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Domestic Accidents

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

    1800’s

      1889 Child Drowned in a Slop Tub
      1892 Explosion of Paraffin Lamp
      1899 Denaby Burning Case

    1900’s

      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

    1910’s

      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

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