1872 4 Men die in An Explosion (General)
From the next batch of inquests soon to be online the following looks interesting -does anyone know more details?
An inquisition taken this 19th day of June 1872 at the Police Station Mitcheldean on view of the body of John Griffiths aged 49 years a Quarryman, also
Thomas Goode aged 46 years a Collier
Hiram Bayliss aged 31 years a Quarryman
William Tomlins aged 59 years a Quarryman
In all 4 cases the verdict of the jury was given as
Asphyxia from gas resulting from an explosion of gunpowder used in blasting a rock when endeavouring to save the lives of other men
The Hastings Plump Hill
by ChrisW 
, Saturday, July 12, 2008, 03:20 (6061 days ago) @ dink999
For info:
Record_ID: 54837
Entry_Number: 203
Year: 1872
Month: Jun
Day: 19
Surname: TOMLIN
Forenames: William
Residence: Flaxley
Age_at_death: 61
Officiating_Minister: G.A. Allan
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda: [Notes on front margin] one of four suffocated at the Hastings Plump Hill June 17th Notes:
Register_Reference: P85/1 IN 1/13
Page_No: 26
Parish_Chapel: Cinderford St Johns
Soundex: T545
Record_ID: 84288
Entry_Number:
Year: 1872
Month: Jun
Day: 20
Surname: GRIFFITHS
Forenames: John
Residence:
Age_at_death:
Officiating_Minister: Joseph Lander
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: D6026 8/1
Page_No: 87
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean Congregational
Soundex: G613
Record_ID: 30226
Entry_Number: 709
Year: 1872
Month: Jun
Day: 20
Surname: GOODE
Forenames: Thomas
Residence: Mitcheldean
Age_at_death: 53
Officiating_Minister: C.E. Dighton Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P 220 in 1/9
Page_No: 89
Parish_Chapel: Mitcheldean
Soundex: G300
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Record_ID: 10678
Entry_Number: 457
Year: 1872
Month: Jun
Day: 20
Surname: BAYLIS
Forenames: Hiram
Residence: Plump Hill
Age_at_death: 31
Officiating_Minister: William Barker Vicar
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death: [Not Sta
Memoranda: Letter P in left hand margin
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/12
Page_No: 58
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex: B420
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1872 4 Men die in An Explosion
by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Saturday, July 12, 2008, 06:24 (6060 days ago) @ dink999
Goode Thomas
17/06/1872
46
Collier
Point Limestone Quarry, Plump Hill
Died from asphyxia from gas resulting from an explosion of gunpowder used in blasting a rock which deceased incautiously approached
Point Limestone Quarry
No deaths were recorded officially at this quarry, but four deaths did occur following a spectacular explosion in 1872. Several men rushed into the quarry after the firing and were overcome by fumes. Four men died, they were: Thomas Goode of Mitcheldean, Hiram Baylis and John Griffiths, both of the Plump, and William Tomlin of Cinderford.
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Death of Four Men at Plump Hill - By an Eye Witness
by admin 
, Forest of Dean, Friday, August 01, 2008, 04:22 (6041 days ago) @ dink999
From the Gloucester Journal 22nd June 1872
Kindly transcribed for us by David Drinkwater
Stories and Articles
Death of Four Men at Plump Hill.pdf
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/joomla/resources/documents-and-articles