Place	Wigan North Western, Lancashire, England
Date	Saturday 2nd August 1873
Railway Company	London & North Western Railway
No. of Fatalities	13
Cause of Accident	Derailment
Description	London to Scotland express derailed on facing points, cause unknown. 13 killed, 30 injured.

List of Fatalities

11 of the 13 fatalities that have been identifed so far are listed in the table below together with brief notes on 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
ANSON	John William Hamilton	53		,	2nd baronet. Left wife and 10 children.	1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
ARLETT	Martha	22	Waiting-maid	,		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
FAGG	James	19	Valet	,		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
MINNETTE	Alice	23	Children's nurse	,		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
PHILIPS	John	70	Chamberlain to Lord Moray	,		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
ROBERTS	Mary	73		Wemouth, DOR	Widow of Zachariah ROBERTS	1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
ROBERTS	Zachariah	30	Schoolmaster at Carlisle Industrial Schools.	,	Son of Mary and Zachariah ROBERTS	1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
WADDELL	Thomas Russell	27	Solicitor	Wellington Sq., Ayr, AYR		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
WARK	Andrew Alexander	3		Highgate, London, MDX		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
WARK	Margaret Reyburn C.	3		Highgate, London, MDX		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37
WARK	Thomas Cuthbertson	10		Highgate, London, MDX		1873/Sep Wigan 8c 37