The Tay Bridge collapse killed 60 people. The bridge was doomed from the start, it was poorly designed, it was built with substandard materials, the bolt holes were cast instead of drilled and fitted the bolts/rivets very poorly, and the maintenance crews were not keeping up with all the beams and struts that were routinely falling off. The steam locomotive that was passing over it when it failed was retrieved from the water, refurbished and put back in service.
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The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
