Beatrice Endacott's Fatal Fall

England

By Michelle Hartley 14 Feb 2023

Article from the Western Morning News, Saturday 9 May 1914.

 STOKE DAMEREL - Plymouth Girl's Fatal Fall. - Mr J. A. Pearce held an Inquest at the Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport, yesterday on BEATRICE ENDACOTT, aged 13, of Cotehele-avenue, Prince Rock, Plymouth. - The mother said the child had suffered from a diseased leg since birth, and her father had made her a pair of crutches. Last Saturday, while playing in front of the house with other children, she caught her crutch in an iron gutter which ran across the pavement and fell. A doctor ordered her removal to the Hospital. The Royal Albert Hospital was the only place they could get her in. - Dr M. Ramsay, House Surgeon, Royal Albert Hospital, said the girl, who was suffering from a fracture of the left leg, was a very under-sized and ricketty child. Last Friday she showed signs of collapse and died on Wednesday evening. A post-mortem examination showed congestion of the bases of both lungs. Death was due to cystic disease of the kidneys, accelerated by the fracture. - A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.

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