Re: Fatality-free regions?
Von: Andrew Robert Breen (azb@aber.ac.uk) [Profil]
Datum: 03.09.2008 22:38
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Newsgroup: uk.railway
Datum: 03.09.2008 22:38
Message-ID: <c693p5xt4b.ln2@news.aber.ac.uk>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
In article <sh1suseoe1vr.8e3ja0m1uehd.dlg@40tude.net>, Chris Tolley <cjt.7@supanet.com> wrote: >Andy Kirkham wrote: > >> I have been reading the West Country volume of the David & Charles >> Regional History series. It makes the interesting assertion that no >> passenger has ever died in a train accident in Devon or Cornwall. >> >> Two questions: >> 1. Is it true? > >It's arguable. A fire on a sleeper killed a number of people as that >train was making its way from Plymouth towards London. It's probable Pretty sure the Hayle killed a couple of people back in the earlies. I'd need to check the refs to confirm, though. -- Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth Feng Shui: an ancient oriental art for extracting money from the gullible (Martin Sinclair)[ Auf dieses Posting antworten ]