Details of the Accident
Place | Ullesthorpe |
Date | 16th February 1851, |
Railway Company | |
No. of Fatalities | 1 |
Cause of Accident | Fell under train |
Description | Victim was driver of engine. A steam pipe burst and because he had been badly scalded in a similar incident, the victim climbed over the tender and fell between it and the first carriage. |
Sources/Further Reading
- Weekly Dispatch, 23rd February 1851
List of Fatalities
The 1 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) or Statutory Register (Scotland) reference where this has been identified.
Surname | First Names | Age | Occupation | Residence | Notes | GRO/SR Reference | |||||||
WILKINSON | William | 40 | Train driver | , | Left wife and six children | 1851/Mar Lutterworth 15 126 |