The occasion for “The Tay Bridge Disaster” was also the occasion for a poem by Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), which, however, is held in high regard: “Die Brück’ am Tay”

German: https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Die_Br%C3%BCck%E2%80%99_am_Ta...

Link to “Norman Barry's English translation”: http://www.johnmaynard.net/RelPoems.html

A side-by-side presentation with another translation: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/die-br%C3%BCck-am-tay-when-we...