The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16 00:00:00

ROWLEY.

FATAL ACCIDENT..—An inquest was held at the Royal
Oak Inn, Springfields, on Tuesday, before Mr. E.
tlooper, coroner, touching the death of Edward Brazen-
-69, miner, who died from injuries received at the
Prince of Wales Colliery, Dudley, on the 6th inst.—
Samuel Brezenhall, son of deceased, was the first wit-
uess called, and he said he lived at his father's house at
Springfields and was a pikeman. He worked with his
father at the Prince of Wales Colliery, at Dudley. On
the 6th they went to work together at dinner time.
About three o'clock witness was coming out of the
blacksmith's shop on the pit bank when he saw his
father stooping to pick up some pikes about seven yards
from the pit, and the pikes were about four or five feet
from the rails of the tramway leading from the pit
mouth. A lone was coming along with a loaded tub
but he did not see the driver. If the driver had been
at the animals' head witness must have seen him. The
horse knocked deceased down under its feet and pulled
him under the tub which dragged him six or seven feet.
A. man came up the mound and stopped the horse. The
driver was not by the horse when it was stopped. I
heaved the tub up and carried deceased to the hovel.
Witness asked his father where he was hurt and he said
on the back and neck, but he did not blame anyone.
Deceased was taken home where died at eight o'clock on
Thursday night. Dr. Higgs attended him. Witness did
not know that there would be any inquest. The colliery
manager knew of the death.—Mr. Hooper complained
of the body being allowed to remain in that state five
days without any enquiry being held. If colliery
managers thought it was not necessary to hold an
inquest in such a case as this they were greatly mis-
taken. If the driver had been with the horse at the time
the accident could not kayo happened.—Henry Wood
said lie was a horse driver on the bank of the Prince of
Wales Colliery: His duties were to take the tubs from
the pit down to the hovel. He was turning the points
and not leading the horse when the accident happened.
The pipes were on the side of the tranaroad and deceased
was standing in the tramroad. The horse caught his
leg against deceased and knocked him down. The
animal was not a quiet one and he had a leading rein
for it. Witness knocked the head engineer down in his
hurry to get to the horse which was stopped by a man,
but the tub went on a short distance. The horse had
then on the bank about eight months.—Mr.
the manager, said he did hear of the accident until
seven o'clock at night and lie then reported it to Mr.
Baker, the inspector.—Mr. Hooper said the body had
been lying there five days. From what he could gather
the persons in charge of the colliery had been treating
the accident very lightly. He was sorry to say that the
colliery managers in his district did not carry out their
duties with such precision as to dispense with inquests.
It was monstrous to think that he should allow his juries
to view a body iu that state after lying dead five days.
If such a thing occurred again in that district he should
certainly report the matter to the Secretary of State
and hold the inquest without viewing the body.—Joseph
Round said at the time the accident occurred he was
about twenty yards away, but he ran to the place and
assisted in carrying deceased to the hovel and washed
his faze. The horse driver was close to the tub when
witness got there.—George Holt, labourer, also gave evi
dence.—The Coroner said the horse driver was no doubt
guilty of negligence, but the evidence was not sufficient
to fiud the driver guilty of culpable negligence, but he
was most certaiely to blame.--The jury returned a ver-
dict of " Accidental death," and that the driver, Henry
Wood, was guilty of negligence.— Wood was called into
the room, and the Coroner informed him of the verdict,
and stated that it was fortunate for him that there
...as a jury as well as a Coroner, or else he would
have no doubt been placed in a dllerent position.

BROMSGROVE.
NAILHORGERS' PROTECTION ABSOCIATION.—The quar-
terly meeting of this association was held at the Insti-
tute, on Tuesday evening; Mr. J. Nokes, president, in
the chair. The contributions for the quarter amounted
to £BB 12s 6d, and for the year to £275 is 10d. The
number of members is 781. Messrs. J. A. Smith and
H. Wright were appointed auditors to the association.
UN:O:4 CONTRACrii.—At the meeting of the Board of
Guardians, the following tenders for the supply of
articles were accepted :—For 13 weeks from the 20th
instant: Good seconds flour, 7d a bushel, Mr. J. Gibbs,
Wychborne Mill; beef, mutton, and suet, Si per lb., Mr.
T. P. Hobbis, Bromsgrova For 26 week.: Drapery
goods, Messrs. Cordell and Sons, Mr. A. Bennett, Mr. T.
Grove; groceries, Mr. W. Jefferies, Mr. T. E. Ind,
Booth ; printing and stationery, Mr. A. Palmer; coal,
cobbles, 15s a ton. Mr. W. R. Summers ; ale (Ind,
Coope, and Co.'s), 103 per gallon, Mr. G. Burrow.;
boots and shoes, men's 68 64, women's and boys' 44 9a,
girls' 38 6d per pair, Mr. S. Harford. Bromogrove ;
brooms, Irrushes, drc., Mrs. Johnson. For 12 months
Pale brandy 22a 6d, port wine 11s, gin 108 94 per gallon,
supplied in half-pint sealed bottles, Mr; J. Fletcher ;
cotlins, large size 10s, small 6s, Mr. 3. Lunen Broms-
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grove' se.,