A collection of stories, facts and notes from more than 10 years of my Shenton family history research. The Shenton family has a strong railway connection, from the 1860's with the South Yorkshire Railway in Sheffield and Mexborough, then with at least three generations serving the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, Great Central, LNER and British Railways.
Friday 22 May 2015
Richard Shenton 1857-1923 Reading Mercury 7 April 1900
Reading Mercury 7 April 1900
On the Great Central Railway at Smithies, near Barnsley, an express goods train has been wrecked and the driver and fireman were injured. The engine left the rails, and many waggons mounted the engine, forming a confused mass of wreckage to the height of about 25ft., completely blocking all lines. The driver, Richard Shenton, and the fireman, Bernard Outram, of Staveley, were buried for about an hour, and when recovered were found to be badly injured. Outram died at the Beckett Hospital, Barnsley, on Saturday.
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