Details of the Accident
Place | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |
Date | Sunday 1st July 1906, 2.40 a.m. |
Railway Company | London & South Western Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 28 |
Cause of Accident | Excessive speed |
Description | A London and South Western train carrying Trans-Atlantic passengers from Plymouth to London, failed to slow on the curve at Salisbury Station and came off the track and hit a milk train coming in the other direction. Twenty-eight people died, including the driver. The obvious cause was excessive speeding, but with an experienced driver in charge, why wasn't the speed restriction observed? |
Sources/Further Reading
- Salisbury 1906, An Answer to the Enigma?, Norman Pattenden (The South Western Circle 2002)
- Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 7th July 1906
- The Cambrian, 6th July 1906
- The Times, Monday 2nd July 1906
List of Fatalities
The 28 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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BARWICK | Walter | 55 | K. C., Toronto, ON | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
CASSIER | Louis | 42 | Bridgeport, CT | Died of injuries. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
CHENNEOUR | George | 37 | Train guard | Salisbury, WIL | Milk train. Died of injuries | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 |
CHICK | Sidney Charles | 25 | Train fireman | , | Goods train. Died of injuries at 1 p.m. the same day. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 |
COSSITT | Frederick Henry | 22 | , | On honeymoon. Died of injuries. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
ELPHICK | C. W. | 50 | New York, NY | Married | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 | |
GADD | Arthur | 28 | Train guard | , | Boat train | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 |
GOEPPINGER | Louis | 55 | , | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
HARDING | Dudley Pierpoint | 30 | Grove Road, Balham, SRY | Died of injuries. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
HITCHCOCK | Frances | 70 | , | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 | ||
HOWIESON | Mary F. | 50 | New York, NY | Unmarried | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 | |
KELLER | Jules | 40 | Music hall artiste | , | Had limited use of his legs but was famous as an acrobat (using his hands). | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 87 |
KING | Edward Ley | 35 | Minister of Religion | Toronto, ON | Rev. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 |
KOCH | Walter Franklin | 47 | Clothier and haberdasher | Allentown, PA | Travelling with wife and daughter who survived. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 |
MACDONALD | Johne | 47 | West 72nd Street, New York, NY | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
MCMEEKIN | Charles F. | 50 | New York, NY | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
PIPON | Charles Ashworth | 49 | Toronto, ON | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
ROBINS | William John | 38 | Train driver | , | Boat train | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 |
SENTELL | Blanche Marian | 26 | , | One of five members of the family killed. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
SENTELL | Charles Edward | 39 | Lawyer | 16 Exchange, New York, NY | One of five members of the family killed. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 |
SENTELL | Edward William | 69 | , | One of five members of the family killed. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
SENTELL | Ellen Cecilia | 64 | , | One of five members of the family killed. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 | |
SENTELL | Gertrude Maude | 29 | , | One of five members of the family killed. | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 99 | |
SMITH | Eleanor | 18 | , | Unmarried | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | |
SMITH | Gerard | 24 | , | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
SMITH | W. W. | , | Married | |||
THOMPSON | William Henry | 30 | , | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 97 | ||
WAITE | Lillian Hurd | 50 | New York, NY | 1906/Sep Salisbury 5a 98 |