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George RIPPINGTON2

Aug 1878 - 25th Oct 18931

Life History

Aug 1878

Born in Littlethorpe, Cosby, Leicestershire

1893

Occupation Apprentice Carpenter to the wagon builder at Granite Quarry

25th Oct 1893

CauseOfDeath in Killed by boiler explosion

25th Oct 1893

Died in Red Hill Quarry, Narborough , Littlethorpe, Cosby, Leicestershire.1

Notes

  • Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Thursday 26 October 1893
    SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION.
    Yesterday morning, at Red Hill Quarry, near Leicester, boiler exploded with disastrous results. A youth, named Rippington, aged 17, was killed, and five men were seriously injured, one them so badly that he not expected to live. The cause of the explosion is at present unknown, but its force was such that the boiler was lifted from its position and carried distance yards over the trees.
  • Gloucester Citizen - Wednesday 25 October 1893
    FOURTH EDITION.
    TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
    TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
    ONE KILLED: FIVE INJURED.
    A boiler exploded to day at Red Hill Quarry, Narboro, near Leicester, killing a man named George Rippington and seriously injuring five others.
  • http://www.narboroughandlittlethorpe.co.uk/2011/12/10/news-1893-terrible- boiler-explosion-at-narborough/
  • Details given out at the inquest into his death:-
    The father of the deceased George Repenton was called to give evidence of identification. He said he lived at Littlethorpe, and was a general labourer in the employ of  Mr. Pochin, of Croft. Deceased was his son, and was 15 years old last August. He worked at the Enderby and Stoney Stanton quarries, and was apprenticed to the wagon building.
  • Name: George Repenton
    Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1878
    Registration district: Blaby
    Inferred County: Leicestershire
    Volume: 7a
    Page: 53
  • Name: George Repenton
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
    Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1893
    Age at Death: 15
    Registration district: Blaby
    Inferred County: Leicestershire
    Volume: 7a
    Page: 31

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