The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster 1874: Heroes, Victims, Survivors Scrivens Phyllida

The Great Thorpe Railway Disaster of 1874 is the third title from Norwich writer and biographer Phyllida Scrivens, who lives less than half a mile from the site of the fatal collision.At Norwich Thorpe Station on 10 September 1874, at Norwich station a momentary misunderstanding between the Stationmaster, Night Inspector and young Telegraph Clerk, resulted in an inevitable head-on collision. Surgeons were summoned from the city, as the dead, dying and injured were taken to a nearby inn and boatyard. The residents of the picturesque riverside village of Thorpe-Next-Norwich were shocked by a 'deafening peal of thunder', sending them running through the driving rain towards a scene of destruction.

Every class of Victorian society was traveling that night, including ex-soldiers, landowners, clergymen, doctors, seamstresses, saddlers, domestic servants and a beautiful