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Handcross Hill Accident

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Steep hill some 18 miles from brighton.

1906 A Vanguard bus taking a party of firemen from Orpington to Brighton, when the brakes failed and it crashed in to a tree at 40 mph. There were 36 persons on the bus and ten died in the accident.[1]

1906 July. Images.[2] Inquest.[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ A Most Deliberate Swindle by Mick Hamer. 2017. ISBN: 978-1910453-42-1. p90
  2. ↑ Automotor Journal 1906/07/21
  3. ↑ Automotor Journal 1906/08/11
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