ACCIDENT ON NEWBURY BRIDGE—On Tuesday an accident occured on Newbury Bridge, involving a serious loss to Thomas Stroud, a hard working industrious man, living in the Independent Chapel yard. It appears that Stroud was bringing a load of coal over the bridge, and was following closely on a millers waggon. The latter stood still on reaching the crown of the bridge, leaving Stroud on the steep portion. On getting his horse in motion again the animal fell, breaking the shaft of the cart, and injuring the spine as to render it permanently useless. Acting under the advice of Mr. Bland, the poor thing was destroyed and taken away. Stroud is an industrious hard working man. with a wife and several children. He was formerly in the employ of Mr. Adey, coal merchant, but succeeded in getting a horse of his own, and drove a coal cart on his own account. The horse which he has lost was bought by him about two months ago, at a cost of £2l  15., the purchase of which absorbed the whole of his savings. The case, we are assured, is a deserving one, and several small subscriptions have already been promised towards the purchase of another horse, by which he may continue to get an honest livelihood for himself and family. The case is recommended by Mr. Joseph Adey, his late master, than whom no one is better able to speak to the deserving character of the unfortunate man.

THOMAS STROUD
DEATH OF VENERABLE ALMSMAN
Death has removed an old inhabitant in Thomas Stroud, who succumbed at the advanced age of 94. He had been an inmate of St Batholomew's Almshouses for the last twenty years and died there.
He was a native of Vernham, but came to Newbury as a young man to act as carter to the firm of seedsmen, the Shaws, of Westfields. Here he met his wife, who was also employed as cook in the house. He afterwards was employed by Mr. J. Adey, coal merchant, but also did hauling on his own account. He was a stirling type of workman.

Mrs. Stroud was at one time a saleswoman for the "Newbury Weekly News" in the early days of the paper, starting in the early hours of Thursday morning on her round, finishing in the Market Place and disposing of over three hundred papers in the day.
Newbury Weekly News 12 January 1928
Not in Mrs P Buried on 29 December 1927 aged 94 Bk 1917 p. 120 no. 10560