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Accident Collection

Background imageAccident Collection: Train crash in Cocking, West Sussex

Train crash in Cocking, West Sussex
Steam engine in stream after small bridge had collapsed on the Midhurst to Chichester line, 19th November 1951. Photographed by George Garland. George Garland Collection

Background imageAccident Collection: Kirdford Boys Memorial Stone - 1838

Kirdford Boys Memorial Stone - 1838
Stone in memory of 6 teenagers - George Newman, Charles Newman, Thomas Rapley, George Puttick, William Boxall and Thomas Eames, and one man Edward Evershed

Background imageAccident Collection: Petworth School Bombing - September 1942

Petworth School Bombing - September 1942
Remains of the bombed school George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N21874

Background imageAccident Collection: Car crash snow on by-pass near Chichester

Car crash snow on by-pass near Chichester, 15 Jan 1963 Chichester Photographic Society West Sussex Ref No: CPS1602

Background imageAccident Collection: Crashed Aeroplane - January 1947

Crashed Aeroplane - January 1947
View of mangled Tiger Moth EM967 G-AHXO which crashed in a field near Pulborough on 16 January. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N27549

Background imageAccident Collection: First anniversary of Petworth School Bombing - September 1943

First anniversary of Petworth School Bombing - September 1943
Line of young boys stand beside the flower covered grave of their fellow pupils, paying tribute and laying a wreath. One of their teachers looks

Background imageAccident Collection: Tobogganing in the snow at Goodwood

Tobogganing in the snow at Goodwood
Fall whilst tobogganing in the snow at Goodwood, 3 Feb 1963 Chichester Photographic Society West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS1615/4

Background imageAccident Collection: Fire at Loxwood Place - 29 June 1948

Fire at Loxwood Place - 29 June 1948
External shot of the remains of a large 14-roomed house gutted by fire. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N30176

Background imageAccident Collection: Lavington Farm Fire - November 1947

Lavington Farm Fire - November 1947
Fire caused by back-firing threshing machine is viewed by farm workers - firemen also on site. Damaged vehicle in foreground. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. N29204

Background imageAccident Collection: Tank crashed into house - May 1943

Tank crashed into house - May 1943
Nose of military vehicle pushed through the rubble of one wall of a house. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N22129

Background imageAccident Collection: Petworth School Bombing - Procession - September 1942

Petworth School Bombing - Procession - September 1942
A long, long line of people, both military and civilian, form a funeral procession for the children and adults killed in the bombing. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No

Background imageAccident Collection: Petworth School Bombing Funeral - September 1942

Petworth School Bombing Funeral - September 1942
Funeral procession through the streets lined with people; coffins being transported on the backs of military vehicles past the war memorial. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref

Background imageAccident Collection: Car smash at crossroads - July 1938

Car smash at crossroads - July 1938
Petworth church steeple in background. Contemporary motorcycle, possibly belonging to police in foregound. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N17169

Background imageAccident Collection: Accident to a lorry

Accident to a lorry at the bridge at Coultershaw mill, Petworth 1922 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N236


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