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Another bike wreck. This time on my mountain bike. I was going down a jeep trail around 22 mph when I flipped over the handlebars, landing dead on my right shoulder before rolling over.
Results : Road rash (dirt / gravel), broken collar bone. Going to miss the Iron Horse bike race next week, going to miss the Highline Hustle triathlon in a couple of weeks. Boo hoo.
I had to hike out from the bike wreck site around 5-6 miles. Took around two hours of straight walking. I was able to call my wife though, and she met me at the trail head. The owner of the bike shop was going to retrieve my bike for me.
The Disaster
On the evening of 25th October 1960 a number of barges were making their way up river from Avonmouth to Sharpness. Amongst them were two vessels operated by John Harker Ltd. of Knottingley, Yorkshire. The WASTDALE H had been built locally at Sharpness Shipyard in 1951. She was a tanker barge and was carrying a load of petroleum. The ARKENDALE H had been built by Richards Ironworks of Lowestoft in 1937 as a dumb (unpowered) tanker barge. She had been converted to a motor barge in 1948 and was later lengthened. Her cargo was Britoleum black oil, a heavy oil which required her to be fitted with heating coils in her tanks to keep the oil liquid.
The barges hit thick fog near Berkeley Power Station and the strong incoming tide was running at 5 knots making it difficult to manoeuvre the vessels for their approach to the lock at Sharpness. Both barges were swept past the lock entrance and the found themselves by the old, disused dock entrance further upstream. The two barges came abreast and the skippers found it impossible to separate them. Whilst they struggled to break them apart they drifted yet further upstream until the port bow of the WASTDALE H hit pier 17 of the bridge. The bridge shook with the impact and the WASTDALE H turned onto her port side and began to sink. As pier 17 gave way under the pressure the two spans it supported fell onto the barges causing the WASTDALE H’s petroleum cargo to ignite and explode. The ARKENDALE H’s cargo of black oil was also ruptured and with the help of the petroleum it too ignited leaving the entire expanse of the river blazing. The two barges drifted on up river before grounding on the Ridge Sandbank. Skipper George Thompson of the ARKENDALE H managed to make it ashore. His engineer Jack Cooper also survived but not before he received a severe back injury sustained by an encounter with the still-rotating propeller of the sinking ARKENDALE H. Skipper James Dew of the WASTDALE H was the only other survivor. The other five crew members were missing.
The next morning the smouldering wrecks of the two barges were left high and dry on the sand with the WASTDALE H standing on her port side. On the following tide she settled back to en even keel. Attempts were made to pump out and search both vessels for the missing crew members but their inaccessible position made the job difficult. All five bodies were later found at various locations along the Severn. On 30th October 1960 the Army blew holes in the bow and stern of both barges to prevent them refloating. They remain there to this day, submerged at high tide and exposed at low tide.
On the night of the disaster the Fairfields workers engaged on the strengthening of the bridge decided to take an early meal break in order to listen to the Henry Cooper v Karl Muller boxing match on the wireless at Severn Bridge Station. Had they not done so the death toll would have been considerably worse as the span they were working on was one of the two that fell.
Within a month of the disaster the Western Region of British Railways had prepared an outline plan to repair the bridge. Pier 16 would be repaired and a new concrete pier would be constructed to replace pier 17. A single, welded mild steel span would then be placed across the top, supported in the middle by the new pier. The projected cost for this was £85,000.
It was found that pier 16 was significantly damaged and was leaning towards the Sharpness bank. It was therefore decided to erect a timber trestle beneath span 15-16 and the contract to do this was awarded to Peter Lind & Co. Ltd.
The bridge suffered further mishap on 17th February 1961 when the tanker barge BP EXPLORER capsized and struck pier 20 causing a further £12,740 worth of damage.
Peter Lind & Co. Ltd. hired the twin floating crane TWEEDLEDUM & TWEEDLEDEE to assist with the erection of the trestle. On the 14th April 1961 the TWEEDLEDUM & TWEEDLEDEE broke away from its moorings on a flood tide and drifted into the bridge damaging the dolphins on pier 20. The crane jib also struck the underside of the bridge. This time the damage was estimated at £6,000."
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Ottawa Journal 25 April 1887
THE MORRISBURG RAILWAY HORROR.
Recovery of the Bodies of Driver Stewart and Fireman Clark.
