Industrial Expansion, Pit Death Inquiry. An Inquisition this 29th day of March 1875 at the Porrit Inn, Plump Hill on view of the body of Richard Roberts, aged 14 years, miner.
The following jury were sworn in:
John Lilly
Enoch Voyce
James Burgum
John Griffiths
Richard Davis
Thomas Rudge
Oliver Price
Thomas H. Trotter
William Virgo
William Lloyd
Joseph Virgo
John Gibb
Witnesses:
Allen Jenkins, Popes Hill, Miner
Daniel Heyman, Dirty Lane, Miner
James Smith, Mitcheldean, Miner
William H. M. Phillips, Manager of Edge Hill
Verdict:
Cause of death - fracture of the skull result of a fall of stone in the Edge Hill Iron Mine.
