HISTORIC DISASTER: TAY BRIDGE DISASTER

This occurred near to where, nine and a half years later, my grandfather, and thirty-five years later, my father, would be born, so I expect my paternal great-grandparents, both Duke & Stewart, remembered it well.

http://taybridgedisaster.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHT_Gz2fJuM

http://www.mcgonagall-online.org.uk/gems/the-tay-bridge-disaster

 

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