Details of the Fatal Accident

Place Birkenhead Park, Cheshire, England
Date Wednesday 6th December 1922, 4.26 p.m.
Railway Company Wirral Railway
No. of Fatalities 1
Cause of Accident Collision
Description The 4 p.m. train from West Kirby was approaching the station at Birkenhead Park when it hit the the side of the 4.18 p.m.down train which was departing the station over the crossover connecting the up line with the down line. The victim was travelling in the brake van in a special chair and died of injuries after being thrown from her chair.

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List of Fatalities

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The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales), Statutory Register (Scotland), General Register Northern Ireland or Civil Registration for Ireland reference where this has been identified.

Surname First Names Age Occupation Residence Notes GRO/SR/GRONI/GROIE Reference
SAXE-WILSONMargaret L.68Cable Road, Hoylake, CHS"Invalid"1922/Dec Birkenhead 8a 562