Ballymacarrett rail crash of 1871

1871 Ballymacarrett rail crash
Date 13 May 1871
Time 8:30pm
Location Ballymacarrett
Coordinates 54°36′07″N 5°54′07″W / 54.601935°N 5.901845°W / 54.601935; -5.901845Coordinates: 54°36′07″N 5°54′07″W / 54.601935°N 5.901845°W / 54.601935; -5.901845
Country Ireland, now modern day Northern Ireland
Rail line Belfast–Comber main line
Operator Belfast and County Down Railway
Type of incident Collision
Cause Derailment caused by intoxicated fireman.
Statistics
Trains 2
Deaths 2
Injuries 55

The Ballymacarrett rail crash of 1871 occurred on 13 May 1871 at the Ballymacarrett Junction of the Belfast and County Down Railway in Belfast, Ireland. Two people were killed with 55 injured. The cause was a derailment caused by an intoxicated fireman who drove a steam locomotive with four goods wagons off the end of incomplete set of points at Ballymacarrett Junction blocking the main line. Another train came along and struck the first.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rich, F. H., Lieut.- Col. R.E. (7 June 1871). "BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY". Railway Department, (Board of Trade). Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Haines, Keith (2002). Human Frailty and the 1871 Ballymacarrett Rail Accident. Belfast: Ballymaconaghy Publishing.
  3. ↑ "The Railway Accident". Belfast Evening Telegraph. 16 May 1871. p. 4. Retrieved 7 August 2016. (Registration required (help)).
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