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Unforeseen Circumstances
In this, the third of five posts looking at stories from the British Newspaper Archive, we look at reports of accidents in Arksey and Bentley, along with inquests, suicides and the tragic death of an Arksey vicar. Links to other articles in the series can be found at the end.
As for the photo above, there is no newspaper story to go with it, but the details are that this Bentley bus went over the edge of the railway bridge on Bentley Road and fell down the embankment. It happened in 1949 and unfortunately one person lost their life. The houses in the back of the photo are on Austerfield Avenue at the rear of Broughton Avenue.
Contents
- Inquest at Arksey - 1898
- Fatal Gun Accident - 1852
- A Jockey's Valet - 1896
- Boy Killed Near Doncaster - 1903
- Found Drowned - 1874
- Quarry Death - 1855
- Sudden Death of a Clergyman - 1865
- Sudden Death of a Clergyman 2 - 1865
- Lies 'imprisoned innocent man' - 1968
- Links
Inquest at Arksey
Lichfield Mercury, 12 April 1898'At the Plough Inn, Arksey, yesterday, the West Riding Coroner (Mr. F. E. Nicholson) held an inquiry touching the decease of Herbert Welburn (26), who recently resided with his father at 37, Cartwright Street, Doncaster, and whose body was recovered from the canal on Sunday. The deceased wrote a letter from his home on March 21, to his sweetheart, and had not been seen since that date. On Sunday, as a young man was boating on the canal, near to Sir William Cooke's plantation, the body was seen floating upon the surface, and he gave information to the West Riding Police, who subsequently assisted him to recover the body. On the clothing of the deceased were found two letters, keys, a sovereign purse, and 8s. 4d. in money. - In reply to a juror, the father of the deceased stated that the reply to the letter written by deceased on March 21 to his sweetheart showed that he contemplated visiting her, but threw no light whatever upon the case. the deceased had always been a prudent and well conducted fellow, and had been in his last situation for 15 years. - The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased was found drowned.'
Fatal Gun Accident
'On Saturday morning last Joseph Addey, aged 15, son of Mr Addey, a respectable farmer, residing at Arksey, went out shooting with a gun. In the course of the morning he went into a wheat field belonging to Mr Scholey, and endeavoured to ascend a tree in order to conceal himself, for the purpose of shooting stock doves, when, it is supposed, that in drawing the gun after him, the piece exploded, and the contents were lodged in his right thigh. Richd. Walton, a farming labourer, was hoeing turnips in an adjoining field, when the explosion took place, but he took no notice of it until some minutes afterwards, when his attention was attracted by hearing some loud groans. He then hurried to the spot from whence the sounds proceeded, when he found deceased lying under a tree, and bleeding profusely from a wound to the thigh. The youth requested him go fetch his father, and Walton accordingly started off to Arksey and gave information of what had occurred. In the meantime, several other parties had arrived at the spot, ans a board having been procured, the deceased was placed upon it, and, in a state of intense suffering, removed to his own home. Mr Ibeson, surgeon, was sent for, and rendered every assistance in his power, but the unfortunate youth had become so weakened by the loss of blood, that he expired within a few hours after the accident occurred. the trunk of the tree, where the accident happened, was covered with blood from top to bottom. - Doncaster Chronicle.'
Morning Post, 31 July 1852
A Jockey's Valet
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| Yorkshire Evening Post, 28 January 1896 |
Boy Killed Near Doncaster
'Yesterday a boy named Alfred Wagstaff, aged about nine, son of Mr Wagstaff, farmer, Arksey, was run over and killed. He was leading a horse and cart, when the horse swerved as a motor-car was passing, and the boy was struck by one of the shafts of the cart and knocked down. A wheel passed over his chest, and he was so severely injured that he died shortly afterwards. The motor-car, which was proceeding slowly, belonged to Mr Ley, J.P., of Derby, and that gentleman immediately alighted, and, after carrying the boy into his father's house, proceeded to Doncaster for Dr Wilson.'
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 4 September 1903
Found Drowned
'A cattle drover, named Popple, was found drowned in the river, near Arksey, on Sunday, the body appearing to have been in the water several days. Deceased, about twelve months ago, was left £600 by some relative, since which time he had led a very dissolute life, drinking hard.'
Hull Packet, 5 June 1874
Quarry Death
'On Monday, as a labourer named James White was working in a quarry at Bentley-cum-Arksey, near Doncaster, a large stone struck his left leg, cutting the varicose vein. He died in a quarter of an hour.'
Leeds Times, 17 January 1855
Alison Vainlo
Written 2013, updated 2020
Sudden Death of a Clergyman
'A painful feeling has been created in the Doncaster Deanery by the sudden death of the Rev. William Stoddart, rector of Arksey. From the facts stated at an inquest held on Monday last, it appeared that the deceased clergyman, in company with Captain Stoddart, of the Madras army, went on a visit to a relative near Rotherham on Friday afternoon. In getting into his dog cart on his return Mr Stoddart's foot slipped off the step, and he fell and injured his left arm, but did not complain of other injury. On Saturday morning he requested his wife to order him a cup of tea, and he had no sooner uttered the words than he was seized with a sudden illness and died before medical aid could arrive. A verdict was found that the deceased died from pulmonary apoplexy, induced by the fall. The deceased was well known in the deanery, in which he was rector, and had held the responsible position for some years of Head Master of the Doncaster Grammer School. He was 63 years of age.'Sussex Advertiser, 3 October 1865
Sudden Death of a Clergyman 2
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| Chelmsford Chronicle, 29 September 1865 |
Lies 'imprisoned innocent man'
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| The Guardian, 19 October 1968 |
For more on this story go to Waite House Farm.
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Alison Vainlo
Written 2013, updated 2020
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