The Inquest of John Edward Newth
An inquest was held at Woodchester on 27 October 1871 into the death two days earlier of John Edward Newth, a railway porter, aged 18, at Woodchester Railway Station. It was reported that Newth had been riding on the step of one of the carriages when the train was in motion and having placed his foot on the platform, fell between the platform and the carriages. He was so severely crushed and injured that he died almost immediately from the effects.
The coroner, John Garlick Ball, recorded a verdict of accidental death. The jury was made up of people with names well known to us in Woodchester.
So, who was John Edward Newth? He was born in Minchinhampton in 1853, the son of Enoch, a millwright’s labourer and Emma. In 1861 they were living in Box. By 1871, J E Newth, Assistant Porter was lodging with Elizabeth Birt at Churches
An inquest was held at Woodchester on 27 October 1871 into the death two days earlier of John Edward Newth, a railway porter, aged 18, at Woodchester Railway Station. It was reported that Newth had been riding on the step of one of the carriages when the train was in motion and having placed his foot on the platform, fell between the platform and the carriages. He was so severely crushed and injured that he died almost immediately from the effects.
The coroner, John Garlick Ball, recorded a verdict of accidental death. The jury was made up of people with names well known to us in Woodchester.
So, who was John Edward Newth? He was born in Minchinhampton in 1853, the son of Enoch, a millwright’s labourer and Emma. In 1861 they were living in Box. By 1871, J E Newth, Assistant Porter was lodging with Elizabeth Birt at Churches