Stuart0742 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Horrible Suicide at Sheffield February 1849 William Otley was found dead nr Queens Rd He blew his head off with a horse pistol His hat together with the bulk of his brains was found a dozen yards away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Suicide October 1893 William Pickin cut his throat, Landlord of the Lion and Lamb Main Pub entry updated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Suicide January 1877 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Supposed Murder and Suicide December 1894 An unknown womans body found in a little brooklet that crosses Matilda St, in her arms was a little boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Suicide by Seduction July 1854 After frequently saying he would marry her in Scotland, they arranged to meet at Brightside Railway Station. She was there but he did not arrive. Spurned she took her own life that night and he went to Scotland alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 Drowned in Crookesmoor Dam "..had been a very intemperate man." Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 22 Aug 1857 page 6 column a (and a mention of a pub I cannot find on this site!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 18, 2011 Author Share Posted May 18, 2011 Pre-Victorian; sounds like a bad week : Suicides & c., On Sunday the 22d (June 1817) a man determined, while drunk, to plunge into the water, was drowned. On Monday one woman cut her throat, and another hanged herself; and on Friday, a poor old man in a state of complete distress, hanged himself but was discovered in time to be preserved. Besides these, rumour has propagated accounts of several others. Such is the chapter of accidents for this week in Sheffield, a sad one indeed, if we consider that four human beings have in this short space endeavoured to plunge themselves into eternity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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