DERBYSHIRE INQUESTS Andrew MACBETH baker & confectioner Wirksworth/drinking for fortnight/verdict - serious effusion on brain May 1863 James MACE age 64/signal fitter of Derby/run over by engine of passenger train/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1882 Joseph MADDOCKS age 74 lab/fall from ladder/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1897 James Sanders MADIN age 20/found in R.Rother nr Tapton Bridge/missing since 21 Feb/verdict - Accidental drowning-recommendation to Chesterfield council on state of footpath Mar 1890 Patrick MAHON age 55 lab/court 2 house 13 Walker Lane Derby/injured in demolition of old buildings at Derby Infirmary/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1894 Charles MALLENDER coal miner/killed by fall of bind from roof Norwood colliery/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1878 Ellen MALONEY age 30/married woman/court no. 1 Bridge St. Derby/verdict - natural causes Feb 1854 William MANN age 14/son of horse watcher Chaddesden sidings/resident Ockbrook Lane Borrowash/crushed by buffers at Midland railway station Derby/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1895 Sarah MANNING age 33/wife Daniel Joseph Manning french polisher/84 Liversage St.Derby/died nr confinement/verdict - syncope & heart disease Jan 1894 Hannah MANSFIELD age 20/Burnaston/verdict - rupture of blood vessel after violent quarrel with neighbours 1851 Sarah MANSFIELD age 50 of Hilton/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1830 John MARCHINGTON of Fairfield/found dead on turnpike road between Heath & Temple Normanton/run over by cart wheel/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1828 Thomas MARPLE age 10/Dronfield Woodhouse/verdict - neck broken by cart upsetting Aug 1834 child MARPLES age 4/son of Matthew Marples of Repton/killed by carriage St Peter's St.Derby/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1827 John MARPLES age 52 farm lab/found dead at bottom of pumping shaft Hundall colliery/given to drink/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jan 1873 Henry MARR of Brampton/separated from wife for 22 years/took laudenum after drinking/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Oct 1896 Joseph MARRIOTT wheelwright Ticknall/found in water in old limestone pit Ticknall/verdict - found drowned May 1824 Samuel MARRIOTT age 67/travelling tailor/died Red Lion Inn nr Hucklow/verdict - natural causes Sep 1877 J. MARSDEN age 50 Middleton by Wirksworth/found hanging in Hopton Wood/verdict - suicide-lunacy Sep 1812 Thomas MARSDEN age 71/court 2 house 3 Nuns St.Derby/verdict - heart failure Jun 1893 Ann MARSHALL age 42/wife of Woolston Marshall/Ilkeston/separated from husband 14 or 15 yrs/lived with father at Bridge Inn/found dead in bedroom/verdict - heart disease Nov 1875 Hannah MARSLAND age 4 Hayfield/burns/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1834 Cecilia MARSON/found in basin of Derby canal nr Cockpit Hill Derby/verdict - found drowned Apr 1824 George MARTIN struck on head by cast iron cylinder at Mr Mosley's works in Nuns St.Derby/verdict Accidental death Sep 1824 infant MARTIN age 2 days/child John Martin/Talbot St.Derby/verdict - natural causes Sep 1884 James MARTIN age 20/ironstone miner Whittington/fall of bind from top of pit/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1859 Joseph MARTIN age 1yr 9m/Codnor & Loscoe/scalded by boiling coffee/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1854 Samuel MARTIN Twyford/congestive apoplexy/verdict - Visitation of God Dec 1835 Samuel MARTIN aka TILLEY age 70/drowned in Erewash canal nr Gallows Inn Ilkeston/verdict - found drowned Mar 1889 Thomas MARTIN age 83/found dead in privy West Hallam/verdict - natural causes Nov 1853 William MARTIN age 21 Heanor/hanging in outhouse/master Thomas Watson/verdict - suicide-temporary derangement Jan 1844 Agnes MARTINDALE age 45 widow/Manners lodging house Walker Lane Derby/son in Liverpool/took laudenum/open verdict Jun 1894 Frances MASKARATTE age 50/Langley Mill/verdict - natural causes Oct 1889 Florence Edith MASKERY age 13 weeks/dau John Maskery/23 Orchard St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Jan 1889 Hannah MASKERY infant dau John Maskery police constable/verdict - convulsions Jun 1854 Charlotte MASON age 69/widow/Hartshorne/verdict - heart disease 