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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you came from,
you won’t know where you are going.
You have to study your history. Gil Scott-Heron
Report into the death of John James Johnson (1860-1874)
The Illustrated Police News 3 October 1874
An
inquiry
has
been
held
by
the
coroner
for
Middlesex,
at
the
London
Hospital,
respecting
the
death
of
John
James
Johnson,
aged
fourteen
years.
Deceased
was
a
labourer
in
the
employ
of
Messrs.
Gates
and
Littlepage,
at
their
mills,
in
Fairclough-street,
St.
George’s-in-the-East.
On
Tuesday
afternoon,
Mr.
Littlepage
was
seated
in
his
room
adjoining
the
one
in
which
a
steam-engine
was
at
work,
when
he
heard
a
noise
and
a
voice
exclaim,
“Stop
it!”
and
he
rushed
into
the
engine-room,
and
shut
off
the
steam.
Upon
entering
the
machine-room,
he
found
that
the
deceased
had
been
caught
by
the
shaft
in
attempting
to
adjust
one
of
the
bands
whilst
the
machinery
was
in
motion.
He
received
a
fracture
of
the
skull,
and
expired
on
Wednesday.
The
jury
returned
a
verdict of accidental death.
Steve & Pauline Jones’ Family History
If you don’t know where you
came from,you won’t know where you
are going.You have to study your history.
Gil Scott-Heron
© S M Jones
Content is free for most uses - see legal stuff. Last update 10 Mar 2020
Report into the death of John James Johnson (1860-1874)
The Illustrated Police News 3 October 1874
An
inquiry
has
been
held
by
the
coroner
for
Middlesex,
at
the
London
Hospital,
respecting
the
death
of
John
James
Johnson,
aged
fourteen
years.
Deceased
was
a
labourer
in
the
employ
of
Messrs.
Gates
and
Littlepage,
at
their
mills,
in
Fairclough-street,
St.
George’s-
in-the-East.
On
Tuesday
afternoon,
Mr.
Littlepage
was
seated
in
his
room
adjoining
the
one
in
which
a
steam-engine
was
at
work,
when
he
heard
a
noise
and
a
voice
exclaim,
“Stop
it!”
and
he
rushed
into
the
engine-room,
and
shut
off
the
steam.
Upon
entering
the
machine-room,
he
found
that
the
deceased
had
been
caught
by
the
shaft
in
attempting
to
adjust
one
of
the
bands
whilst
the
machinery
was
in
motion.
He
received
a
fracture
of
the
skull,
and
expired
on
Wednesday. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
