Image: The 1868 Rail Disaster Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 377402
Description: The 1868 Rail Disaster Memorial, near to Abergele, Conwy County, Wales. A memorial to the 33 people who were killed in the rail accident near Abergele on 20th August 1868, they were buried in the mass grave behind the chains. Listed among the 33 victims killed there was a Lord, two Ladies, a Baronet and a Judge. The locked carriage doors prevented escape, and 28 of the victims burned to death. For more information view <a title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/abergele/pages/traindisaster2.shtml" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/abergele/pages/traindisaster2.shtml">Link</a><img style="padding-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="http://s0.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/>
Title: The 1868 Rail Disaster Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 377402
Credit: From geograph.org.uk; transferred by User:Edward using geograph_org2commons.
Author: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
License: CC BY-SA 2.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Attribution Required?: Yes
Image usage
The following page links to this image: