Tay Bridge Disaster.....

[DavidWW]

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Known Tay Bridge Disaster Victims

Based on the tickets collected at the last station before the bridge, St Fort Station, it was estimated that the total of passengers and crew on the train was 75, although only 46 bodies were ever recovered.


The 60 names listed by the police were:


Anderson, Joseph 21 compositor 13 South Ellen Street
Annan, Thomas 20 iron turner 48 Princes Street
Bain, Archibald 26 farmer Mains of Balgay
Bain, Jessie 22 sister of above Mains of Balgay
Benyon, William H n/a photographer Cheltenham
Brown, Lizzie 14 tobacco spinner 28 Arbroath Road
Cheap, Mrs 51 domestic servant 121 High Street, Lochee
Crichton, James n/a ploughman Mains of Fintry
Cruickshank, Annie 54 domestic servant Moray Place, Edinburgh
Culross, Robert n/a carpenter Newport
Cunningham, David 21 mason 23 Pitalpin Street, Lochee
Davidson, Thomas 28 farm servant Linlathen
Easton, Mrs n/s widow n/a
Fowlis, Robert 21 mason 23 Pitalpin Street, Lochee
Graham, David 37 teacher Stirling
Hamilton, John 32 grocer 16 North Ellen Street
Henderson, James 22 labourer 3 Church Street
Hendry, Elizabeth 62 n/a Prior Road, Forfar
Jobson, David 39 oil & colour merchant 3 Airlie Place
Johnston, David 24 railway guard Edinburgh
Johnston, George 25 mechanic n/a
Jack, William n/a grocer 57 Mains Road
Kinnear, Margaret 17 domestic servant 6 Shore Terrace
Leslie, James 22 clerk Baffin Street
Lawson, John 25 plasterer 39 Lilybank Road
McBeath, David 44 railway guard 46 Castle Street
Macdonald, William 41 sawmiller 70 Blackness Road
Macdonald, David 11 schoolboy 70 Blackness Road
Mitchell, David 37 engine driver 89 Peddie Street
Marshall, John 24 stoker 18 Hunter Street
Murray, Donald 49 mail guard 13 South Ellen Street
Milne, Elisabeth n/a dressmaker n/a
Murdoch, James 21 engineer 1 Thistle Street
Millar, James n/a flax dresser Dysart
McIntosh, George 43 goods guard 25 Hawkhill
Neish, David 37 teacher & registrar 51 Couper Street, Lochee
Neish, Bella 5 daughter of above 51 Couper Street, Lochee
Ness, Walter 24 saddler 4 Bain Square, Wellgate
Ness, George n/a n/a n/a
Neilson, William 31 n/a 53 Monk Street, Gateshead
Nicoll, Mrs Elisabeth 24 n/a 46 Bell Street
Paton, James 42 mechanic Edinburgh
Peebles, William 30-40 n/a n/a
Peebles, James 15 apprentice grocer Newport
Robertson, William 21 labourer 100 Foundry Lane
Robertson, Alexander 23 labourer 100 Foundry Lane
Salmond, Peter 43 blacksmith 50 Princes Street
Scott, David 26 goods guard 7 Yeaman Shore
Scott, John 30 pipe maker n/a
Sharp, John 35 joiner 76 Commercial Street
Smart, Eliza 22 domestic servant Union Mount, Perth Road
Spence, Annie 21 weaver 62 Kemback Street
Syme, David 22 clerk Royal Hotel, Nethergate
Taylor, George 25 mason 56 Union Street
Threllfell, William 18 confectioner 9 Union Street
Veitch, William 18 cabinetmaker 39 Church Street
Watson, David n/a commission agent Newport
Watson, Robert 34 moulder 12 Lawrence Street
Watson, David 9 son of above 12 Lawrence Street
Watson, Robert 6 brother of above 12 Lawrence Street


Unless otherwise shown the above addresses are in Dundee.

Note that the above list is not exhaustive, - there may have been up to another 15 victims whose names were never recorded by the police, although you would imagine that employees of the railway company, in this case the North British Railway Company, would be well documented.

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