Tay Bridge disaster Scottish author A. J. Cronin, includes a scene involving the Tay Bridge disaster, and the 1942 filmed version of the book dramatically recreates the bridge's catastrophic collapse. The bridge collapse also figures prominently in Barbara Vine's 2002 novel "The Blood Doctor". Tay Bridge disaster During a violent storm on Sunday 28 December 1879, the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed as a train from Wormit to Dundee passed over it, killing all aboard. The bridge—designed by Sir Thomas Bouch—used lattice girders supported by iron piers, with cast iron columns and wrought iron cross-bracing. The piers were narrower and their cross-bracing was
Moses Tay Moses Tay Moses Tay Leng Kong; 鄭靈光 (born 1938) is a retired Singaporean Anglican bishop. He was the 7th Bishop of Singapore from 1982 to 1999 and the first Archbishop of the Province of Anglican Church in South East Asia from 1996 to 2000. Tay was educated in medicine at the University of Singapore. He practiced medicine in Malaysia for eight years. He was Dean of the Diocese of Singapore (1974-1982). In 1982, Tay was installed as the 7th Bishop of Singapore. On 2 February 1996, he was installed as archbishop of Province of South East Asia. In early 1982,