Claim: The most prominent Cornish architect of the 19th century, who purchased a third class ticket at Par railway station and committed suicide in a toilet at the Brownqueen Tunnel by shooting himself as the train entered the tunnel, was Silvanus Trevail.
Evidence: Silvanus Trevail (11 November 1851 – 7 November 1903) was a British architect, and the most prominent Cornish architect of the 19th century. He was Cornwall's most famous architect, certainly of the 19th century. On 7 November 1903 he shot himself in the lavatory of a train as it entered Brownqueen Tunnel a short distance from Bodmin Road railway station.