The Horrible Death Between 1870 And 1899
There are many stories about death that happened between 1870 and 1899. I found three stories that I thought really related to the “horrible death”. The first report I found was about two workmen that were decapitated in Chicago. The second report was about uncaring workhouse and the uncaring owner at Hackney Union’s Brentwood schools. The last report was on a man who was working for a company and who died by being electrocuted. In Chicago, two men who were decapitated while they were working. The first male was working on the deck of a vessel loaded with coal. While he was filling a wheelbarrow, a huge bucket that was suspended in the air fell due to one of its chains breaking. It descended with such a terrific force upon the neck of the
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Gillespie was in charge of about 500 children. When the trail began all the children came forward to testify against her, and the entire country could not believe and were horrified by the scandal. Punishment and abuses were severe, but the most common punishment was called the “basket drill”. The “basket drill”, was where children (in their nightclothes) had to parade around their rooms for hours balancing baskets full of clothes on their heads. If the children were to talk to each other it was punishable by having their heads slammed against the wall. There were also spur-of-the-moment blows with hands or frying pans. In addition, the children were often withheld from getting any water and that forced the children to drink from puddles outside or toilets inside the school. While Gillespie was also on trial, others would testify saying that she was regularly drinking and was always drunk. To avoid detection of her crimes she would never let the inspectors come inside and would meet them outside the school and then would treat them to lunch. Gillespie was then found guilty and received five years’ penal servitude as her punishment. The dangers were the punishments the children would receive. They were always in danger no matter what they did, even if they spoke to each other. That all needed to change, the children shouldn’t have been treated horribly for something they could not have helped. Though they did begin to change by having a trial for Gillespie and getting her away from the children. And the changes were needed because it was saving the children from harsh punishment and be
Gillespie was in charge of about 500 children. When the trail began all the children came forward to testify against her, and the entire country could not believe and were horrified by the scandal. Punishment and abuses were severe, but the most common punishment was called the “basket drill”. The “basket drill”, was where children (in their nightclothes) had to parade around their rooms for hours balancing baskets full of clothes on their heads. If the children were to talk to each other it was punishable by having their heads slammed against the wall. There were also spur-of-the-moment blows with hands or frying pans. In addition, the children were often withheld from getting any water and that forced the children to drink from puddles outside or toilets inside the school. While Gillespie was also on trial, others would testify saying that she was regularly drinking and was always drunk. To avoid detection of her crimes she would never let the inspectors come inside and would meet them outside the school and then would treat them to lunch. Gillespie was then found guilty and received five years’ penal servitude as her punishment. The dangers were the punishments the children would receive. They were always in danger no matter what they did, even if they spoke to each other. That all needed to change, the children shouldn’t have been treated horribly for something they could not have helped. Though they did begin to change by having a trial for Gillespie and getting her away from the children. And the changes were needed because it was saving the children from harsh punishment and be