What could cause a housepainter and a chimney sweep to die in a fall in 1895??

[LauraJC]

My great grandfather's death certificate states he was a housepainter aged 51 in Glasgow who died in the Western infirmary due to a fall from a window ledge in 1895.

The next entry is a chimney sweep aged 45 who died on the same night in the same hospital, also from a fall.

I'm presuming they both died from some accident at the same building.

I tried a bit to find newspaper reports but couldn't find it reported anywhere.

Any ideas please??

Thanks 

[Roobarb]

It could be just coincidence, the fact that they died on the same night doesn't mean that both accidents took place on the same night. One or both could have been in hospital for days and subsequently died of their injuries. Unless you have information to the contrary?

[MaureeninNY]

 
Welcome to RootsChat!

Maybe share your great grandfather's  name or that of the sweep?

Maureen

[Maiden Stone]

Welcome to RootsChat.
I agree with Roobarb. I can't think of a reason why a house painter and a chimney sweep would be working near each other.
There were plenty of tall buildings in Glasgow to fall from.
Western Infirmary had 350 beds at the time.
 

[tonepad]

It is not likely that a chimney sweep and house painter would be working on a building at the same time. Sweeping a chimney could create dust which would stick on any newly painted surfaces.


Tony

[MaureeninNY]

 

Was sort of hoping that either the ggrandfather or the sweep might appear in newspapers. The refs can be difficult to find.

Maureen

[Rosinish]

Do any of the entries have a RCE attached which may give an explanation of what happened?

Annie

[Roobarb]

I had no idea what an RCE is, had to look it up. For the benefit of anyone else who doesn't know, here is some clarification:

https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/birth-death-and-marriage-records/register-of-corrected-entries/rce-deaths

[GR2]

Glasgow Evening News 8-8-1895

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A PAINTER.
The next case was that of Alexander Kelly,
painter, who was killed through falling from the
window of a house at Waverley Terrace, where
he was at work, on the 5th July. The evidence
was to the effect that he was standing on the
window sill painting the woodwork on the out-
side of the window, when he overbalanced and
fell to the ground, sustaining such injuries that
he died in the Western Infirmary on the morn-
ing of the 9th July.
A verdict in accordance with the evidence was
returned.