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The Irish Mail train ploughed into six runaway trucks at Llanddulas.

Thirty three people died on August 20, 1868, when the Irish Mail train ploughed into six runaway trucks at Llanddulas, near Abergele.

Most of the bodies were so badly burned they could not be identified.

The victims were buried in a mass grave at St Michael’s Church, Abergele, where the service will be held on August 24.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7571806.stm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abergele_rail_disaster

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