Pit deaths Meredith/Morgan/Tingle Bros 1819 (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Monday, April 07, 2008, 07:23 (6068 days ago) @ admin

DREADFUL ACCIDENT. On Thursday last, an inquest was taken at Littledean, before John Cooke, Esq. Coroner, on view of the bodies of JAMES MEREDITH, aged 12 years, THOMAS MORGAN, 13, ROBERT TINGLE, 18, and WILLIAM TINGLE, 20, killed the preceding day in a coal pit at Bilson Colliery. It appears, that these unfortunate young men were descending the pit in the pit cart, when, owing to a sudden jerk, one of the links of the chain by which the cart was suspended gave way, the melancholy consequence of which was, that they were instantly precipitated to the bottom, a distance of upwards of 60 yards, and all killed upon the spot. Their bodies were terribly mangled, and presented a most shocking spectacle. Verdicts, Accidental Death.

Record_ID: 18090
Entry Number: 131
Year: 1819
Month: Apr
Day: 9
Surname: MEREDITH
Forenames: James
Place of Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Age at death: 12
Officiating Minister: Rev[eran]d J Turner Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P 110 IN 1/11
Page No: 17
Parish_Chapel: Littledean
Soundex: M633

Record_ID: 18087
Entry Number: 128
Year: 1819
Month: Apr
Day: 9
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Age at death: 26
Officiating Minister: Rev[eran]d J Turner Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P 110 IN 1/11
Page No: 16
Parish_Chapel: Littledean
Soundex: M625

Record_ID: 18089
Entry Number: 130
Year: 1819
Month: Apr
Day: 9
Surname: TINGLE
Forenames: William
Place of Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Age at death: 19
Officiating Minister: Rev[eran]d J Turner Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P 110 IN 1/11
Page No: 17
Parish_Chapel: Littledean
Soundex: T524

Record_ID: 18089
Entry Number: 130
Year: 1819
Month: Apr
Day: 9
Surname: TINGLE
Forenames: William
Place of Residence: Hundred of St Briavels
Age at death: 19
Officiating Minister: Rev[eran]d J Turner Curate
Event: Burial
Cause of death: [not sta
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P 110 IN 1/11
Page No: 17
Parish_Chapel: Littledean
Soundex: T524