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Events following the Disaster
Sunday 4 July : Filling in the Trench
The collapsed
trench was full of water, and with the approval of the Coroner work began immediately to fill it in.
Tuesday 6 July
Inquest Opened on 5 of the victims of the disaster
At Town Hall Newport , the Coroner Mr Lyndon Moore said he could
not let the occasion pass without referring to the splendid heroic efforts of those who participated in the work of the rescue.
Nothing seemed to have been left undone to minimize the loss of life and prevent further disaster. He paid tribute to the
presence of mind of Mr Faris, engineer in giving immediate warning to those near him, which enabled some workmen to escape
and to the medical men for their devotion to duty through a long night. As for the newspaper boy Lewis, he had won for himself
a reputation for courage and resourcefulness which should stand him in good stead hereafter.
Tuesday 6 July (
reported 7 July )
Pay Day and a check on who was still alive
Release of a Statement by Messrs Easton &
Gibb & Son - The Contractors
After hoping against hope that some of the men missing after the dock disaster would
put in an appearance and claim their pay Messrs Easton Gibb and Son issued an official list of dead and missing. They number
38 including 5 dead men who were identified ( those subject to Inquest )
Thursday 8 July 1909 ( The Scotsman 9
July )
Memorial Service on the spot of the disaster
2000 mourners came, friends and family of the victims
who had waited in vain
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT NEWPORT DOCKS
An impressive memorial service was conducted last evening
over the trench at Newport where the bodies of the 38 men who lost their lives in the disaster last Friday still lie buried.
It was conducted by the Rev and Hon R Grimston Superintendent of the Navvy Mission Church of England.
NB One man
died a few weeks after the disaster, accounting for the 39th victim
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