Quintinshill: Britain's Deadliest Rail Disaster
2015 · 60 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 16 VOTES · DIR. Ian Lilley
Overview
Neil Oliver describes the worst ever railway accident in the UK, which happened a hundred years ago on 22 May 1915, in which three trains collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green. One of the trains was a troop train taking soldiers to fight in World War I at the Battle of Gallipoli: many of the dead were in this train which caught fire due to escaped gas from the archaic gas lighting in the carriages. The cause of the crash was attributed to a catastrophic signalman's error, but Neil examines whether there were other contributory factors and whether there was a cover-up to prevent investigation of them, making convenient scapegoats of the signalmen.
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00:00:06 100 years ago
00:03:11 and no suggestion at all that, in less than ten minutes
00:06:03 when it gets onto the main line towards Carlisle
00:10:30 "the bottom came out of the compartment and he
00:12:53 "Fire shot up right before my face, it must have been gas
00:15:08 in the sunshine and there were relatives moving about from coffin
00:17:58 and it felt as if the whole town of Leith had turned out to watch
00:20:26 During the enquiry, the company was clear about its rules
00:22:43 You do your business here and you can turn round and you get a full view of the train all the time
00:24:38 The accident happened just after a shift change.
00:26:57 at roughly 6.30 on that morning
00:29:24 and it is part of the culture of the railway service
00:31:52 And it's all the sort of headlines you would expect.
00:34:02 and his responsibility is to make sure everything operates properly.
00:36:24 but in a shed over here there's one exactly like the rolling stock
00:38:26 Yes, there probably would have been a fire too, but it wouldn't have
00:40:51 caused the accident, they were to blame.
00:43:13 whether the company was at fault in the use of the gas cylinders
00:45:42 to the procedures of the company.
00:48:02 the local train was on the line.
00:50:26 of transient epileptic amnesia
00:53:03 It's very easy to put yourselves
00:55:34 Ten days later Meakin and Tinsley were also freed.
05:19:01 Minister Asquith was ousted.