Details of the Accident
Place | Rednal, Shropshire, England |
Date | Wednesday 7th June 1865 |
Railway Company | Great Western Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 13 |
Cause of Accident | Derailment |
Description | A gang were working on the track, packing ballast. An excursion train aproached at speed, the driver did not see the warning flag (neither detonators or a flag man were present). The engine derailed and overturned at the station. |
Sources/Further Reading
- History of the Great Western Railway, Vol II 1863 - 1921 pp 18, E.T. MacDermott
- The Times, Friday 9 June 1865
- The Times, Saturday 10 June 1865
- The Times, Saturday 17 June 1865
- https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-womans-ancestry-search-uncovers-9365405
List of Fatalities
The 13 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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ALLEN | 9 Denmark Street, St. Giles, London, LND | Son of Charles ALLEN | ||||
ALLEN | 9 Denmark Street, St. Giles, London, LND | Wife of Charles | ||||
ALLEN | Charles | 9 Denmark Street, St. Giles, London, LND | Wife and son also died | |||
ANDERTON | William | 29 | Train driver | New Peploe Street (now Westminster Road), Hoole, CHS | Died from injuries two days later. Husband of Anne. | 1865/Jun Shrewsbury 6a 458 |
COLLINARD | Annie | 9 | Warrington, CHS | |||
HAWKE | Samuel | London, LND | ||||
HUGHES | Robert | 56 | , | |||
JONES | Mary Ann | Hosier | Bilston, STS | Visited mother in Wrexham. | ||
KENT | George | 49 | , | Died from injuries. | 1865/Jun Shrewsbury 6a 458 | |
MORETON | Samuel | Railway fireman | , | |||
OWEN | William Edward | Engineer on board a steam boat. | 11 Northend, High Street, Southampton, HAM | Brother of Emma. Left wife and five children | ||
SHAW | Elizabeth | Mosely-hole, nr Wolverhampton, STS | ||||
SIVETTER | Thomas | 39 | , | 1865/Jun Shrewsbury 6a 458 |