Train Disaster At Abergele Shocking Rescue and Inquest
Survivors and peasants formed a line to the sea to douse flames as the wreck burned out. Duchess of Abercorn and other passengers remained composed aiding the injured. The Times explains the guard and brake failures and two rail wagons ran loose down a steep incline before collision. Thirty three bodies were buried in Abergele churchyard with a monument planned.
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Duchess of Abercorn
the Times
Llanddulas
Stailway
Saks
Abergeley
Meredith
Aberle
Lord Farnham
Henrydwards
Berwick
Reform League Adjourns Meetings for Election Expedition
The Reform League suspends weekly meetings for three weeks as the executive council tours boroughs to assess if Conservative seats could shift to Liberal. The body has split the country into districts with two members assigned per district to report on contestable boroughs.
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Reform League
British Association Opens in Norwich with Darwinian Debate
The thirty-eighth annual meeting began in Norwich with the general committee, 1500 attendees, and an inaugural address by Dr. Hooker. The president praised advances in fossil botany and Darwinism, urging harmony between science and religion, warning against natural theology, and emphasizing prehistoric archeology and the history of mankind.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
Norwich
St. Peter’s Hall
Duke of Buccleuch
Hooker
Association
Newcastle
Antarctic Circle
Antarctic
Polar Barrier
Victoria Land
India
British India
Europe
East Bengal
British Museum
Geeppert and Unger
Dawson
Canada
Binney
Manchester
Darwin
Faraday
Hannah
Contemporary Review
J. Hannah
Herbert Spencer
Dr. Hooker
Huxley
Tyndall
British Association
S. Brown
Institute of Actuaries
Fxntowss
Seely
Leong Levi
United Kingdom
H. Jevin
G. P. Buppex
Canon Gikple Stone
England
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Abergele
North-Western Railway Company
the British Association
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