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.
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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.
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John Jefferies
One of two killed by the Docklands IRA bomb. They were both workers in the newsagent’s directly opposite the bomb. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man and found the photo: John Alan...
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World War 2
Sorry, we've done no research on WW2, it's just too big a subject. But do visit the picture source web site - it has a fascinating collection of maps. And we enjoyed these photos of current WW2 ev...
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