1878 Hannah MASON poor woman/wife William Mason/Matlock/died after being delivered of stillborn child/verdict - natural causes Mar 1841 John MASON age 22/crushed by train buffers Langley Mill/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1884 Joshua MASON age 72 of 3 Darley Lane boilermaker/verdict - syncope Nov 1896 Mary MASON age 71/Belper/verdict - ossification of heart Jan 1847 Mary Ann MASON age 63 wife Lot Mason farmer Shottle/thrown from trap King St.Derby/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1896 Ellen MASSEY age 12/bitten by mad dog Ripley/verdict - hydrophobia Aug 1852 Joseph MASSEY age 38 joiner/run over by cart Osmaston Rd.Derby/9 fractured ribs,lacerated lung/died Derby Infirmary/cart driver Wm Saddington butcher committed for trial Apr 1876 William MASSEY warden of Duke of Devonshire's Almshouses Derby/apoplexy/verdict - Visitation of God Jan 1823 William MATTHEWS age 76/lab Butterley Colliery Co./run over by train/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1889 Hannah MAWE age 84/widow St Werburghs parish Derby/verdict - exhaustion & natural decay Aug 1853 Charles MAYER age 4/fell into canal Nottingham Rd. Derby/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1837 John MAYFIELD age 29 pointsman Midland Railway Co./14 Carrington St.Derby/run over by 4 wagons/verdict - Accidental death May 1889 Daniel McALISTER age 89/run over by brick cart Wardwick Derby/foot became mortified/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1837 Emma McALLISTER age 9/Sheffield Rd. Chesterfield/set on fire by candle/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1866 Patrich McCORMICK age 40/crushed by iron Codnor Iron Works/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889 Joseph McDONNELL age 19/of 72 Stockbrook St.Derby/took vermin killer in cup of cocoa/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Mar 1895 Bridget McGRAIL age 69/burns/widow/4 Thorntree Square Derby/open verdict Nov 1893 Martin McGRATH age 55 lab/Sadler Gate Derby/has son William Mcgrath 31 Trafalgar St.Derby/injured in demolition of old buildings at Derby Infirmary/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1894 William McKINLEY age 18 collier Alma St.Alfreton/killed by fall of bind Alfreton New pit/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1892 John McINTYRE age 40 tailor/23 Full St.Derby/found in R.Derwent/verdict found drowned Jul 1895 Frederick MEAKIN age 5 Shipley Gate/father John Meakin collier/fell into Shipley canal/verdict - Accidental drowning Jul 1879 James MELLAND age 25/father John Melland of Monyash/verdict - apoplexy Aug 1834 Joseph MELLOR post chaise driver/thrown at Bull Bridge Heage/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1824 Samuel MELLOR jun age 25/lived with parents at Stubbings nr Wingerworth/addicted to liquor/took arsenic/verdict - suicide-temporary insanityOct 1834 Jane MERCHANT age 39/wife Thomas Atkin Merchant machine hand/Parker St.Derby/died 4 hours after confinement/verdict - blood clot in heart-midwife questioned by coroner Jun 1896 William MELLOR age 53/Sturston/quarrel after drinking at Roebuck Inn Sturston/verdict - homicide by misadventure 1851 Robert METTAM stonemason/died at Wheston whilst walking from Dales Head to Tideswell to his work/subject to fits/verdict - Visitation of God Nov 1836 Arthur MEYNELL age 29 painter Borrowash/fall from ceiling of Draycott Bicycle factory/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1895 Joseph MIDDLETON age 50 lead miner/found hanging Bradwell/verdict - suicide Jul 1889 Millicent MIDDLETON poor woman/Chaddesden/burns/taken by fit & fell into fire/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1833 Sarah MIDGLEY age 5/Calow/drowned in well/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1832 Laura MILLINGTON age 18m/of 164 Stockbrook Lane Derby/verdict convulsions Jan 1884 Martha MILLINGTON age 7/Barlow Chesterfield/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1833 Martha MILLWARD age 9/dau Martha Millward/Northwood Darley/killed by train at Church Rd.crossing on way home from school/verdict - Accidental death-recommendation for footbridge Jan 1878 James MILNER age 11 son Thomas Milner railway lab/11 Gilman St.Derby/taken ill & paralysis set in/verdict - tumour on right side of brain May 1894 Mary MILWARD of Clifton/found in River