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May 23, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commemoration event held to mark the Quintinshill rail disaster

The centenary of the Quintinshill rail disaster was commemorated today in Gretna in Scotland at an event attended by Princess Anne, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and descendents of some of those who died.

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