The Tay Bridge Disaster

The Tay Bridge Disaster is an internationally-known poem by the Scottish poet William McGonagall and recounts the events of the evening of December 28 1879, when, during a severe gale, the Tay Rail Bridge near Dundee collapsed as a train was passing over it with the loss of all on board (now thought to be 75 people, not 90 as stated in the poem). The foundations of the bridge were not removed and are along side the existing newer bridge.
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