Details of the Fatal Accident

Place Armitage, Staffordshire, England
Date Wednesday 22nd March 1899, midnight
Railway Company London & North Western Railway
No. of Fatalities 1
Cause of Accident Collision
Description A goods train from Manchester to Southampton left Stafford about 11 p.m. and was followed by another goods train from Phillips Park, Manchester bound for London. A draw-bar on the Southampton train gave way and 36 wagons became detached and were then hit by the following goods train.

Sources/Further Reading

  • Lichfield Mercury, 24th March 1899
  • The Times, 22nd March 1899

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), 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
WOLFEWilliam27Locomotive firemanRugby, WAR1899/Jun Lichfield 6b 292