1853 Straffan rail accident
The Straffan Rail Disaster occurred on 5 October 1853, when a goods train ran into the back of a stationary passenger train one-quarter mile (400 m) south of Straffan station in County Kildare.
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1853 Straffan rail accident
The Straffan Rail Disaster occurred on 5 October 1853, when a goods train ran into the back of a stationary passenger train one-quarter mile (400 m) south of Straffan station in County Kildare.
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Der Eisenbahnunfall von Straff ...... ste Eisenbahnunfall in Irland.
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The Straffan Rail Disaster occ ...... fan station in County Kildare.
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Collision with failed train
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Ireland
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1853-10-05
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Straffan Rail Tragedy
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"The fog is out to-night," they say,
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'Mong heaps of limbs crush'd up in blood,
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And stir the kindly flames.
Oh! chiller than October's touch
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Expectant name our names;
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Half buried in the ground,
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If set before its eyes
'Mong twisted metal, splinter'd wood,
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Is freezing many a smile!
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Might fail to recognise
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Must wife, child, friend he found.
No hostile cannonade, or mine,
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Nor hour nor distance heeds;
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Der Eisenbahnunfall von Straff ...... ste Eisenbahnunfall in Irland.
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The Straffan Rail Disaster occ ...... fan station in County Kildare.
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1853 Straffan rail accident
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Eisenbahnunfall von Straffan
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