Pit Acc. Morgan, Stevens, Charles 1829 (Inquests)

by ChrisW , Monday, October 06, 2008, 22:17 (5891 days ago) @ ChrisW

July: A shocking accident, attended with serious loss of`life, occurred at a colliery on the Bailey, in the Forest of Dean, on Monday night last. A young man named MORGAN, and two lads, STEPHENS and CHARLES, went down the pit to work, about eight o'clock in the evening, and on the manager going down about five the following morning, they were discovered lying in the bottom, the two lads quite dead, and Morgan apparently lifeless, and he only survived a few hours. It is supposed they were suffocated from the smoke and sulphur from a fire made at the bottom of the pit for purifying the air, which had escaped up a channel or way in which they were working; and they appeared to have made an ineffectual attempt to escape, as they had succeeded in crawling a long distance towards the shaft. The manager nearly fell a sacrifice to his humane endeavours to get out the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers, being brought up in a state of insensibility; and he did not recover for many hours afterwards. Inquests were held before WJ Ellis, Esq. Coroner, and verdicts of Accidental Death returned.

Record_ID: 34782
Entry Number: 67
Year: 1829
Month: Jul
Day: 23
Surname: MORGAN
Forenames: Henry
Place of Residence: Yorkley
Age at death: aged 22 years
Officiating Minister: Henry Poole Minister
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P245 IN 1/29
Page No: 9
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: M625

Record_ID: 34783
Entry Number: 68
Year: 1829
Month: Jul
Day: 23
Surname: STEVENS
Forenames: Thomas
Place of Residence: Oldcroft
Age at death: aged 15 years
Officiating Minister: Henry Poole Minister
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P245 IN 1/29
Page No: 9
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: S315

Record_ID: 34784
Entry Number: 69
Year: 1829
Month: Jul
Day: 23
Surname: CHARLES
Forenames: Edward
Place of Residence: Oldcroft
Age at death: aged 15 years
Officiating Minister: Henry Poole Minister
Event: Burial
Cause of death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register Reference: P245 IN 1/29
Page No: 9
Parish_Chapel: Parkend
Soundex: C642