Warner Gothard Postcard Index

Special thanks to Brian Lund, Richard Higgs and John Alsop for their assistance in compiling this listing. We welcome any new information and scans of Gothard event and disaster postcards not listed in this section so we can build a more complete picture. The scarcity rating and valuation information below is only a guide and open to interpretation. The standard postcards have remained quite static because they are so accessible. The extremely rare examples can bring very high prices, especially when offered for sale at auction where prices can naturally become inflated when collectors are bidding against each other.

Scarcity Rating and Valuation Guide 2012
Standard Ł20-Ł30	Scarce Ł40-60	Rare Ł60-Ł80	Extremely Rare Ł80+

19th January 1905

Cudworth Railway Accident
2 Cards

		(a) Four Vignette Pictures (H)
		(b) Large Central Picture (H)

8th - 10th August 1907

Barnsley Yorkshire Show
2 Cards

		(a) Pictures of Showground, Pavilion and Officials (H)
		(b) Two Large Pictures (H)

15th November 1907

Barrow Colliery, Barnsley, Mine Disaster
2 Cards

		(a) General View & Pictures of 7 Victims, No Publisher Name But Certainly Warner Gothard
		(b) As Above But With 'J. Lodge Publisher Barnsley' on the Reverse?

23rd November 1907

Hoyland, Silkstone Colliery, Boiler House Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

12th December 1907

Worsboro Dale, Barnsley, Powder Mills Explosion
1 Card

(a) No Publisher Name (H)

11th January 1908

Barnsley, Public Hall Disaster
1 Card

(a) Six Pictures (H)

20th February 1908

Washington, County Durham, Mine Explosion
4 Cards

		(a) General View & Pictures of 13 Victims, W.H. Smith Wholesale Details Bottom Right (H)
		(b) General View & Pictures of 13 Victims, No Wholesale Details Bottom Right (H)
		(c) Pictures of 13 Victims (V)
		(d) Pictures of all 14 Victims (V)

29th February 1908

Woodhouse Junction, Sheffield, Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) Five Pictures and Three Victims (H)

4th March 1908

Hamstead, Birmingham, Colliery Fire
6 Cards

		(a) Pictures of Colliery, Rescuers and Survivors - T. Hollyoak Far Left (H)
		(b) Pictures of Colliery, Rescuers and Survivors - J. Bradley Far Left (H)
		(c) The Miners Message (V)
		(d) Picture of Rescuer J. Welsby (V)
		(e) Picture of S. Wales Miners, Johnson Bros Waiting at Pit Head for Body of Brother (V)
		(f) General View (H)

24th - 28th March 1908

Duke of Devonshire Death/Funeral
3 Cards

		(a) Picture of Duke, Country Houses and Church (H)
		(b) Edensor Church Interior (H)
		(c) Coffin of Duke of Devonshire (V)

2nd April 1908

HMS Tiger cut in two by HMS Berwick
4 Cards

		(a) Picture of Ships and Vignettes of Victims (four vignettes above the date) (H)
		(b) Picture of Ships and Vignettes of Victims (two vignettes above the date) (H)
		(c) HMS Amethyst, Rescue Ship and Four Seamen (H)
		(d) Funeral of W.J. Newman 7th April (H)

9th April 1908

Midsomer Norton, Colliery Explosion
2 Cards

		(a) Pictures of Victims and Rescuers (H)
		(b) Same But Re-arranged Picture (H)

15th April 1908

Blyth Harbour, Sinking of Trawler 'Celitus'
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

22nd April 1908

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Death
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

25th April 1908

SS St Paul and HMS Gladiator Collision
3 Cards

		(a) Five Pictures of Gladiator (H)
		(b) Four Pictures of St Paul and Inset of Captain (H)
		(c) Picture of Collision and Inset Photos of Victims (H)

27th April 1908

Harwich, British Warships Collision in North Sea
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

28th April 1908

HMS Britannia Boiler Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

1st May 1908

Bournemouth Tram Disaster
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

2nd June 1908

Ossett Town Hall Opening
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

7th July 1908

Leeds Royal Visit
5 Cards

		(a) King and Queen Centre and Local Personalities and Views (H)
		(b) Decorations in the City, Six Pictures (H)
		(c) Four Pictures, Decorated Arch Top Centre, Lord Mayors Goodbye to Royal Party (H)
		(d) Three Pictures Showing Scenes Around University (H)
		(e) One Large Picture (H)

9th July 1908

Bristol Royal Visit, Avonmouth Docks Opening
2 Cards

		(a) King and Queen Centre and Vignette Pictures (H)
		(b) Enlargement of King and Queens Photograph (H)

14th July 1908

Richard Hind Memorial of Parish Church of Darfield, Barnsley
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

18th August 1908

Wigan, Maypole Colliery Disaster
4 Cards

		(a) General Colliery View and Pictures of 27 Victims (H)
		(b) General Colliery View and Pictures of 31 Victims plus list updated (H)
		(b) Showing Breathing Apparatus and Yorkshire Rescue Party (H)
		(c) General View of Colliery (H)

28th August 1908

Ardsley, Wakefield, Iron Furnace Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

22nd October 1908

Presentation by Scholars of Class B to Edward and Catherine Braby
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

October 1908

Dr Clark's Tour
2 Cards

		(a) English Venues (V)
		(b) Irish and Scottish Venues (V)

1908

Dodworth Wesleyan Chapel Centenary
1 Card

(a) General View

4th January 1909

Barnsley, Opening of YMCA
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

4th February 1909

Sharnbrook, Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

16th February 1909

West Stanley, County Durham, Colliery Explosion
5 Cards

		(a) View of Colliery and Crowd, Nearly 150 Lives Lost (H)
		(b) As Above But 168 Lives Lost (H)
		(c) Pictures of 30 Survivors, W.H. Smith Wholesale Details Left Border (H)
		(d) Pictures of 30 Survivors, No Wholesale Details Left Border (H)
		(e) Pictures of All Those Who Lost Their Lives (V)

5th March 1909

Tonbridge Railway Accident
3 Cards

		(a) With Inset Picture of Inspectors Agnew/Harvey and Subscription Fund Details Right (H)
		(b) Subscription Fund Details But No Picture of Inspectors (H)
		(c) Minus Both Subscription Fund Details and Inspectors (H)

6th March 1909

Birkenhead Dock Disaster
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

23rd June 1909

Midsomer Norton Royal Visit Souvenir
2 Cards

		(a) General View (H)
		(b) General View, Image of Major F. Beauchamp Removed Top Left to Centre (H)

10th August 1909

Saddleworth Railway Accident
2 Cards

		(a) General View, Subscription Fund Details Right (H)
		(b) General View, No Subscription Fund Details (H)

1909

Barnsley Post Office Staff
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

29th January 1910

Stoats Nest Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

10th July 1912

Barnsley, Royal Visit to Ryland's Glass and Engineering Co
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

12th July 1913

Colchester Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

26th August 1913

Leeds Steelworks Boiler Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

14th April 1914

Burntisland Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

30th May 1914

Wharncliffe Silkstone, Barnsley, Colliery Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

8th - 10th June 1914

Welbeck Abbey Royal Events
3 Cards

		(a) Dated 8th-10th June (H)
		(b) Dated 9th-11th June (H)
		(c) Dated 12th June (H)

17th June 1914

Reading Railway Accident
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

10th August 1914

Thornhill Lees Boiler Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

2nd December 1914

Heckmondwike, White Lea Lyddite Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (H)

2nd December 1914

Barnsley Tram Crash
1 Card

(a) Four Pictures (H)

17th January 1915

Halmerend, Staffordshire Pit Explosion
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

2nd December 1916

Penistone Viaduct Collapse
2 Cards

		(a) General View, Number 36535 Down Left Edge (H)
		(b) General View, No Number Down Left Edge (H)

Other Warner Gothard Postcards of Interest

1909

Yorkshire Enginemen's and Motor Men's Protection Association Jubilee Celebration
1 Card

(a) Showing Group of 15-Members (H)

1911

St Barnabus Catechism Prize Class 1911
1 Card

(a) Showing Group and Six Vignettes (V)

Undated

Yorkshire Society for Pit Ponies
1 Card

(a) General View (V)

Undated

Marsden and Wilkinson Royal Cadet Pierrots
1 Card

(a) Showing 11-Pictures of Members (H)

A.F. Gothard (Dewsbury Studio) Postcards of Interest

1908

Dewsbury Amateur Operatic Society 1908
1 Card

(a) Images of All The Members in Costume (H)

19th June 1909

Archbishop of York's Visit to Mirfield
1 Card

(a) Pictures of Bishop of York and Bishop of Wakefield and Three Views (H)

27th June 1914

Dean of Manchester Visit to Wakefield Diocesan Union of Men's Bible Classes at Mirfield
1 Card

(a) Showing Two Portrait Pictures and Three Views (H)