This week we are marking the 50th anniversary of the Severn Railway Bridge disaster. On 25 October 1960 two tanker barges collided in heavy fog near to Sharpness on the River Severn. They got ...

It is 60 years since the Severn Railway Bridge disaster which saw two tanker barges - the Wastdale H and the Arkendale H - collide in fog near to Sharpness. The two barges were then caught in the ...

In 1960, two barges collided with the Severn Railway Bridge ... The incident became known as the Severn Bridge Disaster. Five men were killed. The tankers were carrying black oil and petroleum ...

when a disaster left it unusable and it was demolished. Two tanker barges carrying oil and petrol hit one of the columns of the old Severn railway bridge on the night of October 25, 1960 ...

The legendary chief engineer to the Great Western Railway, Isambard Kingdom Brunel had advised the city to build its Severn rail span in the form of an opening bridge at Diglis Lock, but ...