Editing Witham (section)

===Witham rail crash===
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[[File:witham.jpg|thumb|Witham railway station, 1&nbsp;September 1905]]
[[Witham railway station]] was the scene of a serious accident 09:27 on 1 September 1905. The [[Liverpool Street railway station|London Liverpool Street]]-to-[[Cromer railway station|Cromer]] 14-coach express derailed whilst travelling at speed through the station. Ten passengers and a luggage porter were killed when several of the carriages somersaulted on to the platforms causing considerable damage to the rolling stock and the station. Seventy-one passengers were seriously injured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Event summary |series=Accident at Witham on 1st September 1905 |website=Railways Archive |place=U.K. |id=event&nbsp;72 |url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=72}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=P.G., Lt.Col. |last=von&nbsp;Donop |series=Accident returns |title=Extract for the accident at Witham on 1st September 1905 |date=1 November 1905 |publisher=Board of Trade |url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2496 |via=Railways Archive, U.K.}}</ref> It remains to this day the worst loss of life in a railway accident in Essex.

In 2005, an opportunity to commemorate the centenary was missed and the incident is now largely forgotten. Ben Sainty, a signalman, whose quick action averted the next train hitting the wreckage, has a road named after him in the town, Ben Sainty Court.