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
HAIKMANMrs., Died of injuries
MURPHYMr.,