At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end. Because it was built for mainline trains the tunnel was large enough to allow the carriages to ride up over each other. This was on a Friday at 08.46 so the train was packed with commuters. 43 died and about 80 were injured.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Moorgate tube disaster
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Moorgate tube disaster - Finsbury Square
The motivating force behind this memorial, the first to the tragedy, erected ...
Moorgate tube disaster - Moorgate
Our page for the monument in nearby Finsbury Square lists the 43 people.
Other Subjects
Margaret Jane McGoldrick
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 38. Buried in grave 5 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
Treena Chappell
Treena Chappell was born on 18 August 1970, the younger child of Terence Chappell and Mary Chappell née Keaveney and her birth was registered in the Westminster registration district. Her brother, ...
Sidney Street siege
We are indebted to Derek Smith for the following write-up of the siege: The Siege of Sidney Street on 3rd January 1911 came about because of a bungled robbery in Houndsditch in the City of London a...
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