Killed in the Asgill Railway disaster 1913

The Aisgill rail disaster occurred on the Settle-Carlisle Railway on 2 September 1913, at a point near the hamlet of Aisgill where the gradient caused a challenge for smaller locomotives. A stalled passenger train was hit from behind by a second train which was also in difficulty, and where the crew had failed to observe danger signals.
The proximate cause of the crash was a signal passed at danger, but there were a very large number of contributing factors including the quality of the coal in use on the first locomotive. 14 people in the first train died at the scene, and very few remains were later found. Two passengers subsequently died of their injuries. 38 passengers in the second train were seriously injured. Among the fatalities were two children aged 3 and 5 and their 19-year-old nanny. The children's remains were buried in their home city of Edinburgh, but their nanny, Katherine Wood, was buried in Kirkby
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I know it's really sad,I had to go and find out about the disaster,I've put some information in the description box