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Accident at Retford on 12th September 1849

Accident Summary

Location

Retford

Train Operators

Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, Great Northern Railway

Primary Cause

Pointsman error

Secondary Cause

Awaiting Information

Result

Train misrouted, collision, derailment

0 fatalities, 0 injured

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