Honoring the Fire and Rescue Service - Glasgow and Beyond - On Web Since 2012
Monday, January 13, 2014
QUINTINSHILL - 1915
The
Quintinshill rail disaster occurred May 22, 1915, between
Glasgow and Carlisle. A troop train collided with a local and an express plowed into the wreckage. As many as
226 people died; 246 were hurt.
The
Quintinshill rail disaster occurred May 22, 1915, between
Glasgow and Carlisle. A troop train collided with a local and an express plowed into the wreckage. As many as
226 people died; 246 were hurt.