ACCOUNTS AND PAPERS:

1880.

FORTY-FOUR VOLUMES:-CONTENTS OF THE

TWENTY-FOURTH VOLUME.

N.B.—THE Figures at the beginning of the line, correspond with the N° at the

foot of each Paper; and the Figures at the end of the line, refer to the MS. Paging

of the Volumes arranged for The House of Commons.

RAILWAYS (ACCIDENTS):

[c. 2640.] General Report to the Board of Trade upon the Accidents which

have occurred on the Railways of the United Kingdom during the

Year 1879

p. 1

[c. 2486.] Return of Accidents and Casualties reported to the Board of Trade

by the several Railway Companies in the United Kingdom, during

the Year 1879; with Reports of the Inspecting Officers upon

certain Accidents which were inquired into

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-

31

[c. 2548.] Similar Return for the Three Months ending 31st March 1880,

with Reports

255

[c. 2649] Similar Return for the Six Months ending 30th June 1880, with

Reports -

377

Tay Bridge Disaster:

[c. 2623.] Circular Letter from the Board of Trade to the Railway Companies
in the United Kingdom, calling their attention to the Report of
the Court of Inquiry upon the Tay Bridge Disaster

457

[c. 2624.] Minute of the Board of Trade upon Major General Hutchinson's
Observations on the Reports of the Inquiry upon the circumstances
attending the fall of a portion of the Tay Bridge

459

GENERAL REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF TRADE

UPON THE

ACCIDENTS

WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ON

THE

RAILWAYS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

During the Year 1879.

Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty,

PRINTED BY GEORGE EDWARD EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE,
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

1880.