Brockville. April 25. By persistent and almost superhuman work on the part of the regular road staff assisted by scores of willing volunteers the bodies of the engineer and fireman killed on tbe Grand Trunk at Morrisburg on Friday morning were recovered late in the afternoon. Stewart's body was in sight of those working for hours before it was possible to get at it without removing a vast pile ot wreckage whicn had tumbled into the gorge. When found he was sitting in an almost natural position in tbe cab seat. His face had been very little injured, but his body and limbs were considerably crushed and mangled. - Tender hands carried the body to the bank and the search was then continued for Clark the fireman. The latter was also found in tbe cab but presented a horrible spectacle. The poor fellow had been jammed close on to the boiler head and in addition to being horrribly mangled was scalded beyond recognition. Bcth bodies were at once taken to Morrisburg and duuring the night brought to their homes here
It is impossible yet to accurately estimate the loss to tbe railway company, but it will certainly be heavy. The bridge is a wreck as are also the thirteen cars, but it is thought the engine can be made available for service. Transfers are still necessary, though a large force of men are busily engaged in the construction of a temporary wooden bridge,
The Garden Island Ships' Graveyard, in the North Arm of the Port Adelaide River, offers paddlers a chance to experience part of South Australia's early maritime history.
The 26 wrecks at Garden Island are part of one of the world's largest and most diverse ships' graveyards. Boasting the remains of sailing ships, steamers, motor vessels, ferries,
barges, dredgers and pontoons, the site provides a unique glimpse into our past.
The mudflats the wrecks lay on are bounded by mangroves – one of the few remaining systems in metropolitan Adelaide. This eco-system provides a habitat for dolphins, other
marine creatures and bird species, enhancing a recreational paddler's experience.
The trail is marked by three on-water signs near the main group of wrecks, as well as two on-land signs at the Garden Island boat ramp.
The schooner rigged screw steamer Enterprise was built in 1868 by Joseph Matthew of Sydney, with original measurements of 49.6 feet (15.1 m) in length, 11.4 feet (3.5 m) breadth
and 5.6 feet (1.7 m) depth. In 1872 the iron hulled vessel was lengthened to 78.7 feet (24.0 m) with 12.5 feet (3.8 m) breadth, 5.2 feet (1.6 m) depth and a gross tonnage of 36 tons.
The Enterprise was initially used for towing small craft around the ports of Sydney and later Adelaide, but was also involved in two significant communications developments in South
Australia's colonial history. In 1873 the steamer was engaged at Roper River in the Northern Territory, transporting supplies for the construction of the Overland Telegraph. In the late
1870s the Enterprise proceeded to the River Murray to assist with the building of the railway bridge across the river at Murray Bridge. It grounded at the Murray Mouth and was
delayed almost 10 weeks before being successfully refloated.
The steamer later returned to Port Adelaide as a general purpose vessel. Upon its deregistration in 1913, the Enterprise became a water-tender for a short time, before it was
eventually abandoned at the Garden Island Ships' Graveyard around August 1913. Today the remains lie largely hidden among the mangroves. The hull is basically complete along its
length with an intact stern section.
Canon EOS 5D, 23-70
2014
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File name: 08_06_017790
Title: Wrecked auto
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Genre: Film negatives
Subject: Traffic accidents
Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones.
Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
Photos of Big Wreck opening for Motley Crue at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre on April 23.
A peculiar behaviour from a spider. It seemed to enjoy itself dangling from a tree branch holding a droplet between its legs.
A passenger in this red pickup truck was taken to the Medical Center of South Arkansas for observation Wednesday evening after it slammed into the back of a semi-truck that was stopped in front of the Mobil Station on U.S. 82 waiting to turn into the truck stop. The driver of the pickup, Robert Paul Phillips of 170 Razorback Road, El Dorado, was cited for following too close. The woman passenger in the pickup didn't appear to be badly injured,according to a state trooper, but was not wearing a seat belt and hit her head on the windshield.
The Purton Hulks are a long line of purposely wrecked barges. They were beached to prevent the River Severn eroding into the nearby Gloucester to Sharpness Canal.
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The door of this car is riddled with bullet holes. The result of a Mafia killing? Or just some kids having fun with a wreck?
North 27 location of Brown's Wrecking. It was moved from the Tradepark Drive area to this location, which was a former part of Cumberland Wood and Chair.
Photograph taken by Jim Slaughter.