Middle Forge, Lydney
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near Lydney, Forest of Dean, Glos.
1878 'FOREST OF DEAN. Fatal Accident at Lydney.—On Friday, a fatal accident occurred at the Middle Forge, to William Partridge, who had been employed for many years at the works as a "hollow-fire man." He was engaged in breaking an old cast-iron wheel, for which work a "bot" is used, viz., a heavy weight of iron, drawn to an altitude by means of a crane, when it is allowed to fall upon the object to be broken. In this instance, as the "bot" dropped upon the wheel, the latter broke in several pieces, one of which struck Partridge upon the breast and killed him instantly. The distressing occurrence will form the subject of an inquiry before tbe district coroner.'[1]
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- ↑ Gloucester Citizen - Saturday 22 June 1878