What the records say
- When
- 12 Jun 1889
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 54.36° N, 6.61° W
- Description
- 1889 railway disaster in Armagh, Ireland
- Deaths
- 80
- Injured
- 260
- Participants
- 2
Armagh rail disaster
1889 train wreck in Armagh, Ireland
The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, County Armagh, in Ireland, when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled. The train crew decided to divide the train and take forward the front portion, leaving the rear portion on the running line.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Armagh rail disaster: runaway carriages from a Sunday school excursion collide with an oncoming train near Armagh in the north of Ireland, killing 80,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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