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to the surgery by Dr. E. Davies who pronounced it to be the body of a premature child. P.S. James and P. C. Williams have the case in hand.
4 October 1913 Inquest On Tuesday week, Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, held an inquest at the Rising Sun Inn, concerning the death of Clifford Pugh, the six and a half months old child of Blodwen Pugh, Chapel Row, Penybank, who was found dead in bed. The jury, of which Mr. Charles Payne was foreman, after hearing the evidence of the mother, returned a verdict of ‘Death from Natural Causes.’
4 October 1913 Inquest On Tuesday week, Mr. R. J. Rhys, district coroner, held an inquest at the Rising Sun Inn, concerning the death of Clifford Pugh, the six and a half months old child of Blodwen Pugh, Chapel Row, Penybank, who was found dead in bed. The jury, of which Mr. Charles Payne was foreman, after hearing the evidence of the mother, returned a verdict of ‘Death from Natural Causes.’
12 March 1921 Fochriw Tragedy: A Death Trap Mr. R. J. Rhys conducted an inquiry at Fochriw into the circumstances of the death of Morfydd Jones, daughter of Walter Jones, who died as a result of injuries received whilst returning from school. Walter Jones, father, gave evidence of identification, and said his daughter was active and in the best of health. She was 10 years of age. On the day of the fatality, he was called from work, but his daughter was dead when he reached home. Mary Thomas and Mary Morgan, playmates of the deceased, said they were playing "touch" on the way from school. They did not hear the horn of the car. Percy Edwards said he was standing on the platform of the Fochriw station and saw the car coming down the Pontlottyn road. It was coming down very slowly and he could hear the horn. Hugh Jones, the driver, said that he was a driver of three years experience. He was driving from Pontlottyn down the hill, with the engine free. The children were coming out of school and he saw the girl falling in front of the wheel of the car without anyone touching her. He pulled up within his own length. P. S. Williams also said the car was going slowly. The coroner remarked upon the dangerous turn in the bridge, which was only 15 feet wide, and then passed a verdict of "Accidental Death," and exonerated the driver from blame.
31 August 1957 Fochriw Child Crawled Under Van – Killed: “Accidental Death” A young Fochriw mother, giving evidence at a Bargoed inquest last week, described how she saw a neighbour’s child run over by a van. The jury, sitting with Mr. T. Alwyn John, Coroner for North Glamorgan, recorded a verdict of “Accidental Death” on Lynette Elaine John, aged two, younger child of Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. John, 123, Glanynant, Fochriw. Mrs. Jones told the Coroner that she lived on the opposite side of the road to the dead child’s parents. Soon after mid-day on August 7, she handed a coat for dry cleaning to Mr. Douglas Evan Jones, the driver of a dry cleaning service delivery van. The van was outside her house. She returned to her work at the front of her house. Within a few seconds she heard a bump, and saw the back wheel of the van go over a child’s body. She had not seen the child before. Mrs. Jones said, “I could not move. I just screamed. The van stopped immediately. A lady living opposite came across to comfort me as she thought my little girl had had it. Both the children were dresses similarly and had blond hair. Mrs. Lucy Mary Howells of 73, Glanynant, said she was on her doorstep when she saw a child playing on the side of the gutter. A van was stationary outside No. .. and the driver was away a few seconds calling at the house. Mrs. Howells said she did not see the child when the driver returned. She went indoors. Later, someone told her husband there had been an accident. The driver, Douglas Evan Jones, said that after calling on Mrs. Jones, he returned to the van. Just when he moved, he felt a bump at the back, when he stopped. He looked out of the van and heard a scream. Mr. Jones said he got out and ran to the back of the van, where he found a child lying in the gutter. Two men came up, and he ran for the ambulance and the police. P.C. Ralph Southworth said he saw the child at her home. She was bleeding from the ears and nose. There was a pool of blood at the scene of the accident, and there were traces of blood and blond hair on the rear near-side wheel of the van. The child’s mother, Mrs. Dora May John, said Lynette was in the kitchen with her. The door leading to the road was open, but she had two chairs wedged across the open doorway. “I missed her a few seconds after I had given her something to eat,” Mrs. Jones continued. I was just going out after her, when a lady called to say there had been an accident. I all happened in a matter of seconds.” Summing up, the Coroner said that quite obviously, the child had crawled between the front and rear wheels of the van while Mr. Jones had been collecting the coat. When he returned to the van, the child must have been completely out of sight. The Coroner added that Lynette was dead when examined by Mr. Alan Evans at Redwood Hospital, Rhymney. Dr. Evans found that death was caused by a fractured base of the skull.
31 August 1957 Fochriw Child Crawled Under Van – Killed: “Accidental Death” A young Fochriw mother, giving evidence at a Bargoed inquest last week, described how she saw a neighbour’s child run over by a van. The jury, sitting with Mr. T. Alwyn John, Coroner for North Glamorgan, recorded a verdict of “Accidental Death” on Lynette Elaine John, aged two, younger child of Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. John, 123, Glanynant, Fochriw. Mrs. Jones told the Coroner that she lived on the opposite side of the road to the dead child’s parents. Soon after mid-
21 September 1957 Body In Car On Wednesday afternoon Glamorgan Police were investigating the death of a middle-aged man. He was found dead in a car standing on the side of the lonely road - South Tunnel Road - a short