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Accident at the Staiths
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12-08-2014, 07:03 PM
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Not sure if these are the pictures?:
accident at the staith at Warkworth Harbour, Amble, Northumberland, with a 12-ton empty coal wagon suspended over a collier which was sitting on the river bottom, unable to move to safety. Fortunately the couplings held, and disaster was averted by a nearby crane.
accident at the staith, showing an empty coal wagon overshooting the coal staith at Warkworth Harbour, Amble, Northumberland. There was sufficient water under the keel of the waiting vessel to enable the pilot boat to push the collier to safety.
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