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Report by Major J. W. Pringle, R.E., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 2nd September, 1913, between two Passenger Trains near Ais Gill, on the Midland Railway
 

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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Instow on 4th January 1859
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