Details of the Accident
Place | Bray Head - Greystones, Wicklow, Ireland |
Date | Friday 9th August 1867, 9 a.m. |
Railway Company | Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 2 |
Cause of Accident | Derailment |
Description | The 6.30 a.m. Enniscorthy to Dublin train derailed on the bridge. It is possible that the railway fireman may have died of his injuries much later. |
Sources/Further Reading
- http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridge-building/disasters/bray-train-crash-co-wicklow-ireland-1867
List of Fatalities
The 2 fatalities are listed in the table below together with brief notes of any other information found so far.
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.
Surname | First Names | Age | Occupation | Residence | Notes | GRO/SR/GRONI/GROIE Reference |
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HAIKMAN | Mrs. | , | Died of injuries | |||
MURPHY | Mr. | , |