187 years on

grahame

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187 years on

« on: August 02, 2017, 11:58:26 »

From The St Helens Reporter

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A person died at Rainhill train station yesterday morning after being struck by a train. Just before 6.30am on Tuesday, August 1, British Transport Police received calls relating to a person hit by a train. The death is not being treated as suspicious. Paramedics attended and the casualty was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sadly, we still have deaths on the railway ... the first recorder being William Huskisson, while attending the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, on 15 September 1830, by Stevenson's Rocket which had won the Rainhill trials.


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: 187 years on

« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2017, 01:10:48 »

Yes. William Huskisson MP^▸ walked along the railway tracks to greet the Duke of Wellington when he (Huskisson) was struck by the other train.

Hence my current signature text.

And, as an aside, I share my birth date - 11 March - with William Huskisson. Lips sealed


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William Huskisson MP^▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

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Re: 187 years on

« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2017, 08:29:47 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on August 05, 2017, 01:10:48

That must be a great line for breaking those awkward silences at parties! Cheesy


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