Details of the Accident
Place | Manor House, Thirsk, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
Date | Wednesday 2nd November 1892, 4.02 a.m. |
Railway Company | North Eastern Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 10 |
Cause of Accident | Signalman error |
Description | Due to lack of sleep following a personal tragedy, the signalman forgot about a goods train waiting outside his box and allowed the Scottish Express to enter the section which was occupied by the previous train. |
Sources/Further Reading
- Red for Danger, L.T.C. Rolt (Sutton Publishing)
List of Fatalities
The 10 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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ANDERSON | James Jack | 45 | 8, Panmure Street, Dundee, ANS | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 | ||
BOYLE | Robert Montague | 22 | Augener and Company | 86 Newgate Street, London E.C. , LND | 1892/Sep Thirsk 9d 295 | |
BRODIE | Hugh Purves | 33 | Plym Villa, Wallwood Road, Leytonstone, ESS | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 | ||
HAMILTON | Charlotte | 5 | 2, Gilmore Street, Alexandria, Dumbarton, DNB | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 | ||
HILL | John Boswell | 37 | 119, George Street, Edinburgh, MLN | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 | ||
LEE | John Henry | 37 | 111, Commercial Street, Spitalfields Market, London E., LND | 1892/Sep Thirsk 9d 295 | ||
MCCULLOCH | Ann Glen | 24 | Alexandria, Dumbarton, DNB | Unmarried. Aunt of Charlotte HAMILTON and sister to David MCCULLOCH who was injured. | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 | |
MCKENZIE | Edinburgh, MLN | Wife of Alexander MCKENZIE who was injured. | ||||
MCLEOD | Duncan Alexander | 30 | Soldier | , | Captain. Memorial in Black Watch museum. | 1892/Sep Thirsk 9d 295 |
PETCH | George | 40 | Railway goods guard | Middlesbrough, NRY | 1892/Dec Thirsk 9d 294 |