Samuel Andrews

Inquest, 20th October 1849

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On the 20th another inquest was held by the same Coroner [T. Marshall, Esq.], at Desborough, on the body of Samuel Andrews, aged 17, who came by his death under the following circumstances:

—While receiving on his back a sack of wheat from a cart, from which the horse had been taken, Andrews fell, apparently through being over loaded, and, striking his head against a bolt in the axletree, a wound was inflicted, of which he almost instantly expired.

Verdict—Accidental Death.

 

 Northampton Mercury, Saturday 27 October 1849