Gillingham bus disaster

[Jim Eshelman]

Dec 4, 1951, 5:58 AM GMT, Chatham, Kent, England (51N23'43", 0W31'54")

On a dark, foggy night, a double-decker bus struck a marching company of 52 members of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps, killing 24 and injuring 18.

At the time of the event (if the exact minute is correct), Uranus was 0°06' from Ascendant and Saturn 0°16' from square Ascendant. Saturn squared Uranus 0°24'.

Year: Capsolar {0}
Sun sq. Asc (0°22')
Moon on Dsc (1°21')
-- Moon-Sun sq. (0°11')
Venus & Neptune more widely foreground
-- Sun/Venus (0°44')

Bridge {+2}
t Mars conj. Cansolar Asc (0°57')
t Mars sq. Cansolar Moon (1°00', sep.)
p Moon op. Cansolar Uranus (0°12')

Quarter: Libsolar {+1}
Sun on Asc (1°12')
Mercury (3°47') & Neptune (3°44') more widely angular
-- Sun-Mercury conj. (2°34')
-- Mercury/Neptune on Asc (0°01') [transportation, fog, obscurity!]

Month: Caplunar {+1}
Sun sq. MC (0°05')
Pluto sq. Asc (1°50')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {-2}
t Venus conj. s Asc (1°54')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+2}
p Moon op. s Uranus (0°12')
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t Mars conj. s Asc (0°57')
t Mars sq. s Moon (1°00', sep.)