It appeared from the evidence, that MRS TAYLOR, the mother of the child, had spent the day with Miss Daw, who keeps a school at Plympton, and the infant being very cross, she expressed a wish to have Godfrey's Cordial; accordingly they sent out for some, which not being able to obtain, Miss Daw suggested that she should try the effect of laudanum, and a small quantity of that dangerous drug was procured from a shop in the neighbourhood, this, rather a large dilution was made, and one tea spoonful given to the infant, who died the next day in consequence. The Inquest was continued on Saturday night, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned.Sudden Deaths. "Thursday 17 September 1835 ILFRACOMBE - An Inquest was held on Saturday last, by Thomas Copner, Esq., Coroner, on the body of a little boy, scarcely two years of age, son of a labourer named BROOKS, who had come to his death under the following melancholy circumstances; his mother had gone out on an errand to a neighbour's house, and had left the child alone; on her return, after about two minutes absence, she was shocked to find her infant son enveloped in flames; having approached too near the fire the devouring element had communicated to his clothes; the little sufferer expired soon after. The blinds of the chaise having both been closed, it cannot be said whether these unfortunate individuals died by suffocation or by drowning; but the glass behind having been broken by the grappling iron, the chaise completely filled then, if not before. WebYour search results for obituary: 913 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Newspaper title: North Devon Journal Region: south west, england Place: barnstaple, devon, england Jealousy appears to have provoked the bloody deed. Mary Ann Tucker recalled:- MASTER STANTON would sometimes fire off pistols for amusement; do not know if he shot anything; do not think he did it to alarm, but only for his own amusement: he sometimes carried a dirk about him; never attempted to use it upon me; he used to say he carried it for protection. Verdict, "Hung herself in a fit of Insanity. He pursued the cart, and when he came up to the turn of the road, the cart became again in sight going at the same pace; but, most distressing to relate, a woman, over whom the cart and horses had passed, lay almost lifeless in the highway just before him; leaving the poor woman to the care of others, he still followed the cart, and after a close pursuit of a quarter of a mile, and repeatedly calling to the carter to stop, he succeeded in overtaking the party, and having obtained their names, any further resistance became unnecessary. On Friday morning, MR MILDRUM arose at his usual hour, about half past five o'clock, and took a walk till eight; on his return home he went to the stairs which led to MRS MILDRUM'S room, and called to her, but received no answer; he then went up stairs and discovered MRS MILDRUM lying on a bed, in a room adjoining that in which she usually slept, nearly on her face, apparently dead. Edward John Parker Pridam, Pupil of Samuel Barnes, Esq. PALMER, in the parish of North Loo, was climbing an apple tree, he unfortunately fell off and broke his neck. - At Ottery St. Mary, on the 27th ult., on the body of SARAH CAWLEY, widow, aged 79, a pauper of that parish and residing in the workhouse. 1824-1835
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