Sad Death of a Bournheath Man: The Inquest: The Birmingham Coroner (Mr. O. Pemberton) at the Victoria Courts on Friday, the 1st instant, inquired into the death of William Bayliss (40), general labourer, who had lived at Bournheath near Bromsgrove. … (employed in a gravel pit) … At half past four in the afternoon, the witness was working near to him, when a mass of sand, weighing about five hundredweight fell from the top of the pit 64 feet above and struck the deceased. He was promptly conveyed to the General Hospital, but he succumbed on the way to his injuries. … (discussion of working methods) … A verdict of “Accidental Death” was returned. … Mr. Winterton (Smith, Pinsent, and Co.), on behalf of Mr. Williams, said that the rules were already posted about but his client would observe the jury’s recommendations and pay the funeral expenses of the deceased.
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