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- Birmingham Daily Mail, 2 Jul 1875
Shocking And Fatal Accident In
Birmingham This Morning
A Merchant Killed And Others Injured
A very shocking and painful accident occurred at the corner of Clement Street this morning, by which Mr. Thomas Samuel Bassett, of the firm of Bagnall, Bassett, and Company, metal merchants of Gem Street, lost his life. Mr. Bagnall has also been very seriously injured and the coachman, Richard Latham, lies in a dangerous state at the Queen?s Hospital. A little before nine o?clock Mr. Gabnall and Mr. Bassett were driving in an open carriage in the direction of Gem Street, and when near the Railway bridge in the vicinity of Clement Street, a shrill whistle from one of the railway engines caused the horse to become restive, and in an instant he dashed on at a furious pace, the driver losing control over him. On reaching the corner of Clement street, the affrighted animal rushed up aginst the manufactory of Mr. Phillips, throwing Mr. Bassett headlong against the brickwork of the building, smashing his skull and causing other serious injuired. Mr. Bagnall attempted to save himself by jumping from the vehicle an instant before it came into collision with the manufactory, but he also was hurled against the building, as was also the coachman. An immense crowd at once collected, and the three men were picked up. It is said that no man amongst all those present coule be found to volunteer to take Mr. Bassett to the hospital, who, although terribly bruised and bleeding freely from his wounds, was still alive. A woman named Mrs. Gold, who lives close by, after a little delay, called a cab, into which Mr. Bassett was lifted, the woman following. She laid the injured man?s head upon her apron, and bound it up as best she could on her way to the Queen?s Hospital, but when the cab had gone a little way in the direction of the institution, Mr. Bassett gave a deep moan and expired. The coachman, who is insensible from the injuries he has received, was also taken to the institution, and it is doubtful whether he will survive. Mr. Bagnall, who is severely injured about the head and other parts of the body, was removed to the house of a friend, and it said that his case is also dangerous. The terrible news was indiscreetly communicated to Mrs. Bassett, when the unhappy lady, who is withing a few days of her confinement, swooned away, and medical aid had to be at once sent for.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1843 - 1875 (32 years)
, d. 1891 (Age 74 years)