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Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
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Tay Bridge disaster
Bridge collapse and train wreck
The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent European windstorm on Sunday 28 December 1879, when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a North British Railway (NBR) passenger train on the Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line travelling from Burntisland to Dundee passed over it,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tay Bridge
Railway bridge across the River Tay, Scotland
The Tay Bridge carries rail traffic across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Its span is 3,286 metres. It is the second bridge to occupy the site.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dundee
City and council area in Scotland
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The 2020 mid-year population estimate for the locality was 148,210. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)