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Enlarged Heart - Inquest Ajourned

When the inquest was opened in Sheffield today on John Frost, aged 52, blacksmith of Ridge Road, Highfields, Doncaster, who died following a fall at Brodsworth Colliery where he was employed, it was stated that a post-mortem showed that his heart was 50 per cent larger that it should have been.

This gave rise to blood pressure and would make him liable to dizzy attacks. The Coroner, Mr. A. P. Lockwood, said a letter from Sheffield Royal Infirmary stated that Frost was admitted to the neuro-surgical unit at the Infirmary from Doncaster Infirmary, but he died the same day.

Frost had fallen from some scaffolding in the pit.

Dr. Lionel Walman, pathologist, said a post-mortem showed that Frost's skull had been fractured in three places and the brain severely damaged.

Stanley Frost, of The Park, Woodlands, Doncaster, said his brother was a normally healthy man. He had never known him to have dizzy spells. The family visited Frost in hospital, but he had been unable to say anything about the accident.

The Coroner adjourned the inquest to a date to be fixed so that a jury could be summoned.