Wormit Station Accident 1955

Wormit Station Accident 1955 | Grant Balfour
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Grant Balfour

Stunning photograph of the horrific scene at Wormit station after the train carrying 500 children home to Dundee from picnics at Newport and Tayport crashed as it left the tunnel on the curve. Locals rushed to help, clambering in and over the carriages in their rush to help the children out. Easily recognisable are the white-clad players from the nearby tennis courts who were first on the scene. It’s to Grant Balfour, who was peacefully photographing the tennis match, that we owe this remarkable photograph.

Creator
Grant Balfour
Date of creation
May 1955
Date of coverage
May 1955
Place
Wormit Station
Contributor
Margaret Stevenson
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Reference number
NOT.1281
Format
Photograph (1454)
Area
Wormit (478)
Subject
Wormit Station (58)

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  • I my Mother, Aunt and cousin were in this tragic accident. I am 72 and to this day I can remember pulling us out of the carriage which was on the embankment

    By Lorna Lesslie ne Nicolson (24 March 2024)

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