Another Cadosch Inquest Witness

[Bridewell]

I think that, as the incident was in Essex, and the name an unusual one, the witness here is likely to have been one of Albert Cadosch's sons, probably Fred who was closest in age to the boy who died:

"THE FATAL ACCIDENT TO A LAD WHILST
BIRDSNESTING - On Saturday July 14, the BOROUGH
CORONER (Mr. A. E. Church) held an inquest at the
Essex and Colchester Hospital on the body of Thomas
Joseph Lepworth, aged 11, of Burlington Road, who
was accidentally killed by falling off a tree on The
Barn Farm, Malden Road, whilst birdsnesting on the
previous Wednesday, as recorded in last week's Essex
Courier Standard.Evidence was given that deceased
and another boy, named Cadosh, ascended a tree after
a nest. Deceased was on the bough on which the
nest was, and shouted that he was near it, when he was
seen to fall back, alighting on his head on the road
over which the bough hung. It was stated that Cadosh
was not larking with deceased, and that he did not
push him. The distance deceased fell was 15 to 20
feet. - Mr Percy Coleman, House Surgeon at the
Hospital, said when deceased arrived at the Hospital
he was profoundly unconscious and had an extreme
compound fracture of the skull. Brain substance was
escaping from one or two of the injuries. He con-
sidered the case was hopeless from the first and the
lad died on Friday morning. The Jury returned a
verdict of "Accidental Death".

It's from the "Essex Standard, West Suffolk Gazette and Eastern Counties Advertiser" dated Saturday 21st July 1894."

(It's a variant spelling, but they featured heavily in the press where the Cadosch name is concerned).

Regards, Bridewell.

[Bridewell]

And the following month:

This (four weeks later) is from the Essex Newsman, dated Saturday 18th August 1894:

PLAYING WITH MATCHES - On Friday night
Nellie Cadosch, aged two years and three
months, of 33, Stanwell Street, set her bed on
fire while playing with matches. She was so
badly burned that she had to be removed to
the hospital".

(Mercifully she survived).

Regards, Bridewell

[Bridewell]

The Barn Farm, Malden Road,

I'm grateful to Philip Walton for pointing out (on JtR) that it should be Maldon Road. I've also checked the original article and the farm was 'Tile Barn Farm. The error in both cases was mine although, in my own defence, it's a very poor typeface.

Regards, Bridewell.