The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-14 00:00:00

WAZIZ&Z.

WLlzlu AID PURIM/ UNION. The Local
Government Board bare approved of and oocarmed
the appointment by the tituirdians of Mks Alice
White to be schoolmistress of the Workhouse EkbooL
13he had served five years as an aodotant pug! teacher
at the National School. Stobwoso. war Wareham,
which is Giddy supported by the Lori of Eldon, aided
by a Government grant, the existerice of which school
is found to be • great advantage to the plain and
aeighbourhood.

ILIETION OP MEDICAL OFFICE OP DIALTB.
On 'Tuesday there was an unusually full attendance at
the Board missiles for the partway of ilit•"‘"i°‘ tb•
three candidates who had hew selected at ths last mestlng
to come before the Board for final choice of one of them
Kr. George Bond presided supported by ths Karl of
Tadao, chairman of the Rural Sanitary Authoeity. and
'dvend other etellekt and elected guaniisam eras It
ecided. altar the three caudidetes for the Important Kies
' of medical dither of health had appeared ow oessively and
submitted thermal's* to Inspecties and warelnatics, to
tgas the voting by MO.t. end accordingly striae of MOW
were distributed and this Again collected by Kr. TOW.
clerk to the Board. on whirl each guardiaa had erritten
the same of the candidate be voted for. The reoult of
ibis slowed a large majority be favour of Dr. Eitsintherps.
who ww accordingly celled In and Wormed of his bring
for Idiaa he thanked the Board. The any
°Seer at health's teseleatiele at. of • Itlith order.
and we trait lb. Hazel Sanitary Mirk* will be ell the
Itargks sad bolthisr for the pordissi dohs.

Scott, contractors agent on the Abbotsbury
railroad, said Me duty woo to set out the woric, and ass the
l keep the right line Considered himself an
e=. and worked from instruction. received from Mr.
Clarke, the company'. engineer. After the work was set
out it was withese's duty to see it carried out Had no
hesitation in saying care and caution was timid, so
that no accident should 'happen. as far as human Jodi-
went could foreeee Had not beard of any alip before.
Had left the sides dater. They did not want to push
to• work. Since be bad been there, there had bean no
olio to close the way.
This WM all the seldom*, although P.S. Coates had told
the men who bed been working in the cutting that if any
of them had any oomplaante to make, or any wish to give
evidence, the Coroner would be pleased to hear them.
Some of the jury were not quite satiaffed, and the
Coroner offered to adjourn the inqu.et, and get an engineer
to give an opinion; but this the jury did not preen, and
returned • verdict of " Amidental Deaths; the Coroner
being requested to give Mr. Scott a caution to take care
and do ell be could to prevent anything of the kind
happening in future.

