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The Granville rail disaster occurred on 18 January 1977 at Granville, a suburb in western Sydney, when a crowded commuter train derailed, running into the supports of a road bridge that collapsed onto two of the train's passenger carriages.
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The Granville Memorial Trust was established after the accident to commemorate the victims and campaign for improvements to rail safety.
* 1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.
* Granville rail disaster-a similar accident in Australia, 1977
Old Donnington was the location of a coal wharf linked by rail to the Granville Colliery, Shropshire's last deep coal mine.
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Proposals have been made including underground tunnel links to Clyde or Granville stations, or even to replace the line altogether with a more frequent light rail or busway service.
On 19 January 1977, the Granville rail disaster claimed the lives of 83 people.
Other main roads include Coleman St ( to Westmead Hospital ), Hawkesview Rd ( rail overbridge to Woodville Rd ), Neil St ( rail overbridge to Woodville Rd ), Pitt St ( to Parramatta ), Lois St and Excelsior St ( to Granville ).
Granville and disaster
Granville is also the location of the Granville railway disaster, which occurred on 18 January 1977 when a commuter train derailed just before the Bold Street overpass and hit the staunchion, causing the bridge to collapse.
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Granville railway disaster memorial on the corner of Railway Parade and Carlton Street, across from the disaster site
** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, near Sydney, leaves 83 people dead.
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* The 1977 Granville train disaster in Sydney, Australia, which involved the collapse of a bridge after its support pylons were struck by a train.
* January 18 – The Granville railway disaster was Australia's worst ever railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, when a commuter train derails and hits a bridge, causing the bridge to collapse on top of the train.
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Families and friends of the victims gather with surviving members of the rescue crews in a march through Granville to the Bold Street bridge where the accident occurred.
Talk of draining and filling the inlet to Granville Street continued into the 1950s, but that never occurred.
Granville and on
Irving Granville and Nelson Rector who travel widely calling on business firms.
The Commission on Restructure, chaired by Granville T. Walker, held its first meeting on October 30 & November 1, 1962.
The Granville Municipality was formed in 1885 and the council carried on the local government of the area until 1948, when it became part of an enlarged City of Parramatta.
Granville railway station is a major station on the South line and Western line of the CityRail network.
The Rosehill Hotel is located on the northern side of Parramatta Road and the Vauxhall Inn is on the same street on the western edge of Granville on the corner of Woodville Road.
* Documentary on the Granville Train Disaster ( video )
The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture composed by Felix Mendelssohn while residing on these islands, while Granville Bantock composed the Hebridean Symphony.
They established the ' Province of Freedom ' or Granville Town on land purchased from local Koya Temne subchief King Tom and regent Naimbana, a purchase which the Europeans understood to cede the land to the new settlers " for ever.
Alexander Falconbridge was sent to Sierra Leone in 1791 to collect the remaining Black Poor settlers, and they re-established Granville Town ( later on renamed Cline Town ) near Fourah Bay.
The Nova Scotians were to build Freetown on the former site of the first Granville Town which had become a " jungle " since its destruction in 1789.
Though they built Freetown on Granville Town's former site, their settlement was not a rebirth of Granville Town, which had been re-established at Fourah Bay in 1791 by the remaining Old Settlers.
* Johanna Granville, trans., " Soviet Archival Documents on the Hungarian Revolution, 24 October-4 November 1956 ",
They established the ' Province of Freedom ' or Granville Town on land purchased from local Koya Temne subchief King Tom and regent Naimbana, a purchase which the Europeans understood to cede the land to the new settlers " for ever.
Alexander Falconbridge was sent to Sierra Leone in 1791 to collect the remaining Black Poor settlers, and they re-established Granville Town ( later on renamed Cline Town, Sierra Leone ) near Fourah Bay.
The Nova Scotians were to build Freetown on the former site of the first Granville Town which had become a " jungle " since its destruction in 1789.
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In fiscal year 2008, the town of Granville spent 0. 68 % ($ 31, 979 ) of its budget on its public library — some $ 18 per person.
On 18 October 1744 Carteret became Earl Granville on the death of his mother.
* Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville ( 18 June 1859 – 6 July 1866 )
John Granville Cornwallis Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans, MC was born on 11 June 1890 at 13 Grosvenor Gardens London to Henry Cornwallis Eliot, 5th Earl of St Germans ( 11 February 1835 – 24 September 1911 ) and his wife Emily Harriett Labouchere ( 24 June 1844 – 18 October 1933 ).
* Grace Granville, Countess Granville ( 3 September 1654 – 18 October 1744 ).
Work began in March 1665, but it was not until 18 July 1666 that the foundation stone was laid by John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath.
By late 1959, Little was living in Granville with his wife and their daughter Frances Claire – he release the single, " Frances Claire ", when she was 18 months-old.
* John Granville, 1st Baron Granville 18 June 1702 – 1705
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* January 22 – John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman ( b. 1690 )
The village incorporated on January 20, 1955 from a portion of the former town of Granville.
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, 7th Seigneur of Sark, KG, PC (; 22 April 1690 – 22 January 1763 ), commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was a British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763 ; effectively leader of the country when Spencer Compton was Prime Minister.
* John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville ( 17 June 1751 – 2 January 1763 )
Granville " Oral " Roberts ( January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009 ) was an American Methodist-Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic.
* January 13-Ross Granville Harrison ( died 1959 ), American physiologist.
Granville T. Woods ( April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910 ), was an African-American inventor who held more than 60 patents.
Robert Granville " Bob " Lemon ( September 22, 1920 – January 11, 2000 ) was an American right-handed pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball ( MLB ).
* Granville Robert Henry Somerset ( 7 January 1824 – 3 March 1881 ), married Emma Philadelphia, daughter of Sir George Dashwood, 4th Baronet, without issue
Lady Granville Somerset died in January 1869.
The production was remounted in Vancouver in January 2008 at the Arts Club Theatre, Granville Island stage, co-presented as part of the annual PuSh Festival.
A January 7, 1883, letter from the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Granville confirms the position that the “ takeover ” of the British of Sabah, a Sulu property was a lease, not a purchase.
*< span id =" William Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath "> William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath </ span > ( 30 January 1692 – 17 May 1711 ).
** William Henry Granville, 3rd Earl of Bath ( 30 January 1692 – 1711, died of smallpox, aged 19 ).
Lipscomb was born to Granville Lipscomb ( born January 13, 1802 in Louisa County, Virginia, died November 16, 1853 ) and his second wife Ann E. Lipscomb ( born January 25, 1799 in Louisa County, Virginia, died January 29, 1835 in Illinois ) ( called " Nancy " in some sources.
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