LNER possibly Musselburgh
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:10 am
Is this a press pic of the wartime Musselburgh crash previously discussed in this forum? can anyone help?
Ran this past 52A and we both think its a Scottish director which would make it a good contender for the Musselburgh crash. see also below.
Report in the Berwick Advertiser
January 9, 1941
"A bookstall attendant was killed on New Year's Day when the engine of a goods train, driven by a Tweedmouth driver and with a Berwick man as fireman, crashed through the buffers at Musselburgh Station, tore up part of the platform, and practically demolished the bookstall. ...
The major portion of the bookstall was crushed like matchwood and the engine careered onwards through a stone building containing the stationmaster's office and the porters' room - both, fortunately, unoccupied at the time. The engine finally protruded into the street with a great heap of masonry in front of it.
Part of the stationmaster's house above was also damaged. The bathroom collapsed and the bath lay on top of the wreckage. ...
The force of the crash caused some of the waggons of the train and their contents to come together in concertina fashion, and then shoot into the air. A heap of wreckage amassed in this way reached a height of about 30 feet and penetrated the station roof, which was holed in two places. Girders holding the roof fell across the platform and lines. ..."
"The driver of the engine was Mr. John Hunter of Main Street, Tweedmouth, and the fireman was Mr. John Welsh, Foul Ford, Berwick. Both escaped injury.
The attendant who lost her life, was Miss Ella Krause, aged 19, who lived with an aunt, Miss Pearson, at 2 South Street, Musselburgh. Her parents live in Canada, and she came to live in this country little more than a year ago."
Acknowledgement: Kevin Graham, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Source: Berwick Record Office