Middlesex
Informations of Witnesses taken at the Dwelling
House of
John Menzie< no role >
the Sign of the Wheat Sheaf
in the Parish of
King
Kensington
in the County of Middlesex
on Thursday the twenty Second day of June 1786
Before
Thomas Phillips< no role >
Esquire
one of his Majesty's
Coroners
for the said County on View of the Body of
Thomas Barnes< no role >
then and there lying dead
as follow.
Stephen Jordon< no role >
of Kensington
aforesaid Labourer
upon
his Oath Saith That on Wednesday Morning about
Five O' Clock he and the deceased had been working
at the Work house Emptying the Vault of the Soil
and had nearly finished for that time when Mr.
Tunbar Deponents & deceds Master desired him to go into
the hole for a Daag he did so& when
toward into the hole.& turning the Dray
to find how much Soil Remained the Stench
was so great as to over power him & called not
to he drawn by in the [..] as fast as possible
and when about half way up his Senses
were so over powerd be fell head foremost
into the SailScrambled & catched told
of ye Ladder in take & shortly afterwds. found
himself above ground but did not her and how
became there when be recovered was
told deceased was in the hobe and another