The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster 1874

The history of Victorian England's tragic railroad catastrophe in Norwich, featuring profiles of the accident's many victims. Foreword by Pete Goodrum, author of Norwich in fifty Buildings At Norwich Station on ten September 1874, a momentary misunderstanding between the Night Inspector and young Telegraph Clerk resulted in an inevitable head-on collision. The residents of the picturesque riverside village of Thorpe-Next-Norwich were shocked by a “deafening peal of thunder”, sending them running