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
CLIFTONJohn23Silk mercerCoventry, WAR1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
COPEJohn18, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
MACKINSONThomas23Graduate of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
MILLERRoger Woods30Secretary of the Ragged School in London, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
RATTRAYJohn Charles45Employed by Keay and Rattray, iron founders of Dundee, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
SHERRATTJohn Simpson40Former secretary of the Lichfield and Birmingham Railway Company, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231
SMITHHenry50, 1847/Sep Potterspury 15 231