Postcard of Barnsley Public Hall accident by Warner Gothard, 1908
Photograph
Reference:
WGO-021
Description:
1x black and white copy of a postcard by Warner Gothard of Barnsley, detailing an accident involving the death of 16 children at Barnsley Public Hall staircase on 11th January 1908. The postcard includes photographs of the building and the children, and names the victims as; Beatrice Cartwright, Alice Marshall, Henry Williams, John Charles Hibbert, Flossie Smith, Mary Lee, Albert Ward, John Charles Graham, Hardy Stott, Mary Stott, Nellie Swift, Edward Pickles, Annie Johnson, Winnie Cousins, Charlotte Norton, and William Parkin Goodall.
More information about this tragedy.
Item Date:
January 11 1908;Date accepted
Format:
Photograph - Black & White
Materials:
Paper, Ink
Dimensions:
;152mm;101mm;;;