You can sometimes find the official report on railway accidents here. http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ Martin Briscoe Fort William martin@mbriscoe.me.uk -----Original Message----- From: eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lan-bolton-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Phethean Sent: 14 November 2011 17:14 To: ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-LAN-BOLTON] Extraordinary Railway Accident(s) They say that lightning never strikes twice in the same place ....

Hi Martin, A lot of the accident reports for the Bolton area have not been uploaded to the site yet. However, I find it fascinating to read the newspaper reports and to compare them with our "modern" ways of reportage! I have a few ancestors who feature - including one fatality in 1831 - crushed by a run-away tender during an inaugural passenger train journey between Bolton and Liverpool. (mind, he was riding illegally on the tender at the time, along with many others!) Stuart On 14/11/2011 17:34, "Martin Briscoe" <martin@mbriscoe.me.uk> wrote: > You can sometimes find the official report on railway accidents here. > > http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk > >