Medical

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Harvestman died in Whaplode, Lincs after stealing raw spirits – 1890

Hucknall Morning Star and Advertiser – Friday 22 August 1890 DEATH FROM DRINKING SPIRITS. Last Thursday night, the police at Whaplode, Lincolnshire, were sent for to arrest an Irish harvestman named Mace, aged about 35, for stealing spirits. The constable found the man lying in a corn field apparently under […]

The tragic farming death near Aylesbury – 1913

Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette – Tuesday, 26 August 1913 THE INQUEST. The inquest was held at Winscott Farm, the home of the deceased, yesterday (Monday) afternoon, by the Deputy Coroner for the Aylesbury district (Mr. Stanley E. Wilkins). Mr. W. F. Herbert was foreman of the jury. Evidence […]

Exeter Theatre Fire – 1887

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette – Tuesday 06 September 1887 DESTRUCTION OF THE EXETER THEATRE ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE THE DEAD LAID OUT IN ROWS AGONISING SCENES Last night, Exeter’s new Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire. Like its immediate predecessor, it succumbed to flames, but the circumstances of this destruction […]

Food Poisoning in Carlisle – 1889

Newcastle Chronicle – Saturday 16 November 1889 ALARMING FOOD POISONING IN CARLISLE DEATH OF A GILSLAND FARMER Alarming cases of food poisoning have occurred in the Carlisle district, and one case—that of Mr. Irving, farmer, of Long Top, Gilsland—has proved fatal. Mr. Slack, tolls collector, of Carlisle, on Saturday, the […]

Sudden Death & Dockyard Drowning in Landport – 1903

Portsmouth Evening News – Monday 15 June 1903 CORONER’S COURT. This afternoon Mr. T. A. Bramston, Borough Coroner, held three inquests at the Town Hall, Landport. A PAINFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. The first inquiry related to the death of Mrs. Sarah White, wife of Mr. John White, landlord of the “Barleycorn” beer-house, Conway-street, […]