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
Sources
- 1. Newspaper Announcement
- (secondary evidence)
- 2. British Newspaper Archive
- 2012
- (secondary evidence)