Have searched The Times online and the best I could find was a tramcar accident in 1901 in London. I could have missed it though either because the story didnt use the obvious keywords, or because of a glitch in the OCR system or if it was buried in one of the stories I didnt check - there were a lot of hits for some of the wider searches. There does seem to have been a lot of motor cycle accidents between the wars. The stories are quite shocking to modern eyes - as with so many motor accidents at the time the descriptions are of events which one way and another probably would not have had the same outcome today. The dead were named in all the stories I found but of course it is quite possible the story did not get as far as London. If you are reasonably sure that the accident happened locally then the best thing is to look through the local paper. It may not take as long as you think as it may not have had as many pages as today and it may have been filmed. Judy ---------- >From: "Paul Cawsey" <paul.cawsey@virgin.net> >To: ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ENG-SHROP] A large brick wall!! >Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:11:36 +0100 > > I am hoping somebody will be able to help me solve the following problem. > > > > My Great Grandmother Elizabeth Pearce (nee James) married Charles Roger > Pearce of Ludlow in 1899. They lived in Ludlow all their lives. > > Elizabeth Pearce was killed in a Motor bike accident sometime after 1909 and > Charles remarried a Nancy? Sometime after this. The family can’t remember > when all this took place and I have searched Free BDM and Ancestry and can’t > find a death date for Elizabeth or a 2nd marriage date for Charles Pearce. > > > > They know that Charles Pearce and Nancy were living together in the 1940’s > as they took in war workers from Birmingham. > > > > Elizabeth was born in 1873 in Kingsland, Hereford > > Charles was sometimes known as Roger Pearce. > > > > Can anyone shed any light on this problem? > > > > paul > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.0/306 - Release Date: 09/04/2006 > > > > ==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== > TIPS on list etiquette and how to maximise your chances of receiving help > can be found at ~ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donaghmore1/expectations.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >