On the evening of 23 December 1901 a motor on a train pulling into the station fused, causing large amounts of sparking, which ignited a stack of wooden sleepers by the railside. The resulting fire spread to the train carriages and station and resulted in the deaths of six people; the train's guard and driver, the station foreman, a carriage cleaner, and two passengers.
On December 23, 1901, a malfunctioning engine on a train caused sparks that ignited a pile of wooden sleepers near the tracks. The fire spread to the train carriages and station, tragically killing six people: the train guard and driver, the station foreman, a carriage cleaner, and two passengers.