Context Note: Brother of Hugh Redwood (1838-1872) who also met a tragic end.
WIVELISCOMBE.
An inquest was held on Monday at Avis’s public-house on Maundown, before Mr W. Munckton, coroner, on the body of Frank Redwood, miner, of Brendon Hill. From the evidence it appeared that on Thursday, the 13th inst., the deceased was engaged in blasting some rocks in one of the shafts of the iron mines of Brendon Hill. Neglecting to retire to a sufficient shelter which was provided he was struck on the left side by a piece of the rock, which had rebounded from the embankment, against which it had struck. He described the blow at the time as if it had cut him in two. He shortly afterwards resumed his work, continuing at it till 12 o’clock at night. The following day (Good Friday), while dancing at Avis’s, on Maundown, he was taken ill. On Sunday Dr. Edwards was called in and bled him, but he gradually sank, and expired on Friday last. A verdict was returned that “The deceased died from an overflow of blood, caused by the blow which he had received.”
(Western Daily Press, 28th April 1865)
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