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| Caledonian Railway: accident 19150522 | ||
| site name:- | Caledonian Railway | |
| locality:- | Quintinshill | |
| country:- | Scotland | |
| locality type:- | railway accident site | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3269 (about) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY36 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Harper 1907 |
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| source data:- | Guidebook, The Manchester and Glasgow Road, by Charles G Harper,
published by Chapman and Hall Ltd, London, 1907. HP01p150.txt Page 150:- "... the most fatal of all railway accidents, was that which occurred, not actually at Carlisle, but one mile north of Gretna, on May 22nd, 1915, when, owing to the forgetfulness of a signalman, three trains came into collision on the Caledonian Railway: a troop-train filled with 500 officers and men of the Royal Scots regiment. Of these, 157 were killed, and 280 injured." |
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