Accidents and Disasters

Accident on Board the "Industry", 1753

Extract from Salisbury Journal 26th February 1753. A sailor on board the "Industry" had his thigh broken when a hogshead of salt fell on him.
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Cattle, Alfred, Death of Child by Fire

Extract from the Poole Pilot December 1868
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Fatal accident on rope walk,1756

Extract from Salisbury Journal 31 May 1756. William Stickland killed by weight falling on him. He was assisting workers at Mrs Green's rope-walk.
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Hayward, Death of Elizabeth Hayward, 1752

Extract from the Salisbury Journal 6th November 1752 recording the death of Elizabeth Hayward, daughter of Richard Hayward, in a tragic accident on board a vessel.
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