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20 Sep 1868
Location: Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Location: Abergele, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
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- The Abergele rail disaster, which took place near the town of Abergele, on the north coast of Wales on the 20th August 1868, was, at the time, the worst railway disaster in Great Britain, and also the most alarming. The Irish Mail Express from Chester through to Holyhead was met by three runaway freight trucks containing petroleum coming down the gradient from Llanddulas. These exploded and the ensuing fire consumed the front of the train. Most of the bodies of the victims were so badly burnt that formal identification proved impossible. One person was identified by the finding of a Chubb key, the number of which was identified by Chubb as belonging to a safe owned by Mr William T Lund. Wikipedia
- The 33 victims were buried in a mass grave in St Michael's churchyard in Abergele, with the London & North Western Railway Company paying all funeral expenses.
- The Victims
- Frances Sophia Thornburgh Askin (1846-1868) “Fanny”, 21 years old
- Kate Sophia (Thornburgh) Askin (1821-1868)(mother of #1)
- Arthur Fitzgerald Harrison Aylmer (1850-1868) son of #4 and #5
- John Harrison Aylmer (abt.1812-1868)
- Rosanna Louisa Aylmer (abt.1821-1868), wife of #4
- Elizabeth Mary Berwick (abt.1798-1868), sister of Walter #7
- Walter Berwick (1800-1868), Judge Walter NOT George[1]. FindAGrave alerted to error[2]
- Lord Henry Farnham (1799-1868)
- The Lady Farnham (abt.1805-1868) wife of #8
- Sir Nicholas Chinnery (1804-1868)
- Lady Anna Chinnery (abt.1820-1868) wife of #10
- Charles Cripps, Footman of Lord Farnham
- Capt. Joseph Priestley Edwards (abt.1818-1868)
- Priestley Augustus Edwards (1845-1868) son of #13
- Lovatt Ferral b. abt 1801 Ireland
- Rosalie Franks, cousin to the Aylmer family #4
- Joseph Holmes, stoker on the train
- Jane Ingram, unknown
- Mary Ann Kellett, Lady's Maid to Lady Farnham
- Augusta Simcox Lea (1841-1868), with her elder sister #21
- Caroline Simcox Lea (1839-1868), with her younger sister #20
- William Townend Lund (1829-1868), widower, brother-in-law of the Parkinson brothers #25 & #26
- Edward Outen - nothing known
- William Henry Owen (1845-1868) returning to his job as organist in Dublin
- Christopher Slater Parkinson (1844-1868) with his brother #25 and brother-in-law #22
- William Bradley Parkinson (1827-1868) with his brother #24 and brother-in-law #22
- Mary Anne Roe, unknown
- Kathleen Scovell (-1868), spinster, sister of Whitmore (#29). Estate administered by her brother Rowland Hill Scovell of County Wicklow
- Whitmore Scovell (1822-1868) brother of #28
- William Smith, the guard on the train
- Caroline Stearn, maid to Lady Anna Chinnery #11
- Elizabeth Strafford, Housekeeper to Lord and Lady Farnham #8 & #9
- Louisa Symes, unknown
Sources
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Berwick
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187756085/george-berwick
- Wikidata: Item Q1269296
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