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* On 20th August 1868 the train ran into wagons near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergele_rail_disaster Abergelee] that were being shunted into a siding. One of them was carrying 50 wooden barrels of paraffin oil, some 1700 gallons in total. Some of them fell from the wagon, broke and the heat from the firebox of the loco helped ignite the paraffin and the ensuing fire caused some of the gas lit coaches to also burst in flames and 33 people died.
* Another occurred on 14th September 1870 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth_rail_crash Tamworth]. It was caused when a signalman's error accidentally diverted the down Irish Mail express onto a dead end siding, where part of the train crashed through the buffers and into the River Anker. Three people were killed, and thirteen injured.
* The next was on 16th August 1915 between Blisworth and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weedon_rail_crashes Weedon] when it ran into a train that had just derailed at a speed of 60mph. Many on the train were either Irish or soldiers and despite many being seriously injured there were only three fatalities. Weedon does seem an unlucky place for the [https://hdl.handle.net/10107/4249581 Irish Mail];
* The fourth was 27th August 1950 when the train hit wagons being shunted at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penmaenmawr_railway_station Penmaenmawr].
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