Details of the Accident
Place | Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England |
Date | Friday 2nd September 1898, 8.10 p.m. |
Railway Company | Midland Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 7 |
Cause of Accident | Vandalism |
Description | Whilst the 6.45 p.m. London St.Pancras to Manchester express was running through Wellingborough station at 70 mph, two boys pushed a luggage trolley off the edge of the platform into the path of the train. Train ploughed into an embankment and several carriages were wrecked. |
Sources/Further Reading
- British Journal of Photography, 7 Mar 1986, p275-6
- Gravestones in Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester
- The Times, Monday 5th September 1898
- The Times, Tuesday 20th September 1898
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 |
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BUTLER | Rose Anna | 51 | 94 Upper Conduit Street, Leicester, LEI | Wife of George BUTLER who was a Midland Railway porter | 1898/Sep Wellingbro' 3b 102 | |
CLARK | Mary | 29 | , | Unmarried. Daughter of Mr. C. CLARKE of the Laurels, Kings Norton nr Leicester LEI. Died of injuries 3rd September at the house of Nurse Kay, Wellingborough. | 1898/Sep Wellingbro' 3b 102 | |
DIX | Arthur William | 29 | Commercial traveller for Messrs Bastow and Co., Drapers | Dairy Farm Road, Derby, DBY | Died of injuries 3rd September in Northampton General Infirmary | 1898/Sep Northampton 3b 43 |
JOYCE | William | 29 | Train fireman | Grove Road, Leicester, LEI | 1898/Sep Wellingbro' 3b 102 | |
MEADOWS | Edwin | 55 | Train driver | Leicester, LEI | 1898/Sep Wellingbro' 3b 102 | |
RICHARDSON | Percy | 21 | Shoe manufacturer | Lower House, Leicester, LEI | 1898/Sep Wellingbro' 3b 102 | |
THORNTON | Joseph | 69 | Boot and shoe manufacturer | Leicester, LEI | Died of injuries on the 19th September at Northampton General Infirmary. | 1898/Sep Northampton 3b 45 |