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Document Summary
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Accident Returns: Extract for Accident at Clayton Tunnel on 25th August 1861
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Sample Quote
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"But in many cases, and on many lines of railway...the exigencies of the traffic prevent the [time] intervals from being strictly kept, and they become habitually disregarded. The trains run at various speeds, from 10 miles an hour or less, in the case of a heavy mineral train, to 60 miles an hour or more, in that of an express passenger train; and such intervals become useless, while much longer intervals are in themselves insufficient...
I need not here quote the long catalogue of collisions that have occurred from time to time in the attempt, almost universally made in the first instance, to secure safety by means of an interval of time interposed between trains..."
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Archivist's Summary
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The report into the collision between two trains in Clayton tunnel, caused by an insufficient time interval and a misunderstanding between two signallers.
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Category
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Accident reports |
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Related Event
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Accident at Clayton Tunnel on 25th August 1861
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Date of Publication
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15th October 1861 |
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Author(s)
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Capt. H. W. Tyler
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Publisher
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Board of Trade
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Sourced?
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Yes
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Source
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Dr Peter Lewis
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Original Document Link
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None
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Source Format
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Bound Volume
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Document Copyright
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Crown
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Permission Requested?
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No
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Permission Granted?
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Yes; under our OPSI click-use license No. C02W0005088
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PDF Available?
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Yes
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PDF File Copyright
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This PDF file is subject to the terms governing the reproduction of crown copyright material. Depending on the status and age of the original document, you may need an OPSI click-use license if you wish to reproduce this material, and other restrictions may apply. Please see this explanation for further details.
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No. of Pages
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10
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Size of Download (Mb)
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1.1
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