RichardB Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 25th August 1873 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s6lad Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I heard about this story a good few years ago from a railwayman that was keen on local history. There is a grave in Stannington Church Yard containing the remains of someone killed in the very same incident. I cant remember the name on the grave but as I remember it was a single plot. I would have thought that the Allott victims would have been buried together so maybe it was someone who died later from injuries received. The grave has a locomotive carved into the headstone, and words to the effect of "killed in the great train disaster at Retford". The railwayman who told me the story researched the event after coming across the grave by chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 A transcription of the Times report appears here, with a couple of updates from the following days. http://www.bnnrs.net/1873.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s6lad Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Many thanks Madannie, a sad story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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