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Details of the Railway Fatal Accident
| Location | Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
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| Date | Wednesday, 12th June 1889 |
| Railway Company | Great Northern Railway of Ireland |
| No. of fatalities | 78 |
| Cause of accident | Insufficient brakes (no automatic brake) to prevent run back of divided train |
| Description | Excursion train was heavily loaded with mostly schoolchildren and so unable to climb steep bank. Driver elected to divide train. Rear portion ran back and collided with following train. 22 of the victims were school children. |
Sources/Further Reading
- https://www.lurganancestry.com/armaghraildisaster1889.htm#:~:text=All%20in%20all%20eighty%20people,been%20as%20high%20as%20400.
- Red for Danger, L.T.C. Rolt (Sutton Publishing 1955)
- The Runaway Train, Armagh 1889. Currie J R L. (David & Charles, 1971)
List of Fatalities
0 of the 78 fatalities have been identified so far. They are listed in the table below together with brief notes on any other information that has been found.
The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales), Statutory Register (Scotland), General Register Northern Ireland or Civil Registration for Ireland reference where this has been identified (this reference can be used to order a copy of the official death certificate).
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