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Stolen Hull, East Yorkshire, 1927 railway train disaster plaque to be replaced by NHS chief near Hull Royal Infirmary
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to replace a plaque marking the site of the City’s worst ever railway accident which occurred in 1927.
Chief Executive Phil Morley will attend the unveiling of the new plaque at 1pm on Friday 10th February, 2012 just prior to the 85th anniversary of the disaster. A previous plaque was stolen several years ago.
The worst railway accident within the City of Hull happened immediately behind the site of the current Hull Royal Infirmary on 14th February 1927 at 9.10. There were 12 fatalities in the crash with 24 passengers suffering serious injuries and a further 22 receiving treatment for minor injuries.
First on the scene were staff from what was then the Hull Institution Hospital (today’s Hull Royal Infirmary). The boundary wall was breached to enable access to the scene and the swift rescue of the casualties. Shortly after having heard the loud noise of the impact, Sisters and Doctors arrived from the Victoria Hospital for Sick Children (Park Street), also close to the railway line. They were later joined by members of the St John’s Ambulance Brigade and staff from the Hull Royal Infirmary then situated in the city centre.
Mike Pearson, the Trust’s Archivist, said:
“We are really pleased to be able to mark this tragic event with a new plaque, after the previous one was stolen, and we are grateful to Phil Morley for his support in this.
“This was a terrible incident in Hull’s history and it deserves to be remembered. The driver of the Scarborough train, realising he was on the wrong line, had brought his own train almost to a standstill. However the Withernsea train driver, with his view obscured by the Argyle Street Bridge and still travelling at about 15 mph, could not avoid the catastrophe that ensued. This train had been carrying most of the casualties including several school children.”
Phil Morley, said:
“It is really important that we remember events such as this where people lost their lives in avoidable circumstances. I would like to pay tribute to Mike Pearson, our archivist for his tireless efforts in ensuring our Trust continues to stay in touch with its roots and in helping the community to remember those we lost in the past.”
A subsequent inquiry set up to investigate the disaster concluded that human error had caused the two trains to be on the same stretch of the railway line.
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