Engraver:
Title: A Fatal Omnibus Accident in Dublin, 1861
Date: 1861
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 x 26.1 cm
Image: 162 x 23.3 cm
Credit Line: Presented, Mrs D. Molloy, 1981
Object Number: NGI.20554
DescriptionThis graphic image, published in the Illustrated London News, of an omnibus plunging into the canal at Portobello on the southside of Dublin on April 6, 1861 is accompanied by a horrifying eye-witness account:
'Six human beings, shut up in an omnibus were plunged into a dark chamber sixteen or twenty feet deep, half full of water, shrieking and struggling for help in vain. The horses were plunging furiously, striking their hoofs against the smooth, slimy stone walls, splashing the water about in their convulsive efforts for life.'
'Six human beings, shut up in an omnibus were plunged into a dark chamber sixteen or twenty feet deep, half full of water, shrieking and struggling for help in vain. The horses were plunging furiously, striking their hoofs against the smooth, slimy stone walls, splashing the water about in their convulsive efforts for life.'