1871 Ballymacarrett rail crash

Railway incident in Belfast the Ballymacarrett rail crash of 1945 August 2016 August 2016 1871 Ballymacarrett rail crash 54.601935 -5.901845 type:event_region:GB-BFS inline,title 13 May 1871 8:30pm Ballymacarrett Ireland, now modern day Northern Ireland Belfast–Comber main line Belfast and County Down Railway Collision Derailment caused by intoxicated fireman. 2 2 55 The Ballymacarrett rail crash of 1871 occurred on 13 May 1871 at the Ballymacarrett Junction of the Belfast and County Down Railway in Belfast, Ireland, which at the time was in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Two people were killed with 55 injured. The cause was a derailment caused by an intoxicated fireman who drove a steam locomotive with four goods wagons off the end of incomplete set of points at Ballymacarrett Junction blocking the main line. Another train came along and struck the first.https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2595 Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Belfast on 13th May 1871 Rich F.H. 7 June 1871 Railway Department, (Board of Trade) 7 August 2016 The Railways Archive Human Frailty and the 1871 Ballymacarrett Rail Accident Haines Keith Ballymaconaghy Publishing 2002 Belfasthttp://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001631/18710516/050/0004 The Railway Accident. 16 May 1871 Belfast Evening Telegraph 4 registration 7 August 2016 Notes Category:Transport in County Down Category:Transport in Belfast Category:Railway accidents in 1871 Category:Derailments in Northern Ireland Category:19th century in County Down Category:Train collisions in Northern Ireland Category:Accidents and incidents involving Belfast and County Down Railway Category:May 1871 in the United Kingdom Category:1871 in Ireland Category:1870s disasters in Ireland Category:1870s disasters in the United Kingdom Category:1871 disasters