Fauld explosion, The Cock Inn, Hanbury
On the morning of November 27, 1944, a huge explosion took place after the accidental ignition of 3,500 tons of explosives stored by the RAF in a disused gypsum mine.
Upper Castle Hayes Farm was completely ...
Funeral of the Foster children, Cheddleton
The funeral of John Thomas Foster aged 11, and his two sisters, Gertrude Fanny, aged 17, and Emily Mary aged 15, of Brund Farm, Cheddleton took place at the Church of St Edward the Confessor, Cheddleton ...
Funeral of the Foster children, Cheddleton
The funeral of sisters Gertrude Fanny Foster, aged 17, and Emily Mary Foster, aged 15, and their brother, John Thomas Foster, aged 11, of Brund Farm, Cheddleton took place at the Church of St. Edward ...
Hixon Rail Disaster
Firemen on the roof of a train carriage. In the group of policemen bottom left are Sgt. John Riley (the Sergeant wearing the helmet) who was stationed at Stone, and the Constable on the extreme left without ...
Hixon Railway Disaster
A damaged de-railed carriage near Hixon Crossing. The rail accident occurred at the level crossing just outside Hixon when the inter-city Manchester to London express hit a lorry. The lorry, which had ...
Jamage Colliery, Talke, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken after the rescue of some pit ponies that had been trapped underground for 21 days. Two underground explosions occurred on the 25th November 1911 killing 6 men and 27 ponies. ...
Jamage Rescue Brigade, Jamage Colliery, Kidsgrove
On the 12 January 1918 there was an explosion at the Minnie Pit and 155 men and boys were killed. This photograph was taken before the Rescue Brigade descended into the pit. Pictured left to right on ...
Julia Florence Cavendish, Little Onn Hall, Church Eaton
Modern portrait, based on a press photograph, of Mrs Julia Florence Cavendish (1887-1963). The daughter of New York millionaire Henry Siegel, she married Tyrell William Cavendish of Crakemarsh Hall (near ...
Lorry Crash, Eccleshall
At 6am on 8 October 1952 the driver of a British Railways Bedford O series lorry lost control of his vehicle and crashed into Mrs Skinner’s greengrocer’s shop. The driver, Richard Morris Davies of Albrighton, ...
Mining rescue team at the Minnie Pit, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This mining rescue team is about to descend into the tunnels of the Minnie Pit following the Minnie Pit disaster of January 1918.
It was the Potteries' worst colliery accident: around 160 men and ...
Minnie Pit Disaster
Minnie Pit will ever be remembered as the most infamous in the North Staffordshire coal field due to the heavy loss of life it incurred on 12th January 1918. This was the third disaster at the pit and ...
Minnie Pit Disaster, 1918
Minnie pit will ever be remembered as the most infamous in the North Staffordshire coal field due to the heavy loss of life it incurred on 12th January 1918. This was the third disaster at the pit and ...
Motor Accident, Oulton, Stone,
Three boys observing the wreckage after a collision between a van and a Longton bus on Oulton Road, at 'the Flash' between Stone and Oulton.
Motor Accident, Stone,
Motor accident on Stafford Road. The lorry is in Scotch Brook; Walton Bridge can be seen in the background.
The lorry belonged to Cornbrook Carrying and Storage Company from Manchester.
Motor vehicle accident, Froghall
A van belonging to Messrs Murdoch & Swindells, coal merchants at Froghall, has fallen onto the Froghall Junction line between Froghall Junction and Froghall Wharf in the Churnet valley. A group of men, ...
Rail accident at Uttoxeter
A group of men survey the damage resulting from a rail accident at Uttoxeter station in 1890.
Although this section of the line was under the control of Uttoxeter engine shed, a heavy crane was called ...
Rail Accident, Great Bridgeford,
Rescue operation after the derailment of a train.
Spectators can be seen behind the wooden fencing on the right of the photograph.
One of the first people that were at the scene of the accident ...
Rail Accident, Uttoxeter Station, Uttoxeter
This rail accident occurred when a mineral train coming from the Bramshall direction ran into a Class C train. The Class C train was driven into a Midland Railway milk van standing at the rear of the ...