Kentish Gazette 15 May 1812.

DIED.

Yesterday, after three days illness, Mr. James Rouse, landlord of the "Two Sawyers" public-house, Canterbury.

Kentish Gazette 23 April 1833.

DEATH.

On Friday, Mrs. Knell, wife of Mr. Knell, landlord of the "Two Sawyers" public-house, Canterbury.

From the Kentish Gazette, 21 August 1838.

DEATH.

August 15, in King-street, Canterbury, Mr. James Knell, formerly landlord of the "Two Sawyers," Ivy-lane.

Kentish Gazette, 30 April 1844.

TO BE SOLD,

4 FIVE MOTION BEER ENGINE, nearly new, at a a very great sacrifice. Inquire at the "Two Sawyers," Ivy Lane, Canterbury.

South Eastern Gazette, 28 February, 1860.

CHARTHAM.

Death of a Labourer Injured at the Railway Works.

In our impression of the 17th ult. we noticed that on the previous day a navvy, named John Smith, about 40 years of age, had been injured at the railway works, in this parish, his thigh being fractured. The poor fellow lingered in great agony until Wednesday last, when he died at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. On the following evening, the coroner, T. T. Delasaux, Esq., held an inquest on the body of the deceased, at the "Two Sawyers," in the parish of St. Paul, Canterbury, when the particulars of the occurrence, as given by us at the time, were detailed in evidence.

The deceased, it will be remembered, went on to the line to uncouple the last of a number of loaded trucks which were coming from the Chartham cutting, and was jammed between the buffers. William Hopkins, a fellow labourer, who saw the accident, said the occurrence was purely accidental, and no blame was attachable to any one; in fact, the deceased ought to have stopped until the waggons were quite still before he proceeded to uncouple them.

The nurse at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital she had attended on the deceased said every possible attention had been paid to him, and he had been kept alive by the wine and other nourishment he had received.

The Coroner, in summing up, said it might appear strange that an inquest should be held upon the body of the deceased so long after the accident, but the law said, if a person died from injury within a year and a day after sustaining the injury, then an inquest must be held on the body; and this was quite necessary in the present instance, the object being to ascertain if there was any blame attachable to any one, or whether it was purely accidental.

One of the jury (Mr. J. Kelson) said it was very necessary that an inquest should be held in such cases, for he had seen, in his experience in connection with railway works, that the men were often too venturesome, and when an accident occurred, then the contractor was blamed. If it was not for such inquiries as the present, they would hear of more accidents than they did.

A verdict of "Accidental death" was then recorded.

South Eastern Gazette, 27 November, 1860.

The late Fatal Accident by Burning.

We briefly mentioned in our last that the young girl, Elizabeth Guest, who met with an accident the previous Wednesday evening by burning, had died from the effects of the injuries she sustained. Yesterday evening week T. T. Delasaux, Esq., coroner, held an inquest on the body of the unfortunate deceased, at the "Two Sawyers," in the parish of St. Paul.

Elizabeth Ann Hambrook, dressmaker, St. Margaret’s-street, deposed that the deceased had been, in her service as maid of all work for about two months. On Wednesday evening deceased was alone in the kitchen, and witness, hearing screams, rushed down stairs, and then saw the clothes of the deceased in flames.

John E. Pettitt, chemist, stated that on Wednesday evening ha heard violent screaming, and on looking into the street saw the deceased on the ground, and her clothes in flames, which were extinguished as quickly as possible.

Deceased was conveyed to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, where she died on Sunday evening.

Verdict, "Accidental death."

East Kent Gazette, Saturday 5 December 1874.

Fatal Gun Accident.

On Monday evening, Mr. Coroner Delasaux, held an inquest at the "Two Sawyers Inn," Ivy Lane, Canterbury, on the body of George Philip Smith age 36 a gamekeeper, lately in the employ of Mr. Denne Denne, of Elbridge, Littlebourne who died in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital on the previous Saturday, from the effects of a gunshot wound.

It appears that on Thursday the 26th, 5 gentlemen Mr. Denne Denne, Mr. Henry Denne, Mr. Herbert Denne, Mr. Hurst, and Captain Chapman, were out shooting at Trosley Park Wood, and deceased and other men were engaged in "beating for game," when he was accidentally shot by Mr. Herbert Denne.

The side of occurrence was explained by the gentleman, who made the following statement by the permission of the Coroner:- The men were beating through some high wood towards an open field; the deceased and some of the beaters came out of the wood in front of me and were waiting for the others; with pheasant rose on my right hand and was going to the rear as I stood; I turned hastily and prepared to shoot at it in case it came towards me; while doing so I was horror-stricken to hear my gun go off. I can't say from what cause it went off. I saw the keeper put his right hand to his left arm and say "I'm struck," or words to that effect.

Smith was taken promptly to the hospital, where he died as above stated.

Mr. F. T. Atkins, house surgeon at the hospital in his evidence, said he believed the cause of death to be syncope, produced partly by the injury and partly by the man's fears that he was fatally wounded. Other witnesses having been examined, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."

Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette - Saturday 13 October 1894.

DEATH. ELLS.

On the 29th Sept., at the "Two Sawyers," Ivy Lane, Canterbury, Mary Ann, wife of Ex-Inspector W. W. F. Ells. aged 63.