling the lightweight third-class carriages in the same way as heavy goods trucks.