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Title: Scene of the Derby Delph Disaster, April 7th 1906 - MCH00216
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Title
Scene of the Derby Delph Disaster, April 7th 1906 - MCH00216
Description
On 7th April 1906, there was a fatal accident near the Derby Inn, Rishworth.
A horse pulling a trap down the hill past the Derby Inn, Rishworth was frightened when some sheep ran across the road. The horse backed into a wall which collapsed, pitching the carriage, the horse and 4 passengers 90 ft into the Derby Delph quarry below.
Three of the passengers
William Shaw [32] son of the owner of the horse and trap,
William Kenworthy [17], and
William Smithies [32]
- were killed instantly, and the fourth man
George Seed [20]
was badly injured.
All the casualties were from Shaw.
Courtesy of Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion
A horse pulling a trap down the hill past the Derby Inn, Rishworth was frightened when some sheep ran across the road. The horse backed into a wall which collapsed, pitching the carriage, the horse and 4 passengers 90 ft into the Derby Delph quarry below.
Three of the passengers
William Shaw [32] son of the owner of the horse and trap,
William Kenworthy [17], and
William Smithies [32]
- were killed instantly, and the fourth man
George Seed [20]
was badly injured.
All the casualties were from Shaw.
Courtesy of Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion
Source
Mick Chatham
Rights
PHDA - Mick Chatham Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
MCH00216.tif
Collection
Citation
“Scene of the Derby Delph Disaster, April 7th 1906 - MCH00216,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/31643.
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