ie PO RTISII.AIe. Jeans ParaTHS was again brought up on Saturday
1 TWO YEN YILLID. 1 morning, the magistrates present being e—De. Drew
It (Chairman), J. iladge, 1t.0., and H He,pking, Hsn,
. p.S.
Near Portersharo • very Men Apse), put in a cerliecate that no effects could be
Menelaus casualty oacurred on f,, ,i n high a diet,.., could be made.
Thursday last, about four o'clock in the at ternoon, where- Ili.. et;jailg Ho he bed now an application to make,
by two younit men wore killed, in ten minutes or • grunter
ai
hut before doing go he would read the surcharge already an he"- poor were working on the Ahbotsbur. re ll.ivon in evidence. Having done so be would now ask the
O
way, and were engaged at an open cutting about el'ift. or E.
le- urh to Wu, a warrant under their hands to cause the ft. deep from the hula*, of the ground. This had been '
maid James Pathos to be committal to the common gaol
41st out to the depth flawed in • comparaUvely narrow i -
use of correction of the county or riding or place
titiick in tit* middle, called the "gullet," up which the •
°timbre be was residing, for • term not ezieeteling three
"'woo" were .delloced, as fast as the earth could be I w.
i amender months, unlace the said moneys should be paid,
where the th"e and
Zan "t h owit3
oe
~,,r side was wwas it,s.
full
i‘sicald,
hl ed. t
ha. bebonnechh, , . . ro .0
I oil liable charges paid and satisfied. Thie wee a
ler leniency, for it 1ir..4 proved hy the certifl,re
level being about lett higher that the floor 01 the gullet Pl'iic‘lh he had read, that frandulont entries had been made
and about Mt below the original level a- the ground ; and
r the ness book.
free' the bench the cbne w" filled Into the "Ma"' for -*Dr. Drew:— That Ls not before us. The charge before
cecne—tcal Th. ........aect above the beach was krwal' th • Bench Le that he hae negleved to pay over the sum of
MO 1i...... O. .../ ; but the stratum into Irk the '
i Chlo ei. IL, and upon that the Bench must adjudicate,
gullet was cut was meetly • mineral somewhat similar
to coal, and called shale or locally " blackaione," and the Mr. Welleford, however, submitted that with all due
jaiuddeegingo(
otthe
rguawlle.r., ii,abOugh somewhat sloped, do not seem. deference to the Bench that they had certain facts in
Won .10P.d a. much asaawasd fd"eamirawbbsle.lllll-PeP'm"den. uito.hmserde •theeitencefaes.helbsoreintheg
pact end
phewneoreffai: :kerin,b.reetthz Ulm,.
the loads of stuff in the waggons, and when any large Trent. might he taken due notice of in the case. Here
lump fell into the gullet they picked them up, and tasted was . man In whom implicit confidence had been placed,
them into the winsome whoa they were thus domed, and who had held the poeition fur =ay years, and who
and, "it aaa'an analiZai for the purpose, • mesa of the had secured two rerpecteble men to come forward al
bench, or rather of the side of the gullet, slipped down, bondsmen to ensure his duties being properly performed.
burying Job Hall QM) sad Henry Issu On A messenger He bad here in the meet disgraceful way not only nude
wee Wawedieteie tioPatched for the doctor, while men at the default, but they had heard the way in which it had
once set to wort to dig out their fellows, and one eas been made, Here was • Iltifsolt to this very large sum of
unearthed in about ten minutes, by which time Dr. £406 4.. lid, and he must ask them in the discharge of
Hawkins had arrived, and the other about ten minutes his duty and in the discharge of their's both to their Queen
after; but bath were as quits dead. One w • native of Ind weeny that they would commit this man for the
Bridpcet and the Oilier of Partenotat, full term to which they could commit. It was a very pain-
ful course for him to ad mt, and it was also • very painful
?Hg ZAVHST duty for them to perform; but honestly and planly, in the
Wes held at noon on Friday at the King. Arms, before public disclaim of their duty he considered they had no
B. Lock BieL, deputy coroner. right to abate one single day, one simile hour, or even
The first wither was Edward iveautforeman of the gang- one single minute of the full term to which they had the
era employed in the Ahbotabery Railway, at Portesham, power to commit him. He, therefore, asked them, not
who said be was engaged in cutting the embankment there, only in the discharge of their public duty, hot aleo in the
Litd.huad.t.mthe.n..unt.derk.hi,m..t.l4heanterdtheaLaadtelnotuhrapope'Cinocedk:
tdhierbliari.die.ot tzemednutzh:
hhalcdhcollcnforonewirdir,dzaLuicow Int...act*
but could not see &ceased. Heard • norie as if earth had the honesty of OH man -that he should 1w mow ver•:. d
