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Stairfoot Railway Accident, Stairfoot, Yorkshire 1870

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Date: 12 Dec 1870 [unknown]
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Stairfoot Raliway Accident

History and Circumstances

  • Date: 12 December 1870
  • Location: Stairfoot, Yorkshire, England
  • Victims: 15 lives lost
  • Cause: Run away goods waggons.

The Stairfoot rail accident was a railway accident that took place at Stairfoot, West Riding of Yorkshire, England on 2 December 1870 when a run away good train waggons ran into a stationary passenger train at Stairfoot Station, near Barnsley Yorkshire. An inquest was held at the Black Bull, Ardsley, Yorkshire on 13 December 1870 and continued the next day at Barnsley Court House. The verdict was manslaughter against John Heathershaw.

Victims
Name Details Sourced Bio Connected Category
Thomas Richmond Age 29. A mechanic fitter. Living at Warren. Had a family. Brother of George Richmond.
George Horsfield Age 48. A designer.
Emma Flint Age 20. A domestic servant. Daughter of James Flint of Lundhill. Wombwell, Yorkshire.
William Allerton Age 57. A shoemaker. Living at Darfield Yorkshire. Unmarried. Brother of William Allerton.
Richard Parkes Age 42. A Inkeeper of Hathersage, Derbyshire. Husband of Maria Parkes. No children.
George Flint Age 19. A colliery hurrier. Son of George Flint of West Melton, Yorkshire.
John Winstanley Age 29. A coal miner. Lived at West Melton, Yorkshire. Brother of James Winstanley. Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hannah Walton Age 28. A domestic servant. Daughter of John Walton of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire.
Francis Thorp Age 20. A coal miner. Lived with his parents at High Green, Yorkshire.
Clara Wadsworth Age 21. A domestic servant. Daughter of Joseph Wadsoworh.
James Stopert Coal miner. Lived at Hemmingfield, Yorkshire. Separated from his wife.
John Cusworth Age 57. A colliery labourer. Married with a grown up son.
John Beaumont (1817-1870) Age 57. A wine and spirit merchant at Wombwell. Died on 13 December 1870. Married with four children. Yes Yes Yes
Sarah Briggs alias Bridge Age 11. Daughter of Henry Briggs, a coal miner.
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