| Name |
Margaret KINNEAR |
| Birth |
8 Apr 1862, Craige, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
| Death |
28 Dec 1879, The Tay bridge disaster Age: 17 |
| Burial |
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland - with her parents |
| Father |
Peter KINNEAR (1841->1912) |
| Mother |
Janet (Syme) WOOD (1839->1912) |
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| Notes for Margaret KINNEAR |
Lived at 6 Shore Terrace
The Tay bridge disaster
At approximately 7:15 p.m.on the stormy night of 28 December 1879, the central navigation spans of the Tay bridge collapsed into the Firth of Tay at Dundee, taking with them a train, 6 carriages and 75 souls to their fate. At the time, a gale estimated at force 10 to 11 was blowing down the Tay estuary at right angles to the bridge. The collapse of the bridge, only opened 19 months and passed safe by the Board of Trade, sent shock waves through the Victorian engineering profession and general public. |
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