Details of the Accident
Place | Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, England |
Date | Saturday 5th June 1847, p.m. |
Railway Company | London & North Western Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 7 |
Cause of Accident | Collision and derailment |
Description | A mail train to Liverpool collided with some stationary coal wagons. The signalman gave the proceed signal to the driver and then mistakenly changed the points so that the train went into a siding instead of the mainline. |
Sources/Further Reading
- Liverpool Mercury, Tuesday 8 June 1847
- wolvertonpast.blogspot.co.uk/
List of Fatalities
The 7 fatalities are listed in the table below together with brief notes of any other information found so far.
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 |
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CLIFTON | John | 23 | Silk mercer | Coventry, WAR | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | |
COPE | John | 18 | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | ||
MACKINSON | Thomas | 23 | Graduate of Magdalen Hall, Oxford | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | |
MILLER | Roger Woods | 30 | Secretary of the Ragged School in London | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | |
RATTRAY | John Charles | 45 | Employed by Keay and Rattray, iron founders of Dundee | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | |
SHERRATT | John Simpson | 40 | Former secretary of the Lichfield and Birmingham Railway Company | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 | |
SMITH | Henry | 50 | , | 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231 |