Overview of the Songs and Poems in this Category:
While train crashes were commonplace before 1860, there are surprisingly few items on the subject. Most of these items describe real events but a few are fictional.
Main Themes and Motifs
- The suffering of the victims
- Sympathy for those bereaved
Chronology
1830-39
1840-49
1850-59
1860-69 094; 460; 678; 683
1870-79
1880-89
1890-99 485; 581
1900-09 086; 571
1910-19
1920-29
Historical Background
No ready for publication
A poem celebrating the men and women memorialised by the Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice including a reference to railwaymen Walter Peart and Harry Dean.
Irish Mail train crash at Abergele, Angelsey, August 1868
Commemorates a driver and fireman who were killed in an accident while trying to save their passengers.
Irish Mail train crash at Abergele, Anglesey, August 1868
A Railway worker is killed following incorrect signalling
A Fireman's failure to see a signal set at red leads to a crash.