Oswald Garside (photographer, Warrington) 22 Oct 1895, Gare de Montparnasse accident
Not many know the photographer of this famous image was Oswald Garside of Warrington, Lancashire. Oswald studied photography at Warrington Art School.
The Granville to Paris express careered through the buffers to land on the street thirty feet below. The only person killed was a lady selling newspapers on the street, killed by falling masonry. The current (2-2016) exhibition of local photographers at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery tells you Oswald's life story along with other prominent local photographers, including of all people Lewis Carroll of Alice in Wonderland fame.
Oswald Garside (photographer, Warrington) 22 Oct 1895, Gare de Montparnasse accident
Not many know the photographer of this famous image was Oswald Garside of Warrington, Lancashire. Oswald studied photography at Warrington Art School.
The Granville to Paris express careered through the buffers to land on the street thirty feet below. The only person killed was a lady selling newspapers on the street, killed by falling masonry. The current (2-2016) exhibition of local photographers at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery tells you Oswald's life story along with other prominent local photographers, including of all people Lewis Carroll of Alice in Wonderland fame.