Dove/verdict - no evidence as to why or how Oct 1828 James MITCHELL age 3 Mapperley/found in pond/verdict - Accidental drowning Jul 1832 Phoebe MITCHELL age 42 of 99 Blocks/found in Staveley Mill dam/verdict - Accidental drowning through getting lost in fog/recommendation for fencing Jan 1891 Harry Bolton MOBBS age 42 engine painter Midland Railway Co./60 Cummings St.Derby/verdict - heart disease Mar 1895 Martha MOGG age 50/wife George James Mogg railway signalman/8 Harrington St.Derby/verdict - syncope Feb 1895 William James MOGG age 9m/39 Graham St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Aug 1896 Elizabeth Ann MOON age 1 yr 9m/Cotmanhay/dau John Moon deceased killed at colliery Nov 1898/child found head down in tub/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1899 Mary Ellen MOON age 8 weeks/Nuns St.Derby/dau of stoker at gas works/dead in bed/doctor's opinion suffocation/verdict - found dead Jan 1889 Enoch MOOR age 14/crushed by wagon coal pit Shipley/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1849 Elizabeth MOORE age 2/Boylestone/drinking hot water from tea kettle/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1828 Frederick MOORE/landlord Green Man St Peters St.Derby/found lying in yard/verdict - heart disease Oct 1864 James William MOORE age 13/son of James Moore sexton Little Eaton/felt giddy whilst in belfrey ringing the bell/fell against door & struck head/verdict - accidental fall after attack of giddiness Nov 1887 Mary Agnes MOORE age 7/dau Amos Evans Moore railway clerk/17 Co-operative St.Derby/fell of carriage steps & sprained foot/verdict - erysipelas Sep 1889 Samuel MOORE/grocer of 45 Nottingham Rd.Belper/verdict - Visitation of God Dec 1860 John MOREWOOD age 58 Derby/employed by Thos. Green builder/loading cart with stone/verdict - rupture of blood vessel Aug 1852 Samuel MOREWOOD/Hemsworth parish of Norton/found dead in bed/verdict - Visitation of God Jan 1839 Emily MORGAN age 1 yr 10m/dau James Morgan collier of Hayes Yard Clay Cross/run over by spring cart/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1858 Ann MORLEY age 25/taking poison to procure abortion/given to her by James Lindley now absconded/verdict - wilful murder Nov 1835 Arthur MORLEY age 42/painter & decorator/St Mary's Gate Derby/took chloroform & camphor/verdict - misadventure Nov 1893 Jane MORRELL/Breadsall Moor/heart spasm/verdict - Visitation of God Apr 1838 William MORRELL age 60 carter/wife Ann Morrell/court 7 house 6 Willow Row Derby/knocked down by 3 bags of sugar falling from wall/fractured right leg/developed pneumonia/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death May 1893 Beatrice MORRIS age 11m/dau of Henry Morris railway clerk/Parliament St.Derby/verdict - acute bronchitis Oct 1882 Lily MORRIS age 17 domestic servant/dau Henry Morris/43 Freehold St.Derby/verdict - inflammation of bowels Jan 1894 Mary Ann MORRIS age 27/wife William Morris lab/burns/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1878 Mary Ann MORRIS age 6m/dau of above/burns/napkins drying in front of fire/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1878 Edward MORRISEY age 50/house 3 court 5 Wright St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1886 John MORTIMER age 2 yrs 8m/Stenson/verdict - convulsions Aug 1879 Gertrude Emily MORTON age 5/dau Wm Morton of Spondon/swallowed shawl pin/pin found in liver/verdict - blood poisoning Jun 1885 Mary MORTON age 77/of 17 High St.Derby/burns/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1895 John MOSLEY young man/Stretton/jumping from train at Wingfield station/verdict - Accidental death 1851 William MOSELEY age 59/died Union Workhouse Litchurch Derby/verdict - asthma accelerated by cold Nov 1853 John MOSS of Morley Moor/employed Fryer's stone quarry Little Eaton/crushed by stone/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1879 Mr MOSS butcher & cowleech of Hadfield/fall from horse/father & grandfather also previously killed by fall from horse/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1835 George MOSTYN age 47/skinner & leather dresser/wife Ellen Mostyn/10 Cobden St.Derby/had rheumatic gout/drank some irritant poison/verdict - death by misadventure Apr 1896 Samuel MOUSLEY age 3/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1824 James MUGLISTON plumber & glazier/Repton/fell into River