Owencarrow rail disaster memorial to be unveiled - Donegal News [Donegal News]
Date: 06/07/2021
A piece of a train that crashed near Creeslough almost a century ago will form part of a memorial to those killed.
A commemorative stone is to be unveiled tomorrow (Wednesday) at the site of the Owencarrow viaduct where on January 30, 1925 high winds derailed two of the rail coaches.
Four people were thrown to their deaths when part of the viaduct collapsed. Of the 14 passengers on board the locomotive, only one escaped unhurt.
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A piece of a train that crashed near Creeslough almost a century ago will form part of a memorial to those killed. A commemorative stone is to be unveiled tomorrow (Wednesday) at the site of the Owencarrow viaduct where on January 30, 1925 high winds derailed two of the rail coaches. Four people were thrown []
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