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THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT BRERETON COLLIERY

... Morgan (coroner), touching the death of the two men Brown and Wilson, who were killed at the Earl of Shrewsbury's colliery on Wednes- e day morning by the giving way of a scaffolding upon which they were at work. Mr. Scott (Government I inspector of mines) ...

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... One of the stands gave way, and many as fifty persons were precipitated the ground, the scaffolding falitng upon and Injuring several of them. One woman was killed, and seven men received very serious injuries. party of ilfry Canadian vol.inteers for the ...

Published: Saturday 18 July 1868
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 87 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

KRUGER ILL

... calm. ness. bordering on indifference. He walked to tie scaffold with remarkable firmness, and shewed e disposition to assist Ilillington, the executioner, is the final arrangements on the scaffold. Death instantaneous. In the brief service in the cell ...

Published: Thursday 15 December 1898
Newspaper: Warwickshire Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 272 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GHASTLY SCENEft

... general of the remainder of the inmates of the house followed, all being killed with the exception of one who survived to die on the following morning of wounds rece:ved. On the scaffold the condemned men displayed the greatest :allousness and brutality. One ...

Published: Saturday 11 April 1896
Newspaper: Harborne Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE ACCIDENT AT BILSTON IRONWORKS

... working upon the inside scaffolding. Witness was at work outside waiting upon them. Suddenly, while u]x>n the exterior scaffolding, heard a crash, and the inside scaffolding gave way. The four men fell with it. Witness's brother was killed almost instantly. ...

Published: Friday 23 August 1889
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1130 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SHOCKINO ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN

... unaccountable Means shout twenty loos at galvanis..d sheens. felt on three men, killing one immediately and . practleally maiming the other two for life. The man killed Arthur Horton. aged twenty-two. and lie was a galvanised-sheet inspector. rei falling ...

Published: Saturday 17 June 1899
Newspaper: Harborne Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 258 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The Fatal Ak ipknt Covextuy I.oap.— ».n inquest was held yesterday afternoon, l*fore the Borough Coroner at the ..

... clock Tuesday morning last, deceased was work the scaffolding a chapel in the course of erection in Coventry Road, when he accidentally fell to the •Tound, a distance of about 40 feet, and was killed. —A verdict of Accidental death ' was returned. For ...

Published: Saturday 12 February 1876
Newspaper: Aris's Birmingham Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 109 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

I Zi.el an 4 w TEE !WAITS!? COT.LIERY EXPLOSION INQUEST

... young lady, which he had failed to obtain. FATAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. SPECIAL Vsnoicr.—An inquest was held by Dr. Hardwiiike at the Royal Free Hospital on the body of Jeremiah Lovett, seed 45, • labourer, killed by the falling of an immense stack of timber ...

Published: Saturday 22 January 1876
Newspaper: Birmingham & Aston Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 769 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

ASSAULT BY AN OFFICER OF THE SAL-

... Leicester Row, not far from the canal side. FATAL SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT. Bcrslkm, Monday. A fatal scaffold accident occurred Tuns tall this mornfcj. A youth named Rupert James, apprentice joiner, vkilut at work on scaffold three storeys high the new nosrage, missed ...

Published: Monday 29 October 1883
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 408 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MIRACULOUS ESCAPES

... the accidental s Colliery, near liarrs - y. alresdv iport»‘d, whi-'h two men were killed, ihow that Dart, and Wilmot, the injured men, had in.;? e.-aici When the scaffold in the shaft tilted, both ti ia» to u chains, Wilmot supporting fiavics, whose *-t ...

Published: Saturday 06 June 1891
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 132 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

alarming accident in temple row. FALL OF A STEAM CRANE

... “jib’of the crane over which the chain was slung was fortunately held by the scaffolding of the building, otherwise the ponderous contrivance must have fallen to the around, and killed some of the numerous workmen engaged beneath. As it was the engineer of ...

Published: Tuesday 06 April 1886
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 157 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE ACCIDENT AT THE NEW STREET STATION

... the scaffolding.' They were all attended to, and carried off to the Hospital. We were not standing talking; we were all scattered in different parts of the scaffold, and I don't think a word was spoken by any of us after we got upon the scaffold. At the ...