Joseph Redvers READ,Accidental Death

[John Murray]

Good morning List

Can anyone tell me which newspapers to read for a report of a fatal accident
as follows
1 Sept 1947 Joseph Redvers READ was accidentally killed when a tree he was
sawing down fell on him.
This occurred at WOODLANDS
He lived at Wearwell, Bath Ally, Marnhull
He was a timber merchants labourer
The death was reported by the Coroner and there was no Post Mortem
Examination
Any help would be appreciated
Regards
John
Manchester
England

[jenfer]

I expect the best one to look at would be the Western Gazette. These days they have about 12 issues for different areas in Somerset and Dorset... the one I read is for Blandford & Sturminster Newton which is the right area for query.

I'm not too sure how many issues they had in the past at what times; I know each week they have a section with reports from the past some going back 200 years or more.

These URL's may be of help, they hold copies of the Western & it's forerunners the Sherborne Mercury and the Western flying Post from 1737
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Newspapers.htm

http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=110709

The Westerns homepage is
http://www.westgaz.co.uk/

Their contact page
http://www.westgaz.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=164476&command=newPage

If you look on this page right at the top, you will find a number to call about older archives.

HTH

[John Murray]

Hello Jenfer
Thank you for the names of the newspapers that I should be looking at
Regards
John

[chloed]

I take it that the accident happened at horton with woodlands,that would come under the wimborne area, so could have been possibly covered by the bournemouth evening echo.their address is richmond hill in bournemouth.

[Geoffers]

Can anyone tell me which newspapers to read for a report of a fatal accident as follows
In case it helps you in the future, there is an online catalogue to the British Library Newspaper Collection
http://prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/welcome.asp
You can use the simple search engine to find out which newspapers were published, where and when. This may help in trying to track down reports of incidents in newspapers.

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[fairman]

I am trying to locate two seperate newspaper reports from apparently in a paper called 'The Penny Dreadful'. Both relate to my great, great, granfather, Edward Coleman, born 1860, Shadwell, London.
The first article reports on the violent self-strangulation of his son 'Freddie Arthur Coleman' caused by a scarf being tied to the end of the parents bed. Freddie died on the 9th of November 1892 at number 74 Tarling Street, London.
The second article reports on Edward Coleman throwing two insistent census takers down the front steps of his home. They had tried to enter his home when his wife was sick in bed. The date of this article is very vague between 1888-1910.
I have tried the 'British National Library' and the 'Tower Hamlets Local Archives', if anyone can help I would be very grateful, Neil.