A Conversation for The Official h2g2 Winter Party, London 2003
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Started conversation Jan 25, 2003
Nobody hurt I hope. 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 25, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2694361.stm
eep. and it's Holborn as well. - hundreds of h2g2 researchers wandering the streets of the nation's capital without a 
in hand. 
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jan 25, 2003
Just watching it on BBC News 24 - I don't recognise anyone...
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Zantic - Who is this woman?? Posted Jan 25, 2003
I'm just off to the Pub...have been at work all day and have just found out about the crash...
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Jan 25, 2003
Apparently no researchers have been hurt, although some had to suffer the indignity of getting on a bus. 
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loosehead Posted Jan 25, 2003
Just walked past. The police say it is "under control" but that is all they said
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Clelba Posted Jan 25, 2003
typical...
hope everyone's ok...
^. .^
= ' =
Gurus
CommunityArtists
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Toccata Posted Jan 26, 2003
It wasn't us we didn't do it 
'Parently nobody was hurt at all 
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jan 26, 2003
As far as I know it happened near Chancery lane, where we walked. Did anyone jump to high or dropped something?
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 26, 2003
Panic not. Just a derailment, not a crash per sec. Plenty of shaken up folks, but no serious injuires. From the sounds of the reports, I suspect a bolt sheared on the undercarriage, allowing part of the ngine to hit the track. That's just a best guess though.
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Frankie Roberto Posted Jan 26, 2003
My dad nearly caught the tube, but decided to walk for a bit and then get the bus. Lucky him...
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Abi Posted Jan 26, 2003
It was derailed coming in to Chancery Lane eastbounds - thank goodness to the best of our knowledge everyone is safe.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 26, 2003
The reports I've had from Roger Ford suggest that the worse injures were cuts to the face from breaking glass. Very unusual, that sort of mechcanical failure on the London Underground.
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Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* Posted Jan 26, 2003
No there were broken legs too. Peregrin and I were supposed to be on that train but as usual we were late which was quite lucky this time! We turned up just as fire engines were arriving nasty by the looks, the tube officials just told us it was an incident which immediately paniced everyone!
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Jan 26, 2003
Broken legs? Oh great, that means actually doing *work* tomorrow
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Post Team Posted Jan 27, 2003
I think it was Westbound Abi!
If it had been Eastbound then it was the exact train which I caught from Hyde Park as I embarked at Holborn Station about 5 mins to 2 and arrived at the Shakespeare at 1 minute to 2!
Mind you - thinking about it, the train I caught earlier going to Hyde Park was making rather alarming noises and I remember a fellow traveller and I commenting on same. It was doing far more than the usual clanking and creaking and was swaying quite a bit.
shazz 
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Rachie D ..terrible at keeping in touch with people Posted Jan 27, 2003
I spoke to someone who was actually on that train, when I was on the way back to Ipswich.
He was lucky, because he was towards the front of the train. Apparently it was the last three carriages which came off the track, and because it was packed - due to both a delay between trains and engineering works on the circle line - there were a lot of people standing.
Apparently about 30 people got taken to hospital, but none were kept in. What a nightmare, but thank God it wasn't any worse.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jan 27, 2003
I was on the tube behind the one that crashed.
The announcer said "The line is closing due to an incident ahead"
I was the one who had to suffer the indignity of getting the
I was trying to find Shazz at Hyde Park but couldn't so I rang Mina who passed her mobile to Abi who told me to walk to Marble Arch and catch the Central Line to Holborn.
I bought a ticket which is timed at 13.59pm.
I can't believe the crash happened between your train and mine, Shazz.
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Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking Posted Jan 27, 2003
It even made the Dutch papers with a few lines.From it I got the impression the train for once did not mind the gap and hit the platform
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Jan 28, 2003
We were on the Northern Line when we found out... No problem. I love the Underground!!! YAY!!!
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- 1: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 2: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 25, 2003)
- 3: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 25, 2003)
- 4: Zantic - Who is this woman?? (Jan 25, 2003)
- 5: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Jan 25, 2003)
- 6: loosehead (Jan 25, 2003)
- 7: Clelba (Jan 25, 2003)
- 8: Toccata (Jan 26, 2003)
- 9: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Jan 26, 2003)
- 10: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 26, 2003)
- 11: Frankie Roberto (Jan 26, 2003)
- 12: Abi (Jan 26, 2003)
- 13: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 26, 2003)
- 14: Tinkerbell *tumbleweed* (Jan 26, 2003)
- 15: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Jan 26, 2003)
- 16: Post Team (Jan 27, 2003)
- 17: Rachie D ..terrible at keeping in touch with people (Jan 27, 2003)
- 18: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Jan 27, 2003)
- 19: Marjin, After a long time of procrastination back lurking (Jan 27, 2003)
- 20: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Jan 28, 2003)
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