On 13 September 1926, the north-west Moree Mail train was travelling from Moree to Sydney when it was struck by five runaway carriages from a goods train near the Murulla Crossing. The disaster resulted in 27 deaths with a further 38 people injured. The accident could have been avoided with the purchase of a coupling pin, which at the time would have cost 1s3d -13cents. The incident sparked a review of rail infrastructure in New South Wales and a Royal Commission was planned but never occurred due to a change of Government in 1927