Trent at Twyford/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1831 Reginald L. MUNTON age 9m/adopted child of Elizabeth Smith/married to upholsterer/verdict - convulsions Jan 1896 Patrick MURPHY age 60/blind/Walker Lane Derby/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - apoplexy Oct 1881 Fidelis NADIN age 5/son Joseph Nadin porter Midland Railway Co./drowned in canal/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1851 Richard NADIN/blasting stone Hazlewood/killed by explosion/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1838 Thomas Sanders NADIN young man/Victoria St.Chesterfield/found drowned in River Rother/verdict - adjourned Mar 1890 Catherine NASH age 43/wife of Henry Nash/Bold Lane Derby/had diarrhea through the night/subject to fits/verdict - Asiatic cholera Sep 1893 George NASH age 24 goods guard Midland Railway Co./crushed by wagons at Tibshelf sidings/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1877 Charles NEEDHAM/Beignton/found hanging in outhouse/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1839 Joseph NEEDHAM Middleton Dale Stoney Middleton/verdict - suffocated & burnt by sleeping nr lime kiln Jun 1831 Luke NEEDHAM age 8/of 122 Nuns St.Derby/burns/died Childrens Hospital/verdict - shock consequent to burns Jan 1893 Victor NELSON age 12/inmate of Derby Union Workhouse for 10 yrs/fell out of bed/internal injuries/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1889 Thomas NEWBERY age 39 lab/marr/61 Normanton Rd.Derby/verdict - serious effusion on brain/had been treated at Derby Infirmary but later by homeopathic "doctor" Mrs Sansome Feb 1880 Elijah NEWBOLD 19 railway porter/run over by train at Langley Mill station/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1863 Annie NEWMAN age 10m/mother widow/285 Abbey St.Derby/verdict - bronchitis Jan 1895 Ann NEWTON age 15m/run over by cart Town St. Baslow/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1836 Mary Elizabeth NEWTON age 3 yrs 10m/Alfreton/burns/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1896 William NEWTON age 63/overlooker at Strutts Mills/resident Belper Lane/daughter Mrs Street/verdict - natural causes May 1872 Annie NICHOLS age 40/wife Charles Nichols lab Midland Railway Co./Roe St.Derby/found dead on sofa/verdict - heart disease May 1889 Charles NICHOLS age 36 scissors grinder/Beardalls Yard Derby Rd.Heanor/wife Mary Nichols/had been drinking/verdict - death by taking opium whilst in a state of intoxication through misadventure Jan 1889 Jacob NICHOLLS widr/lodged at 25 Exeter St.Derby/died Derby Infirmary/took strychnine/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jun 1887 John NIXON age 6/son of 28 Moore St.Derby/verdict - congestion of lungs Nov 1891 Mary NOBLE/marr/Red Lion Inn Ashbourne/threw herself into copper brewing vessel filled with water/verdict - suicide-insanity Jun 1828 Everard NORMAN age 19/assistant clergyman Ilkeston/drowned in pond at Kirk Hallam whilst bathing/verdict - Accidental drowning Aug 1871 Ann NORTH age 10/Bradby/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1836 Sarah NORTH age 72 widow/93 Liversage St.Derby/verdict - apoplexy Jun 1896 William NORTON age 63/Cauldwell/dead in bed/verdict - natural causes Nov 1853 Ellen NOYLAND age 39/wife John Noyland/2 Eagle & Child Yard Queen St.Derby/verdict - syncope Jan 1894 John NUTTALL young man/Woolley Bridge Hadfield Glossop/employed print works Hollingworth/took candle into gas works/struck on temple by lid of gas vessel after explosion/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1828 Richard NYTINGALE young man/crushed by rock at Brownstone quarry nr Lea/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1824 Margaret O'BRIEN age 48 widow/Plough Yard Spa Lane Chesterfield/paralysis for some time/verdict - apoplexy Mar 1889 James O'CONNOR/Hollingwood colliery Staveley/run over by loaded coal wagon/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1876 Hannah OFFLER at Trusley/died whilst milking cow/verdict - apoplexy May 1836 Samuel OGDEN age 77 Duffield/sister Hannah Ogden/hanging from bannister/left suicide note/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Aug 1871 Mary OLDACRE/wife James Oldacre farmer/Snelston nr Ashbourne/threw herself in R.Dove parish of Norton/verdict suicide-luncy Feb 1825 James Edward OLEPHANT age 8 son James