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Tag Archives: Accidents
The Bottomless Tram
Quick Quotes 25. The following quote is from a newspaper report in the Western Morning News, from 14th December 1898: Between nine and ten o’clock last evening a very usual and rather alarming mishap occurred in Devonport. As a tramcar was … Continue reading
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Tagged Accidents, Devonport, Trams
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Hot Air Balloon Crash
Snippets 194. The Crystal Palace was a famous London landmark, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. After the Exhibition it was relocated from Hyde Park to Penge Common, where it stood until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. … Continue reading
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Tagged Accidents, Crystal Palace, Hot Air Balloons
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