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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Hi, from looking at the names above on the 1841/51 census, I think most of them were farmers ? The first death in Loscoe Dam that I have found was in the book History of Denby, 4th June 1788 Josiah son of Samuel Briggs, buried, Drowned in Loscoe Dam. On the 1861 and 1871 census for Dam House, there was a William Foster and his wife Ellen, this fit in with the next report: CODNOR AND LOSCOE September 8th 1866 INQUEST - On Monday, the 3rd inst, W Whiston, coroner, held an inquest at the house of Mr Edward Gregory, of the Thorn Tree, in the township of Codnor and Loscoe on the body of Edward, son of James Heathcote, aged eleven years, who was drowned at the Loscoe Dam the Saturday previous. The names of the jury were- Samuel Woolley (foreman), George Severn, Philip Hogg, James Searson, William Foster, James Wright, James Clark, John Valentine, Henry Tagg, George Wright, Charles Farnsworth, David Gregory, and Thomas Lowe. In the absence of the expected witness or witnesses, William Foster, one of the jury men, said he knew the deceased by sight, and that about 20 minutes past one on Saturday last he saw his basket in the water at Loscoe Dam, at which he (Foster) resided. He went for something to try to get it out, and when he returned he also saw the boy’s cap floating. He then shouted for some men to come to his assistance, although he had not as yet seen anything of the body. After obtaining aid he sent for some drags, and when they had dragged a short time they found the deceased, who, when got out, was dead. There was no one about when he first saw the basket. He saw some boys, but they were not near where the body was found. Two of their number came and told them there was a boy in the Dam, one of them saying that he saw him fall in, but did not say what he was doing when he fell. There would be six feet of water. The road to the Dam was a public one. There was no protection put up, but nothing to prevent some being put up. The boy who saw the deceased fall into the water was six or seven years of aged, and named Rowland. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental Death,” and recommended that steps should be taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar accident. RIPLEY NEWS MAY 15TH 1880 FOUND DROWNED An inquest was held at the Golden Ball Inn, before Mr Coroner Whiston, on Tuesday evening relative to the death of George Thompson, aged 48, a platelayer of Langley Mill. Who was found drowned in the Mill Dam at Loscoe on the morning of the same day. The deceased left home on Monday morning, and was not again seen alive. Elias Brown found deceased in the water. He was in a standing position but with his head bent slightly downwards and under the surface. The jury returned a verdict of “found drowned” How could someone drowned himself standing up? I would have thought that he would have fallen over?[/quote]
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replied on: 3/29/2005 1:53:58 PM

Hi, from looking at the names above on the 1841/51 census, I think most of them were farmers ?

The first death in Loscoe Dam that I have found was in the book History of Denby, 4th June 1788 Josiah son of Samuel Briggs, buried, Drowned in Loscoe Dam.

On the 1861 and 1871 census for Dam House, there was a William Foster and his wife Ellen, this fit in with the next report:

CODNOR AND LOSCOE
September 8th 1866
INQUEST - On Monday, the 3rd inst, W Whiston, coroner, held an inquest at the house of Mr Edward Gregory, of the Thorn Tree, in the township of Codnor and Loscoe on the body of Edward, son of James Heathcote, aged eleven years, who was drowned at the Loscoe Dam the Saturday previous. The names of the jury were- Samuel Woolley (foreman), George Severn, Philip Hogg, James Searson, William Foster, James Wright, James Clark, John Valentine, Henry Tagg, George Wright, Charles Farnsworth, David Gregory, and Thomas Lowe. In the absence of the expected witness or witnesses, William Foster, one of the jury men, said he knew the deceased by sight, and that about 20 minutes past one on Saturday last he saw his basket in the water at Loscoe Dam, at which he (Foster) resided. He went for something to try to get it out, and when he returned he also saw the boy’s cap floating. He then shouted for some men to come to his assistance, although he had not as yet seen anything of the body. After obtaining aid he sent for some drags, and when they had dragged a short time they found the deceased, who, when got out, was dead. There was no one about when he first saw the basket. He saw some boys, but they were not near where the body was found. Two of their number came and told them there was a boy in the Dam, one of them saying that he saw him fall in, but did not say what he was doing when he fell. There would be six feet of water. The road to the Dam was a public one. There was no protection put up, but nothing to prevent some being put up. The boy who saw the deceased fall into the water was six or seven years of aged, and named Rowland. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental Death,” and recommended that steps should be taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar accident.

RIPLEY NEWS
MAY 15TH 1880
FOUND DROWNED

An inquest was held at the Golden Ball Inn, before Mr Coroner Whiston, on Tuesday evening relative to the death of George Thompson, aged 48, a platelayer of Langley Mill. Who was found drowned in the Mill Dam at Loscoe on the morning of the same day. The deceased left home on Monday morning, and was not again seen alive. Elias Brown found deceased in the water. He was in a standing position but with his head bent slightly downwards and under the surface. The jury returned a verdict of “found drowned”

How could someone drowned himself standing up? I would have thought that he would have fallen over?

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