Once again thanks to John Gwatkin for his patient research through the pages of our Old Newspapers. Some of these stories from the Mexborough Timesare harrowing so I have shown them on individual pages with an index below:
Domestic Accidents
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1800’s
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1902 Child Burnt to Death – Use of Fireguards
1906 Child on Fire at New Conisbrough
1906 Woman’s Dead Body found in a Pond
1908 Fire Tragedies at Denaby
1909 Child Poisoned at Denaby
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1910 Overlaying Case at Denaby
1911 Child’s death by Burning – Open Verdict
1912 Boy found dead in bed
1912 Child Burned to Death
1913 Man’s delirium follows burns
1914 Coroner censures Midwife
1915 Canal Tradegy
1915 Sensational Mystery of Child’s death
1916 Frozen to Death
1918 Father reproved for Neglect
1918 Soldier’s Widow’s sad experience