In Feb 1880, fisherman from Utsira, Norway found a “small house” floating in the water. Inside was a trunk of clothes with the initials “PS” or “PB”. It was a train carriage without wheels. This was 46 days after the Tay Bridge Disaster.
The carriage was apparently retrieved and put on a steamer for Scotland. Printed as fact in Norway, but with some scepticism in Scotland. The distance between the the accident and Utsira is no less than 350 miles. If anyone has any insight, please share!
In 1882, a train carriage door, supposedly from the Tay Bridge Disaster was found near Trondheim, Norway. The Dundee Evening Telegraph reported that it was auctioned off as a souvenir.
