no cause of death on death certificate for John Caunter

[Kathyma]

There is no cause of death on the death certificate of my 3 times great grandfather John Caunter who died aged 23 in Ashburton, Devon on 8th November 1860 and was found by Sarah Tapper in North Street, Ashburton.  He was a tin/copper miner according to his marriage and death certificate but I don't know which mine(s) he worked in.  Does anyone know of any accidents in the mines near Ashburton that occurred around this time? Or any suggestions how I could find out more about how he died.  Thanks.

[janan]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

This is puzzling and not something I've come across. Does it just say "Unknown" under cause of death? Any mention of a Post mortem? I would have thought there would have been an inquest. There might be something in a local paper.

Jan

[Kathyma]

There is just a blank space under cause of death.

[giggsycat]

Hi

Western Times Devon, England
17 Nov 1860

BIRTHS. Nov. 4, at High-street, Crediton, the wife of Mr. Jos Mann, draper, &c, of a son. Nov. 13, at
Bartlett, aged 48 No*8, at Ashburton, Mr. John Caunter, miner, aged Not 9 at Ashburton, Maria, wife of Mr. Thomas Weeks general carrier from Ashborton,to Exeter Nov. 11, at Ashburton, Mr. John Ireland, builder, aged rJo*. 11, Ashburton, the infant son of Mr

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[JJen]

Western Times 17 November 1860

Deaths
Nov 8 at Ashburton, Mr John Caunter, miner aged 23

The same entry is in 21 November 1860 - Exeter Flying Post - Exeter, Devon, England

No other info unfortunately

JJ

[janan]

Strange.

There is a death notice in the Western Times and the Exeter Flying Post but nothing else. I wonder if there was a local Ashburton paper? I would have thought that a young man being found dead in the street would have been newsworthy.

He was buried on the 10th Nov and there is a Mary Ann Caunter 62 buried 19th Oct - is she conected? There do seem to be a lot of deaths winter of 1860/61 so maybe there was an epidemic of some kind?

[rosie99]

Where does it say he was found dead in the street 

Not all death certificates give cause of death. 

[janan]

Where does it say he was found dead in the street 

That was my interpretation of "was found by Sarah Tapper in North Street, Ashburton"

Jan

[Jonathan Frayne]

If I recall my schoolboy social history, miners were regarded as having such dangerous jobs that when they died in an accident no inquest was held even though it would otherwise have been required. Is there  a local paper that may have reported a mining accident?