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  1. soonguy

    Emuss (Hemus) Robert butcher & cattle dealer died 1867 in rail crash

    Hi, I am an amateur local historian and have been researching the story of a double train crash and double runaway trains in Derbyshire in September 1867. The main runaway train was carrying cattle and eight Birmingham drovers. Five died in that crash. I have written up the story at...
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  2. Rob Derry

    Frightful Occurrence At New Street Station

    my 3 x great grandfather Patrick Fenton (born 1816 in Ireland) died in an accident on NSS on 13th September 1868 - here is an extract from a newspaper article at the time ... "On sunday afternoon, Patrick Fenton (52) painter St George's Street, met with his death in a shocking manner at the...
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