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Quintinshill rail disaster remembered

A memorial service was held at Stanwix Cemetery in Carlisle this morning to remember two victims of the Quintinshill disaster who are buried there.

Commemorations have been taking place across the country to mark the100th anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 200 people.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended a commemoration in Gretna on Friday and around 1000 people were at a service in Edinburgh on Saturday.

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Stanwix Cemetery holds Quintinshill memorial

A memorial service was held at Stanwix Cemetery in Carlisle this morning to remember two victims of the Quintinshill disaster

Train driver Francis Scott and fireman James Hannah, who were both from Carlisle, were killed in Britain's worst ever rail crash near Gretna Green one hundred years ago.

The memorial service was organised by Carlisle City Councillor Paul Nedved and was something Rev Keith Teasdale thought was important.

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