List of rail accidents (1880–1889)

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This is a list of rail accidents from 1880 to 1889.

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1880

1881

1882

Hugstetten rail disaster. (September 3, 1882) Zugungluck bei Landwasser retouched.jpg
Hugstetten rail disaster. (September 3, 1882)

1883

1884

Alcudia bridge disaster 1884-05-08, La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, La catastrofe del puente de Alcudia.jpg
Alcudia bridge disaster

1885

1886

1887

1888

Blackshear trestle wreck. (March 17, 1888) Railroad Disaster Near Blackshear, Georgia.jpg
Blackshear trestle wreck. (March 17, 1888)
Mud Run disaster MudRunDisaster.jpg
Mud Run disaster
Borki train disaster, (October 29, 1888) Russian imperial train crush1888.jpg
Borki train disaster, (October 29, 1888)

1889

Armagh rail disaster Armagh ILN1.jpg
Armagh rail disaster

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References

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  2. "Railway Collision Near Liverpool. Six Persons Killed". The Cornishman. No. 80. 8 June 1880. p. 7.
  3. "Postscript". The Cornishman. No. 83. 12 February 1880. p. 5.
  4. "Terrible Railway Accident Near Paris". The Cornishman. No. 83. 12 February 1880. p. 7.
  5. "Shocking Railway Accident". The Cornishman. No. 84. 19 February 1880. p. 6.
  6. "Foreign And Colonial". The Cornishman. No. 88. 18 March 1880. p. 5.
  7. "Accidents". The Cornishman. No. 88. 18 March 1880. p. 8.
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  9. "The Fatal Open Switch: An Air Line Freight Train Plunges Down an Embankment: Twelve Cars Wrecked and Destroyed by FireThe Engineer Killed and Cremated—Somebody's Fatal Blunder—A Coroner's Inquest". The Globe. Toronto. 1880-05-31.
  10. "Fearful Railway Accident". The Cornishman. No. 102. 24 June 1880. p. 7.
  11. "Another Railway Bridge Horror: Fatal Accident on a West of England Railway". The Globe. Toronto. 1880-06-19. p. 2.
  12. "Fatal Railway Accident". The Cornishman. No. 103. 1 July 1880. p. 7.
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  15. Hall 1990, pp. 51–52.
  16. "Railway Accident At Manchester". The Cornishman. No. 113. 9 September 1880. p. 7.
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  19. "Excursion Train". The Cornishman. No. 118. 14 October 1880. p. 7.
  20. "Railway Collision". The Cornishman. No. 120. 28 October 1880. p. 5.
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  28. "Terrible Railway Accident: No. 4 Eastern Express Ditched Near Prescott: The Engineer Instantly Killed: Two Express Messengers Seriously Injured: Miraculous Escape of the Passengers: The Smash Caused by a Cow on the Track". Globe and Mail. 1881-08-15. p. 9.
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  30. "Plunging Into A Creek; Fatal Accident On The Long Branch Railroad". The New York Times. June 30, 1882. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  31. "Railway Accident". Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1877 – 1954) . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  32. "A Fatal Plunge: The Dummy Goes Through an Open Draw in the International Bridge: Two Lives Sacrificed: The Engineer Dies at His Post—His Head Horribly Mangled: Clearing the Wreck—The Inquest". Buffalo Evening News. 1882-09-30. p. 13.
  33. "American News: Evidence in International Bridge Disaster". The Globe. Toronto. 1882-10-18. p. 2.
  34. Hoole 1983, p. 24.
  35. "A Railway Horror: Appalling Disaster at Tehachalpi: Twenty-One Killed," San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 1883, pg. 8.
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  42. "Fatal Railway Accident In Russia". The Cornishman. No. 442. 30 December 1886. p. 6.
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  45. Vermont Central Wreck
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  48. Earnshaw 1990, p. 4.
  49. "Kouts Station IN, Trains Collide In Indiana, Oct 1887".
  50. Hoole 1983, p. 15.
  51. "Death in the Ravine: The Terrible Accident on the Canadian Pacific: Two Freight Trains Meet at the Middle of a Trestlework—Engineers and Firemen Hurled Down to Death". The Globe. Toronto. 1888-01-07.
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  55. Rolt & Kichenside 1982, pp. 113–114.
  56. Earnshaw 1990, p. 7.
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