Olephant/42 Green St.Derby/burns/died Children's hospital/verdict - Accidental death May 1894 John ORCHARD/Repton/wife Ann Orchard threw cracked dish & cut his face/died 11 Nov of lockjaw/verdict - manslaughter Nov 1849 Ann ORME age 74/Little Eaton/broken thigh/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - natural death accelerated by fracture Aug 1893 Arthur ORME age 2 yrs 7m/son John Thomas & Clara Orme porter Midland railway station/court 3 house 2 Agard St.Derby/found in Markeaton Brook/open verdict Jun 1893 William OSBISTON age 6/Hazlewood/suffering from common cold/verdict - Visitation of God Jul 1854 John OSBORNE age 65/Heanor/verdict - heart disease Nov 1849 John OSBORNE age 77/dead in bed Derby Union Workhouse/verdict - natural causes 1852 Mrs OSBORNE husband James Osborne of Littleover/clothing caught fire/ran upstairs to dau ill in bed who also caught fire/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1865 Phoebe OSBORNE age 68 Marlpool/verdict - heart disease Jan 1873 Thomas OSBORNE age 59 Dalbury Lees/thrown from horse & cart after collison in Bridge St.Derby/fractured skull/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death May 1893 Sarah OSCROFT 14 weeks/father Mr Oscroft chemist & druggist Ilkeston/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1872 Eliza OTTIWELL age 2m/Belper/verdict - natural causes May 1851 Sarah Elizabeth OWEN age 2/Cutthorpe/fell backwards into earthen pot of hot water/scalded/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1829 Rose PADBURY age 17/Wordsworth's Yard Chesterfield/found in River Rother/described as excitable & quick tempered girl/verdict - found drowned Feb 1890 Thomas PAGE age 61/timekeeper at Carriage Side/resident 73 Canal St.Derby/suffered from diabetes/verdict - syncope Nov 1894 Thomas PALFREYMAN age 40 miner/Denby/taken ill at funeral/verdict - heart disease Dec 1879 William PARE age 10/playing with gin at coal pit Alfreton Riddings/struck on head/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1830 Annie Clara PARKER age 8m/dau John Parker/6 Lodge Lane Derby/verdict - convulsions Jun 1891 Ethel PARKER/illeg. dau Martha Parker servant Chesterfield/alleged father Walter Dobbs/child born Union Workhouse/verdict - death from want of proper nutrition Sep 1875 George PARKER age 16/spade shaft finisher/Clowne/struck in groin by piece of wood at saw mill/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1854 Henry PARKER age 22 of Draycott/injured whilst loading timber/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1840 James PARKER age 15m/convulsions/verdict - natural causes May 1852 Julia PARKER wife of Robert Parker of Ringwood House Staveley/took arsenic/verdict - temporary insanity Mar 1830 Mr R. PARKER farmer Ringwood House Staveley/returning from Chesterfield market/fell down & died nr gates of Tapton House/verdict - Visitation of God Jan 1835 Miriam PARKIN age 67/husband Samuel Parkin/Marehay/verdict - syncope Jul 1889 Mary PARKES age 15/domestic servant Packington/found in canal by Measham & Hartshorne road/verdict drowned herself-no evidence on state of mind Aug 1871 John PARKYNS banksman Hartshay colliery nr Ripley/fall down shaft 145 yards/verdict - Accidental death May 1831 Edith PASSAM age 3/burns/Stapenhill/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1875 Joseph PATRICK farmer & grocer Linton/fall from cart/verdict - epilepsy arising from injuries & accelerated by fall from cart Mar 1871 Mary PATTERSON age 77/fell & fractured thigh/had had 2 strokes/verdict - exhaustion Apr 1894 Ann PAULSON age 61/wife James Paulson employed Midland Railway Co./11 Bainbrigge St.Derby/burns/died Derby Infirmary/had been drinking/fell on fire/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889 John PAWLEY age 41/unemployed shoe finisher/marr/6 children/276 Abbey St.Derby/suffering from flu'/found in R.Derwent/open verdict/jury fees & 5s given to family by coroner Feb 1894 Charles PAYNE age 69 lab/Derby/verdict exhaustion & diarrhea Dec 1893 George PAYNE age 3/inflammation of bowels & stomach/verdict - Visitation of God Oct 1864 Edward PEACH/falling over stone wall Belper whilst intoxicated/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1836 Eliza PEARSON age 3m/Ilkeston/verdict - natural causes Jan 1841 Walter PEARSON age 20/Codnor/crushed by fall of bricks/verdict - Accidental