Date: 1898
The distance from the viaduct to the Junction Station is about nine hundred yards, on a very sharp curve.  Had it not been for the prompt action taken by the good old miller of the Mytholm valley, a most serious accident would have happened, as there was nothing to prevent the engine and train of carriages running off the line into the valley beneath, a drop of fifty yards.  On receiving the telegram I immediately left the church, and went to the station and got an engine, which took me to the scene of the accident, when I saw that all communication by railway with Holmflrth was destroyed for at least twelve months, I began to consider what was the best thing to do under the circumstances.