Accidental drowning at Padworth

[flipflops]

There's a photo and map of the lock here http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/gazette.cgi?where=$gb12 it looks as though you'd get the best view from a train

[Dave Jones]

There is a full report of the inquest on John Monger in the Reading Mercury of 17th December 1842.

This is available online at British Newspaper Archive.

[Dizzy Escape]

Many thanks for this tip-off. Fantastic to find this. So my gggg grandfather was drunk in charge of a horse and cart!

[flipflops]

There is a full report of the inquest on John Monger in the Reading Mercury of 17th December 1842.

This is available online at British Newspaper Archive.

Many thanks from me too   Using the link I was able to do my own search and find the report of an inquest I'd been searching for in other papers 

[Dizzy Escape]

Yes, and because I had to take out a two-day subscription to look at this page from the Reading Mercury of 1835, I used the opportunity to trawl for many other ancestors and came up with some very useful additional information. I can't recommend the British Newspaper Archive too highly. Thank you, Dave, for prompting me to explore this resource. 

[flipflops]

They have newspapers from various other areas too and more pages being added all the time

[Dizzy Escape]

Yes, and the advanced search facility is impressive.