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The recent railway accident at Granton, near Edinburgh - the engine on the beach... 1860. Creator: Unknown
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The recent railway accident at Granton, near Edinburgh - the engine on the beach... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The recent railway accident at Granton, near Edinburgh - the engine on the beach - from a photograph by Truefitts, 1860. Derailment on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway, ...by which four lives were lost...There were on the engine and tender at the time of the accident six persons...[including] the engine-driver's son, a boy of about eight years of age...The engine...was proceeding rapidly along the line, which at that point runs close to the sea on a high embankment, when, from some unknown cause, the engine and tender went off the rails...and dashed over the embankment into the sea, a distance of about thirty feet, carrying with them the railing of a bridge...Mathieson, the engine-driver, his son, his brother-in-law, and Morgan, the pointsman, were killed on the spot; Bolan, the stoker, who jumped off immediately before the engine went over the embankment, escaped with a dislocated shoulder...The accident also resulted in injury to several persons who happened...to be sitting on the stone bulwarks beneath the railway...some of whom narrowly escaped with their lives. Within three-quarters of an hour...Sheriff Gordon was on the spot, as were also Mr. List, Chief Constable of the county, and Mr. Brown, Deputy Procurator Fiscal'. From "Illustrated London News", 1860
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The Recent Railway Accident at Granton, near Edinburgh: A Tragic Event of 1860 - Unknown Photographer's Chilling Image of an Engine Crashing onto the Beach This haunting photograph, taken by Truefitts in 1860, captures the aftermath of a devastating railway accident that occurred at Granton, near Edinburgh. The image, which has been published in the Illustrated London News, depicts the engine of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway, precariously perched on the sandy beach. The event, which resulted in the loss of four lives, unfolded when the engine and its tender derailed from the tracks, plunging into the sea below. Six individuals were on board the engine at the time of the accident, including the engine-driver's young son, who was just eight years old. The cause of the derailment remains a mystery, but the consequences were catastrophic. Mathieson, the engine-driver, his son, his brother-in-law, and Morgan, the pointsman, were tragically killed on the spot. Bolan, the stoker, managed to jump off the engine before it plunged into the sea, sustaining only a dislocated shoulder. The accident also claimed the lives of several individuals who were sitting on the stone bulwarks beneath the railway, some of whom narrowly escaped with their lives. Within three-quarters of an hour, the scene was attended by Sheriff Gordon, Mr. List, the Chief Constable of the county, and Mr. Brown, the Deputy Procurator Fiscal. The photograph serves as a poignant reminder of the human cost of railway accidents and the importance of safety measures in transportation.
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