death 1889 William PEAT age 3 yrs 6m/son Leonard Peat/35 Compton St.Derby/verdict - diptheria Jan 1889 William PEAT age 74/found dead Alderwasley park/verdict - disease of heart Aug 1850 Henry PEET age 68/burns/fell into fire/epileptic fit/32 Richmond Rd.Derby/died Derby Infirmary/open verdict Apr 1893 Samuel PEGG age 4 of Mickleover/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1830 Sarah Ann PEGG age 52/wife George Pegg coach painter Midland Railway/of 2 Barrow St.Derby/found hanging in pantry/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jul 1895 Joseph PEGGE age 57 retired farmer/Dove Bank Uttoxeter/died visiting his son A.J. Pegger grocer in the Wardwick Derby/verdict - apoplexy Nov 1881 Benjamin PEMBERTON age 18/crushed by falling beam at Whitwell/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1827 Robert PENDLETON/Burnaston/run over by coal wagon/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1835 Ralph PENNISTONE farmer Baslow/shot in thigh in plantation called Yeld/faulty gun/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1835 Ralph PENNY age 40 lab/40 Carrington St.Derby/employed by Mr Allen Rutland Arms/fell from load of hay/paralysis of lower limbs,contusion of back,2nd dorsal vertebra fractured,died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1877 Frank PERKINS age 31 carter Heage/run over by grain wagon Ticknall/verdict - killed under the influence of drink Jan 1892 Sarah PETTY age 54/wife of Joseph Petty/15 Bakewell St.Derby/verdict - syncope Aug 1894 Mary PHILLIPS age 63/marr/New Row Cannon St.Derby/husband watchman at Wetton's Mill/dead in bed/verdict - heart disease Feb 1880 Harry William Vincent PHIPPS age 8m/son Thomas Phipps landlord Dog & Partridge Inn Crosby St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Apr 1895 Henry PHIPPS railway shunter/fell under wheels of railway wagon/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death May 1860 Richard PICK railway guard Midland Railway/crushed foot in buffers/foot mortified/died 6 Apr/verdict - accidental death Apr 1859 John PIDCOCK age 46/Grove Place Darley Lane/thrown from cart & run over on Little Eaton Road Breadsall/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1895 Charles PIPER age 3/found in R.Derwent nr St Marys Bridge Derby/verdict - found drowned Jul 1824 James PITTS age 67/of 158 Nottingham Rd.Derby/verdict - congestion of lungs & alcoholic excess May 1896 David PLANT age 53 wheelwright/employed canal dept Manchester,Sheffield & Lincoln Railway Co./found under Black Brook bridge Bugsworth/had been drinking/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1890 William PLANT age 22 night engine man at clay pit/slipped & fell 27 yds into pit Coppice Side Swadlincote/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1872 Hannah Lucy POLLARD age 25/found in Erewash canal at Ilkeston/possible epileptic fit/verdict - found drowned Oct 1894 Harriet POLLARD age 32/wife Herbert Pollard draughtsman/Victoria Villas Alvaston Derby/found lying on seat on Ashbourne Rd.Derby/had been wandering for days/was depressed/verdict - exposure,exhaustion & want of nutrition Apr 1894 James Henry POLLETT age 1 yr 8m/mother Annie Pollett/14 Park Place Derby/verdict poisoning by drinking iodine Sep 1892 Edward POPEWELL age 33 of 37 Princess St.Peartree Derby/marr/taken ill at Band of Hope meeting Victoria St./died in cab on way home/verdict - heart disease Oct 1887 infant POTTER age 1 day/dau of George Potter lab/55 Langley St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Nov 1893 James POTTER age 34 platelayer/wife Ellen Potter of Stapleford/hit by goods train Stanton Gate/verdict - Accidental death Jul 1890 Sarah POTTER age 70/Workhouse Yard Walker Lane Derby/widow/in receipt of outdoor relief/verdict - syncope Dec 1893 George POTTS age 14m/Parker St. Derby/verdict - croup Mar 1849 James POTTS/cotton spinner New Mills/caught in machinery at factory/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1834 William POTTS lab/12 Goodwin St.Derby/injured in demolition of old buildings at Derby Infirmary/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1894 Sarah Jane POULSON child/69 Normanton St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Feb 1881 Frances POULTNEY age 10m/dau of Samuel & Ellen Poultney lab/81 Canal St.Derby/scalded by hot water/verdict - death from