| Re: First murder on the railways - 1864 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 20:11, 22nd November 2025 |     |
Thanks. The rather annoying thing, for me, is that years ago my wife bought me a copy of Kate Colquhoun's excellent book, 'Mr Briggs' Hat' - but today I can't find it anywhere.
| Re: First murder on the railways - 1864 Posted by Western Pathfinder at 19:57, 22nd November 2025 | |
A raise of the hat to you Chris.
| First murder on the railways - 1864 Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 16:11, 22nd November 2025 | |
As ever, I stumbled across this reference to the first murder on the railways while I was actually looking for something else.
The first murder on the railways was the killing of Thomas Briggs, by Franz Muller, on 9 July 1864.
There is a very good account on the British Transport Police website.
| First murder on the railways - 1864 Posted by rogerpatenall at 12:22, 18th February 2021 | |
Sundays on the North London line out of Broad Street in the 60s
If you mean the 1860s was that not the site of the first 'railway murder'? Actually unsure of the exact date and location, but it was somewhere around there and then, I think.
