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A drawing from the cover of the Illustrated London News depicting a man balancing on the edge of the Tay Bridge to view the disaster scene in Dundee. Seventy five passengers died when their train was plunged into the Tay as the bridge collapsed underneath them in stormy weather on New Year's Eve 1879. Original Publication: Illustrated London News - pub. January 1880 (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)