Edwin Sewell
From Graces Guide
Edwin Root Sewell was born in Great Baddow Essex in 1867 the son of Samuel Sewell a master miller and Sarah Woods.
He married Elspet Campbell in 1890? and had three children.
1899 25 February. Edwin Sewell and James Richer are the first recorded driver (of a petrol vehicle) and passenger fatalities respectively. They are thrown from their Daimler on Grove Hill, Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, London. [1]
Reports suggest he was a 'fast' driver and when he applied the brake hard the spokes of the wooden wheel broke with the stress and the wheel collapsed with catastrophic effect.
He was buried on the 3rd March at Twickenham Cemetery aged 31 years
Notes
- See Bridget Driscoll for the first pedestrian fatality by a motor vehicle
- See Henry Lindfield for the first electric vehicle fatality
- See Edwin Sewell and James Richer for the first petrol motor vehicle fatalities
- See Nina McLeod for an early passenger fatality
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Mar 02, 1899