Silvertown Explosion - civilian casualties

[elmo]

Hi,
The book you need to read is called "With Disastrous Consequences... London Disasters 1830-1917" by Wendy Neal. It has 27 pages on the Silvertown Blast, and a list of the casualties, including Norman gardener age 5.

Elmo 

[vabbott]

try the link for Stan Dyson  He has written a book etc  it makes good reading

www.westsilvertownfoundation.org.uk/stansgallery.htm
regards
ronnie

[maidmarianoops]

http://www.newhamstory.com/files/Silvertown-Casualties.pdf

may help
sylvia

[pattter]

We are about a third of the way through now adding the civilian casualties to the Imperial War Museum's Lives of the First World War site.  They are in a community (https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/7663908#communities)

[elliot]

Tonight I posted another angle [with further interesting links] to the vast explosion and the loss of 73 lives.  Most of the links here fail me as they are 20 years old.
Sadly the RC machinery is too stressed out and I can't even search for my post again!  Yes I know it is that time of year when everything just gets TOO MUCH.
Will try again tomorrow.

[elliot]

Hello All

A friend would like to know more about the Silvertown Explosion in which several of her relatives were injured and one killed.

The incident, on 19th Jan 1917 killed 73 people in total and devastated a large area near Crescents Wharf where the factory of Brunner Mond was located.

She has had some success looking on the internet, but would like to know whether more information is available about civilian casualties?

Apparently there is a book called The Silvertown Explosion and the Stratford Express is believed to have reported some names.

Would anyone have access to the book or any articles about the explosion that might name the civilians, please?  The family name we are after is GARDENER. 

Many thanks for any help

kind regards, Arranroots 

I see that some kind person has left a note [a postem] for many of the children killed by the explosion at FREEBMD, 1917 March quarter at WEST HAM district.
Gardner    Norman W [aged 5] W.Ham 4a   222    
Gardner    Sidney A    56    W.Ham    4a   432
"Victim of the TNT explosion at the Brunner Mond works, in Crescent Wharf, Silvertown at 6.52pm on January 19, 1917."