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You can see here why they had so
much difficulty in trying to build a railway in such a swampy area. And we're walking in the dry season. This would have been...
It would be up to your knees or right up here in water. You know, the difficulty is immense. And, of course, not only swamps,
you've got snakes. You've brown snakes, taipans,
black snakes, and leeches, as well as
a myriad of mosquitoes which, of course, helped spread
fever amongst workers and brought them down very easily. To make it worse,
the railway contractors, trying to keep costs low, weren't offering proper
health care to their workers. The Cairns Post reported the story of a man who was suffering
from a fever
much difficulty in trying to build a railway in such a swampy area. And we're walking in the dry season. This would have been...
It would be up to your knees or right up here in water. You know, the difficulty is immense. And, of course, not only swamps,
you've got snakes. You've brown snakes, taipans,
black snakes, and leeches, as well as
a myriad of mosquitoes which, of course, helped spread
fever amongst workers and brought them down very easily. To make it worse,
the railway contractors, trying to keep costs low, weren't offering proper
health care to their workers. The Cairns Post reported the story of a man who was suffering
from a fever
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You can see here why they had so
much difficulty in trying to build
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a railway in such a swampy area.
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And we're walking in the dry season.
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This would have been...
It would be up to your knees
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or right up here in water.
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You know, the difficulty is immense.
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And, of course, not only swamps,
you've got snakes.
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You've brown snakes, taipans,
black snakes,
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and leeches, as well as
a myriad of mosquitoes
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which, of course, helped spread
fever amongst workers
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and brought them down very easily.
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To make it worse,
the railway contractors,
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trying to keep costs low,
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weren't offering proper
health care to their workers.
00:00:45.096 --> 00:00:47.092
The Cairns Post reported the story
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of a man who was suffering
from a fever.
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Movie Summary
Many of the world's most spectacular railways are surrounded by mysterious stories, tales and sagas. But these back stories have been lost to the passing years and are now unknown even to those using the railways daily.
