Accidents
Major accidents on the LNWR include:-
- 1861 – Wootton bridge collapse; 2 killed
- 1867 – Warrington rail crash; 8 killed, 33 injured
- 1868 – Abergele rail crash; 32 killed
- 1873 – Wigan rail crash; 13 killed, 30 injured
- 1894 – Chelford rail accident; 14 killed, 48 injured
- 1912 – Ditton Junction rail crash; 15 killed
- 1915 – Weedon rail crash; 10 killed, 21 injured
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“We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.”
—George Farquhar (1678–1707)
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