These days there'd be a makeshift shrine at the site of the accident with flowers and cards and soft toys. Whether there'd be a permanent monument like this I'm not sure. I think there'd be something at the grave site- but maybe not as grand. Fashions change.
But then today it's very unlikely there'd be a mass grave. Relatives would claim the bodies and take them away.
I think this particular disaster hit hard. An accident causing 30 deaths would have been an extraordinary event in mid-19th century England.
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Date: 2017-01-27 07:07 pm (UTC)But then today it's very unlikely there'd be a mass grave. Relatives would claim the bodies and take them away.
I think this particular disaster hit hard. An accident causing 30 deaths would have been an extraordinary event in mid-19th century England.