shock of scalding Jun 1887 Christopher POUNDALL tanner at Marehay/accidentally shot at shooting match Denby/wounded in thigh/verdict - death from shock & loss of blood Dec 1860 Christopher POUNDALL/coal fall at mine Old Langley/both legs broken/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Aug 1882 Mary POUNTAIN age 89 widow/22 Becket Well Lane Derby/verdict - syncope Jul 1894 James POWELL age 48/checker at bonded stores Midland Railway/resident at 35 Henry St.Derby/found hanging in bedroom/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jun 1895 Thomas POWELL age 52/Arthur St. Derby/hanging/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jul 1853 child POXON age 4/dau James Poxon lab of Smisby/drinking boiling water from kettle/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889 George Foster POXON age 21m/son John Poxon/28 Noel St.Derby/run over by tramcar on Ashbourne Rd.Derby/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1890 Francis PRESBURY age 81 former publican/40 Leonard St.Derby/verdict - suffocation attempting to swallow piece of meat Mar 1892 Charles PRESS age 49/signalman/17 Stanley St.Derby/verdict - natural causes May 1894 John PRESTON age 60/former timekeeper/36 Bateman St.Derby/suffered from shaking paralysis/hanging in outhouse/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Dec 1894 John PRICE age 21/killed in roof fall Manners Colliery Ilkeston/verdict - Accidental death 1889 Mabel PRICE age 11m/dau Fred & Mary Price slater/169 Nottingham Rd.Derby/had bad cough/verdict - lung congestion Dec 1890 Isaac PRIEST age 69/found dead in his garden/Norton Lees/verdict - diseased heart Oct 1877 John PRIEST age 66 lab/19 Bradshaw St.Derby/fell downstairs/had been drinking/verdict - inflammation of bowels accelerated by drink Jun 1889 Leah PRINGLE age 58/wife James Pringle/Ambrose St.Derby/had been drinking/verdict - apoplexy Jul 1874 Ann PRITCHARD age 72/of 83 Graham St.Derby/verdict - syncope Jan 1895 Sidney Augustus PRITCHETT age 3 yrs 7m/son Robert Pritchett/48 Yates St.Derby/striker Loco Side/fell into bath of hot water/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Apr 1893 Francis PURDY age 16 Heanor/fall of coal Shipley pit/verdict - Accidental death Oct 1852 William PURDY age 43/assistant brewer at Duke of Devonshire Inn Goodwin St.Derby/verdict - syncope accelerated by bronchitis Dec 1889 child PYEWELL/son Samuel Pyewell lab Butterley/drowned in resevoir/verdict - Accidental death May 1829 Edith Emily RADFORD age 4m/dau Fred Radford/23 High St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Dec 1896 John RADFORD/elderly man/Trusley Wood/verdict - natural causes Nov 1849 Lucy RADFORD age 71 of 69 Franchise St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - syncope Nov 1887 Thomas Arthur RAINBOW age 17/son of Thomas Rainbow of 17 Midland St. Long Eaton/invalid having had typhoid fever 5 yrs previously/verdict - natural causes Nov 1889 George Edward RANDALL age 3m/68 Boroughs Walk Derby/verdict - suffocation Jan 1895 John Oliver RANDALL age 17/crushed by wagons Midland Railway wharf City Rd.Derby/internal injuries/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1889 Abraham RATCLIFFE age 67/shoemaker Belper/verdict natural causes May 1872 Elizabeth RATCLIFFE age 4 yrs 6m/fell into pit of water at Smalley/verdict - Accidental death Mar 1830 James RATCLIFFE age 77/found in field at Risley returning from Derby market/nephew Joseph Smith of Borrowash/verdict - accidental fall in field/unable to rise & starved to death Feb 1890 John RATCLIFFE age 12 Shardlow/drowned in canal/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1841 Mary RAWSON marr/3 children/Buxton/complained of shortness of breath/fell down dead/verdict - heart disease Apr 1864 Mary READ age 6/dau William Read of Church Gresley/burns/verdict - Accidental death Dec 1877 Hannah READER age 9 weeks/Derby/verdict - convulsions Oct 1852 Isaiah READER age 67 cotton spinner/1 Mount Pleasant Belper/died in cab on way to Derby Infirmary/has son Thomas Reader fitter of 90 Leonard St.Derby/verdict - shock caused by bursting of bowels Jan 1894 James REDDISH/Duckmanton/verdict - killed by lightning Jul 1831 Harriet REDFERN age 11 weeks/dau George Redfern twisthand/9 Union St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - convulsions Jan 1893 John REDFERN age 59/farmer