fallen, and one of the party cried out Witness isnmedi- as long as they could incarcerate him with the
stele went to the sPot, nod imolai board there were object i 4 seeing whether his friends might be induce 1 to
two man buried in the dahrie, he gave instructions for come forward and assist him in raising this sum, or at any
getUng them out, They were Henry Lie and Job Hell. rate • pert of it, eo that the whole of this heavy sum
In shout 10 minutes they theceeded in getting to loos but might not fall on the heads of the two men who had a 3
he wee quite dead; in another 10 minutes they mime to generously come forward, and towards whom he had
Job Hall, who was also dead. brought them to the King's exhibited such an utter, complete, and total disregard.
knos Hotel; the doctor was wit for. Wee aatiseed they He eeksid that they would, ti the very last minute, cause
were hath deed " "on es Wien out. Wiwi"' had been him to be incarcerated in prison for toe fuU term or three
engaged in excavating works of chi. hind for several years. months in the hopes that something might be done to
in different p/aces—Bireningtume. Yorkshire, at., and was exonerate the bondsmen in tome degree and recoup them
acquainted with different soul.; but the @oil craw,h more for the sum which they would have to pay.
rocky than he had been sochstogoal to. Had directions an
Dr. Drew: It is very hard indeed upon the bondsmen,
to the sides; but he laminated the accident to • land-
drain which carded the water underneath the bench, and
pay debt, d.wra mfr another L.11...,th anybuPritut who Is LT". t.:tilaort
leasseed am soil, sad if the soil was jointy it would hen
the awe of I OMMing it Hodaidared the wedho wore us at the present time. Tbe ample cam now is that Kr.
emadeeded in the most prudent end cautiotia manner, and Pmeees has Tamed to ehjwye 12int`e2," -.de by the "et".
of the district to pay gee ts, 2;4 He Is
= treibta".. todr.htearderopeaoa erhtreear "(Meaere t. charged with disobeying this order. He ednaliallle haii not
lag.
_ltte steamers was not the cause el the accident, as Peldits and he admit. be kw! not the ""ine to pay th.
Slimed :iris Thesoil is lilts coal, and liable to falL money. He has also had • distress warrant issued upon
which is returned as being insuMcieat goods to
that every proper protection was used to hie g,,,
levy a Wanes@ upon; and it now remain, with the wee..
prevent en accident
trate@ to pass sentence for ranging to oLer the order.
Jobe Hall HY Pelleint at the cutting about four o'clock. Mr. Weleford argued that they had no right to place the saw the earth nip down to the bottom, and beard the two ehgrztupon the principle of common debt, and quoted
mat were buried. Headed, down some tools to stable • of Parliament in support of the argument With
othen to retinae the men, and went for a hone and th ea deference to the Bench there was
weddae' sae when h. °la° back am °mg' had bseu !LI .dand-- beyond the ample question of not obsellthtibli
relethed, and witness rismainei till the other was got out,
"'—
From what he saw he thought the embankment was quite ecd"
safe, and not liable to an accident of that kind. Dr. Drew: The magistrates have given it their serious
(kw,' HA a labourer. Imo, at d.hhataharr and attention. They have considered all that Mr. Welefeed
had mentioned, but still they felt they had only to
enridoeed tilling the waggons. mid yesterday be my so
ompiorod, wad on the road bound Us, 0r.... when
adjudicate upon the actual charge sheet Oor sentient,' Ls
the slip took Rim. Saw Lee standing on the ground that Mr. Parma, shall go to Dorchester gaol for two
to the waggon, and throw • lump of soil towards it, montlikend that does not include bard labour.
when the mass ot stuff fall and buried him. When he 141% wade" expressed his Sae" "cerise that the
was released he HU dead. Wither had been working W„,eratelth.,,,nwffteteet".,._"°°,l.ll,ha.," "eat" such • wei""
there between three and (our months, and had been "ft" " ••• alum" "" had an".
Mr. Arden ( employed on similar work before, never saw any danger,
Clark): If you want to proceed
and wee not in fear of •ny accident From what he hadwan" hila fee the criagnai offence you c", a° a°.
been accustomed to, maadered there was much caution Dr. Drew: Oh. yea If we are called upon to adjudicate
used were the owii slipped ao was needed, and o.auters4 zoo the criminal offence we shall do it. I cannot blame
it sale to work. Welshed •• be is °sly weft his duty.
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primaia. was then.ri'mc;iod In cuitody.