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Actions	Railway accident, Inverythan Remove from selection Add to selection Object number171I TitleRailway accident, Inverythan Creator R. Brown (photographer)‎ DescriptionCopy photograph of the railway accident at Inverythan, near Fyvie, on 27th November, 1882. The accident occurred when a faulty girder collapsed on a 39 ft by 15 ft single-track railway underbridge between Auchterless and Fyvie. The engine of the freight/passenger train (5 loaded wagons, 4 carriages) crossed safely, but most of the train fell into the gap onto a road below with eight (8) fatalities and fourteen (14) injured. Production placeInverurie Production date 1882-11-27 - 1882-11-27 Object namephotograph Dimensions height: 16.5 cm width: 21.6 cm

Object number171I

TitleRailway accident, Inverythan

Creator R. Brown (photographer)‎

DescriptionCopy photograph of the railway accident at Inverythan, near Fyvie, on 27th November, 1882. The accident occurred when a faulty girder collapsed on a 39 ft by 15 ft single-track railway underbridge between Auchterless and Fyvie. The engine of the freight/passenger train (5 loaded wagons, 4 carriages) crossed safely, but most of the train fell into the gap onto a road below with eight (8) fatalities and fourteen (14) injured.

Production placeInverurie

Production date 1882-11-27 - 1882-11-27

Object namephotograph

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