Shottle/found hanged/verdict - suicide-unsound mind Jun 1889 Edward REDGATE child/24 Rosengrave St.Derby/verdict - convulsions Dec 1881 John RHODES of Hopwood nr Middleton/son of James Rhodes/had been drinking in Manchester/consumptive/verdict - natural causes Dec 1819 Joseph RHODES/ostler Angel Inn Chesterfield/kicked by horse/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1889 Robert RHODES age 19/Hassop/employed by Henry Toplis timber merchant/verdict - Accidently killed by fall of timber from dray Jun 1878 Hannah Knowles RICHARDS age 3/dau George Richards/Peggs Yard Goodwin St.Derby/dead in bed/asphyxia/both parents & 2 children in same bed/open verdict Feb 1886 Elizabeth RICHARDSON age 9 weeks/dau William Richardson weaver Derby/verdict - convulsions Sep 1853 Henry RICHARDSON age 23 plumber/Stanhope St.New Normanton/found on railway line Chapel Close nr Derby Barracks/body mutilated/wife Eliza Annie Richardson/verdict - found dead Dec 1889 John RICHARDSON age 48 widr/stone mason foreman at Milford/threw himself off Milford Bridge into river/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Mar 1849 William RICHARDSON age 67/farmer Spondon/verdict - Visitation of God Feb 1830 Samuel Charles RIDE age 39/wife Mary Ride/20 Princess St.Peartree Derby/hairdresser/found in Navigation Canal Osmaston/low spirited/father Edward Ride/verdict - open Feb 1890 Sarah RIDE/RYDE of Weston Underwood/verdict - apoplexy Nov 1835 Catherine RILEY age 70/Browns Yard Chesterfield/burns/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1890 John RILEY age 5 Ilkeston/fallen into iron pot of boiling water/verdict - Accidental death Jan 1843 Peter RILEY age 72/found hanging in Chesterfield Workhouse/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jan 1891 Sarah RILEY age 78/of 11 Carrington St.Derby/verdict - syncope Mar 1883 Thomas ROBERTS jun. age 20 farmer/found dead in field/Barlboro'/verdict - apoplexy Jul 1833 Catherine ROBINSON age 6/Swanwick/burns/verdict - Accidental death Nov 1833 John ROBINSON age 80/of 288 Abbey St.Derby/fall in garden/verdict - natural causes Dec 1884 James ROBOTHAM baker Burton Rd.Derby/marr/2 infant children/found in canal nr swing bridge Osmaston/verdict - found drowned May 1824 Emily ROE age 6 weeks/dau George Henry Roe lab/house 3 court 9 John St.Derby/verdict - suffocation Jan 1889 infant ROGERS/illegitimate dau of Ellen Rogers of Brailsford/verdict - strangulation Sep 1852 James ROGERS young man joiner/native Chesterfield/resident Sheffield/addicted to drink/drowned Eckington/verdict - temporary derangement caused by habitual intoxication Dec 1834 Nelly Bates Rogers age 2yrs 6m/dau of George Rogers platelayer/Toadhole Ambergate/burns/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Feb 1889 William ROGERS of Hilton/died in public house Burton on Trent/verdict - Visitation of God Jun 1803 William ROGERS age 61 lab/court 5 East St.Derby/injured in demolition of old buildings at Derby Infirmary/died Derby Infirmary/verdict - Accidental death Sep 1894 Frederick ROOME age 18/New Chester/took laudenum/died Derby Infirmary/had received letter from a Nelly Holt of Luton BDF/refusing marriage/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jul 1895 child ROPER age 4/son Charles Roper blacksmith South Normanton/burns/verdict - Accidental death Jun 1823 John ROPER age 15 Ripley/fell down shaft 150 yds/verdict - Accidental death May 1850 Mary ROPER of Oliver's Yard Full St.Derby/marr/verdict - Asiatic cholera/body interred All Saints churchyard at an early hour Aug 1849 Albert Edward ROWLAND age 5 yrs 6m/son fish hawker Walker Lane Derby/found in R.Derwent/verdict - Accidental drowning Sep 1890 child ROWLAND age 10 days/son William Rowland of Biggin/verdict - accidently overlain by mother in bed Nov 1853 Mary ROWLAND age 62 widow/son Wm Rowland/88 Ashbourne Rd.Derby/verdict - rupture of blood vessel in brain Feb 1880 Richard ROWLAND age 3 Oakthorpe/found in Ashby canal/verdict - Accidental drowning Jun 1824 Mary ROYSON/native of Wakefield/took arsenic Chesterfield/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Jun 1838 John RUSHTON age 80 shoemaker/father of James Rushton cab proprietor/10 Colyear St.Derby/dead in bed/verdict - syncope Aug 1878 Mary RUTHERFORD/wife Nathaniel Rutherford moulder Whittington/hanging/verdict - suicide-temporary insanity Mar 1851