25 years ago: Pollution experts were probing the effects of a blaze at Allied Colloids chemical plant at Low Moor that needed 130 firefighters to tackle it at its peak.
50 years ago: The footplate crew of a 50-wagon goods train leapt from their locomotive as the train from Low Moor ran out of control at 40mph, careering up the runaway line at the Croft Street goods depot in the city.
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