Singular and Fatal Accident - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

Singular and Fatal Accident

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT
On Monday week, an inquest was held before Dr. Bell, coroner, at the house
of Mr. John Sanderson, farmer, Bassenthwaite, on the body of Daniel
Sanderson, a shepherd. William Halifax, a labouring man, stated that on the
25th June, himself, the deceased, Pearson Sanderson (nephew of the deceased)
and another man, had been employed in washing sheep on the fell, of which
several hundred had been washed by Daniel Sanderson. On their return home,
they commenced " skylarking," such as bonneting each other. Pearson
Sanderson caught hold of his uncle's jacket by the right side, and gave it a
pull, which brought the wearer round, and he fell upon his back. A pair of
sheep shears, which the unfortunate man had in his pocket, protruded through
his jacket, and entered three inches into his back. Witness took them out,
and helped the sufferer home, where he died on the 5th inst. Dr. Tweddle
made a post mortem examination, and found that the shears had fractured the
fifth rib, the two fractured ends of ribs had wounded the lung, and there
was considerable internal hemhorrhage, and evidence of violent pleurisy.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."

Steve

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