1895: A Remarkable Railway Crash in Paris
The day in 1895 when a locomotive ploughed through the wall of Montparnasse Station
Disasters
A collection of 8 Posts
The Wreck of the Royal Charter
Our editor Peter Moore on how hundreds of people were lost in a disastrous shipwreck in 1859
The Fire at the Houses of Parliament
In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night
'Rigid Airships Were a Bad Idea' with S.C. Gwynne
The feats and follies of the airship era, on board the world’s largest flying machine
The Aberfan Disaster
Sam Knight on the London piano teacher who foretold one of Wales' most horrific industrial disasters
The Strange Wrecking of the Gloucester
'Ship Detective' Nigel Pickford unravels a naval disaster during the Restoration