Eisenbahnunfall

Tamworth rail crash

14. Sept. 1870 · 52.64° N, 1.69° W

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14. Sept. 1870
Art
Eisenbahnunfall
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52.64° N, 1.69° W
Description
1870 railway incident in England
Deaths
3

Tamworth rail crash

1870 railway incident in England

The Tamworth rail crash was an accident that happened at Tamworth railway station in Staffordshire, England, on 14 September 1870. It was caused when a signalman's error accidentally diverted the Irish Mail express onto a dead end siding, where part of the train crashed through the buffers and into the River Anker. Three people were killed, and thirteen injured.

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