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Title: Hessle Railway accident
Post by: Setab on Saturday 27 January 18 17:25 GMT (UK)

I have a James Brown b 1779 who was the fatality in a railway accident on the 21.2.1847 in Hessle. The newspaper reports on the accident reported that that he was a "Crier of Hessle". I take this to mean Town Crier, but find no trace of such. Has anyone any ideas please??
The railway archives stated that it was caused by a derailment and the files have yet to be updated

Title: Re: Hessle Railway accident
Post by: Bee on Saturday 27 January 18 23:54 GMT (UK)

CRIER, either a town crier or one of many street salesmen and women who would shout out what they had to sell in their own distinctive ways.

Title: Re: Hessle Railway accident
Post by: iluleah on Sunday 28 January 18 00:26 GMT (UK)

"Brown was a Boot and Shoe maker by trade and is listed in Directories of the time"
The full newspaper report is here

https://www.sites.google.com/site/hesslelocalhistorysociety/railway/fatal-railway-accident-of-1847

Title: Re: Hessle Railway accident
Post by: Setab on Monday 29 January 18 19:28 GMT (UK)

Thanks all, matches up

Title: Re: Hessle Railway accident
Post by: Redroger on Tuesday 30 January 18 18:56 GMT (UK)

Some people never learn, there are frightening resemblences to the high speed incident when an IC225 was derailed at Hatfield due to track failure in 1998!