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Report on the Accident that occurred at Elderslie on 10th September 1938

Document Summary

The report on the collision of a passenger train with a light engine at Elderslie in 1938.

This document was published on 11th November 1938 by Ministry of Transport.

It was written by Col. A. C. Trench.

This item is linked to the Accident at Elderslie on 10th September 1938

The original document format was Paper, and comprised 5 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Office of Rail Regulation and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 11th March 2008.

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"The 2-30 p.m. passenger tram, St. Enoch to Largs, running at 25 to 30 m.p.h., collided with a light engine which was standing in the station. A considerable number of passengers suffered injuries, mostly of a minor nature, 12 being detained in hospital; 31 were allowed to go home after treatment in hospital, but I regret to state that one of the latter died three days later from meningitis following on injuries received. In addition some 66 passengers were given first-aid at the station or complained of injury subsequently. The driver of the passenger train also received minor injuries."

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