Tamworth rail crash

Quand

14 sept. 1870

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

52.64° N, 1.69° W

Description

1870 railway incident in England

Deaths

3

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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