Premature Burial and How It May Be PreventedTebb, William
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Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented
Tebb, William
Burial, Premature
“SUDDEN DEATH AT SEA.
“Mr. R. B. Tobins, the County Coroner, held an inquiry at the
Guildhall, Plymouth, concerning the sudden death of P. E----.
The deceased was sixty years of age, and was speaking to William
Parkinson, when he began to cough, and passed away suddenly. Witness
never knew deceased to be ill. Dr. Williams made a superficial
examination of the body, and attributed death to heart-disease.
Verdict: ‘Natural causes.’”--_The Western Mercury, Plymouth, October
22, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH AT TWICKENHAM.
“Lieutenant S. C. G---- fell down and expired suddenly while walking
near Kneller Hall, yesterday afternoon. Deceased was forty-four years
of age, and had been in his usual health.”--_Daily News, November 1,
1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH AT FOREST OF DEAN.
“Mr. J. W. W---- died very suddenly. He was forty-five years of age;
in his usual health and spirits on Monday; slept well; got up at five;
told Mrs. W. W---- he was giddy; felt ill; went to bed; and died in
her arms in a few minutes.”--_Western Press Bristol, November 1, 1893._
“SUDDEN DEATH, WESTON-SUPER-MARE.
“Mrs. E. T---- was found dead in her bedroom. She appeared ‘all right’
when she retired to rest on Monday evening.”--_Bristol Times and
Mirror, November 7, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH AT NELSON.
“The East Lancashire Coroner has received notice of the death of Ann,
the wife of T. B----. She retired to bed apparently all right on
Friday night. At two a.m. on Saturday the husband, who was awakened
by the crying of the baby, went to his wife’s bedroom and found her
dead, she having apparently died in her sleep.”--_Lancashire Express,
Blackburn, November 11, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH.
“A painful shock was caused at Lowestoft last evening by the sudden
death of Mr. T. R.----, who was forty-seven years of age, and
apparently in his usual health. He drove out to pay a visit, but death
took place a few minutes after his arrival.”--_Morning Advertiser,
November 19, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH AT LLANDERFEL.
“Mr. D. L---- was found dead in bed on Sunday morning at half-past
eight. The deceased, who was fifty-four years of age, was apparently
in the best of health on Saturday, and had come on a visit to his
daughter. The verdict at the inquest was: ‘Death from natural
causes.’”--_Western Mail, Cardiff, November 19, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH.
“On Tuesday morning, between nine and ten o’clock, A. S----,
thirty-six, was in her bedroom apparently in her usual health, when
she suddenly fell back against a chair and expired.”--_Portsmouth
Mail, November 28, 1893._
“DIED AT HIS WORK.
“Yesterday the district Coroner was notified of the death of T. C.
F----, aged thirty-nine, a butcher. F---- was cutting some meat on
the block when he suddenly fell backwards dead. He had always enjoyed
excellent health.”--_Sun., November 29, 1895._
“SUDDEN DEATH AT EAST GRINSTEAD.
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