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Date:25th of January 1895
Description:This newscutting deals with the inquests into the deaths of two children, one from Franchise Street, Perry Barr. The mother of two year old Kate West was upstairs when she heard Kate screaming in the kitchen. Her pinafore had caught fire and she died of her injuries in the General Hospital. The Coroner pointed out that Mrs West had already lost another child in a similar way and asked why she did not have a fireguard. She replied that her husband sat close to the fire and would not have one. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death and expressed a wish that Mrs West buy a fireguard.
From the G.H. Osborne Collection of newscuttings.