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Re: railway accident info please
« Reply #9 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:14 GMT (UK) »
Sincere apologies for sending duff information.
Hope you find what you're looking for.  :)
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Re: railway accident info please
« Reply #10 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:20 GMT (UK) »
Sueky

Can anyone access The Scotsman archives?  I'd like to see if my grandfather's death is in one of the papers.

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« Reply #11 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi Lizzie,
I've sent you a PM.
Sueky
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Kennaway, Britton, Cruickshank, Jamieson, Wood, Braidwood, Swan, Inglis (Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Greenock, Glasgow, Lanarks)
Cotton, Wood, Beckwith, Edwards, Rutland, Burgess, Davies (Liverpool, Lancashire, Cheshire, Bucks, Staffs)

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« Reply #12 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:48 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Sueky, I've replied to your PM

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Re: railway accident info please
« Reply #13 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
You could search the database of railway accidents on the following website
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventlisting.php

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« Reply #14 on: Monday 04 February 08 21:50 GMT (UK) »
Hi Roadrunner, thanks but already tried that one too. perhaps it wasn't a major accident (except for poor Thomas) :'(
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« Reply #15 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:02 GMT (UK) »
I notice it was trucks. The poor chap might have been coupling up some trucks and the train lurched off. Quite a common accident in those times, and hardly worthy of a newspaper article, I'm sorry to say.  :'(

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« Reply #16 on: Monday 04 February 08 22:07 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: meles on Monday 04 February 08 22:02 GMT (UK)
I notice it was trucks. The poor chap might have been coupling up some trucks and the train lurched off. Quite a common accident in those times, and hardly worthy of a newspaper article, I'm sorry to say.  :'(

meles

How true, Meles.

I checked for 'Railway Accidents' 1890 - 1891, and got more than 1000 results.
They were mainly "disasters" or "serious" accidents involving the deaths of many - imagine how many went unreported  :(
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Kennaway, Britton, Cruickshank, Jamieson, Wood, Braidwood, Swan, Inglis (Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Greenock, Glasgow, Lanarks)
Cotton, Wood, Beckwith, Edwards, Rutland, Burgess, Davies (Liverpool, Lancashire, Cheshire, Bucks, Staffs)

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Re: railway accident info please
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 05 February 08 03:32 GMT (UK) »
Hi again,
I think I may have found something for you by quickly googling.
Try the Newcastle daily Journal, it seems that there are some writings in there about the accident. You may also want to try and email this person first, he may be able to pass on  copies of the articles to you  ( the post is a few years old , so the email address maybe obsolete - hopefully he may still be using the same email address, or perhaps you know of him)-  The dates and place , job etc looks right . It looks like this may be your G, G, grandfather (?):

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/RAILWAY-UK/2002-07/1025984466

Hope that is of some help
Kind Regards :)
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