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Quintinshill rail disaster - Wikipedia The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people and remains the worst rail disaster in British history [1]
Queenston crash of 1915: Niagara-on-the-Lake Heritage Portal Robert Watson, a Sunday school teacher, was killed; five children seated around him emerged uninjured, Watson, aged 30, wore an engraved watch which had been presented to him 17 years before for saving a girl from drowning A coroner’s inquest was convened July 28
Robert Watson (1884-1915) - Find a Grave Memorial Its electric cars met the Lake Ontario steamers at Queenston, ascended the Niagara escarpment loaded with tourists, then distributed them at the Brock Monument,
The Tragic 1915 Railway Crash Near Queenston - giftpals. com The 1915 Trolley Disaster: What Happened? On the fateful day of September 9, 1915, a horrific accident unfolded near Queenston, Ontario when a Great Gorge and International Railway trolley, carrying an alarming number of over 157 passengers, crashed The accident resulted in a tragic loss of life, with a total of 15 passengers confirmed dead, making it one of the most devastating railway
The 1 7th Royal Scots and the Quintinshill Rail Disaster : 22 May 1915 The uninjured survivors of the crash, only seven officers and 57 NCOs and men were taken by train from Carlisle to Liverpool Their shock was so profound that on reaching Liverpool the NCOs and men were sent home
Historical Triumphs and Disasters: The Quintinshill rail crash, 1915 It is not known exactly how many were killed because the battalion roll was lost in the crash, but it is estimated that at least 215 officers and men died and at least as many were injured None of the survivors were deemed fit to carry on to their destination
SpeakerNet - The Quintinshill Railway Disaster of 22nd May 1915 . . . The talk describes the crash, just north of Carlisle and its aftermath which resulted in the jailing of two signalmen It touches on the sad story of four children who lost their lives and who were never claimed and who lay inan unmarked grave in Glasgow until 2011
Lives of the First World War Between the crash and the fire a total of 216 men of the 7th Royal Scots and 12 others (mostly from the express but including the driver and fireman on the troop-train), died in, or as an immediate result of what was, and remains, Britain's worst railway disaster