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On 19 May, two British Army Saracen armoured vehicles were travelling along Chancellors Road [5] in the rural area of Altnaveigh, [4] west of Newry. The IRA had planted a 1,000-pound (450 kg) landmine in a culvert underneath the road. [4] When the second vehicle passed the spot, the landmine was detonated by radio remote control. [5]
The Armagh rail disaster happened on 12 June 1889 near Armagh, County Armagh, in Ireland, [1] when a crowded Sunday school excursion train had to negotiate a steep incline; the steam locomotive was unable to complete the climb and the train stalled. The train crew decided to divide the train and take forward the front portion, leaving the rear ...
7 October – Frederick Williamson, a 33-year-old member of the UDR from Orangefield Drive in the city, is killed along with 28-year-old prison officer Elizabeth Chambers from Broughshane in County Antrim when his car is hit by bullets fired in an INLA ambush on the Armagh to Moy road. Williamson's car careened out of control after being struck ...
Close to Portadown town centre, the A4 branches off towards Dungannon and Maghery, and the A3 continues to the city of Armagh, bypassing the village of Richhill. On entering Armagh, the road meets a series of other main roads leading to the city along a half-ring road; firstly the A51 from Gilford, then the A28 from Newry and the A29 from Dundalk.
The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed the aircraft while approaching the joint British Army-RUC base in Crossmaglen using automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns and heavy machine guns. The heavily damaged helicopter was forced to crash-land in an open field; the aircraft and its crew were eventually recovered by British forces.
A collision on I-5 northbound near the Old Fairhaven Parkway has blocked traffic in the right lane northbound. It was announced at 4:28 p.m. WSDOT north posted on social media that people should ...
Hong Kong traffic accident leaves 87 people injured. KANIS LEUNG. March 24, 2023 at 3:12 PM. 1 / 9. ... The Today Show. Christina Aguilera poses with 2 kids, fiancé in rare family photo.
Bessbrook saw some of the worst violence in the Troubles. 25 British soldiers and local Protestants, all male, lost their lives. Four soldiers died in a non-combat related air accident, but the rest (21 men) were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The linen mill was converted by the British Army into a major military base. A ...