The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

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COMSPORDINO WERE

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Court.," Parr" Sassroms, Bbireball, Saturday.—
&acre G. T. Bullock, sod E. Pearce. &qrs.

CAUTION TO GANOIRS. Poser Franklin, •
pa_gee, on the Great Western Railway, was charged
y lnap.ctot Morrison with obstructing the line of
raits from Weymouth to Dorchester. by leaavaiiLa
trawley thereon. —Charter Mortimer, so OD -
driver in She employ of the Routh-Western way
Company, stated that on Thursday he left Way.
mouth with the 4.50 South-Western ezprem tapin.
Ile received the usual signal that the line was ellsar
for passing the tunnel. Whilst travelling at ghost
40 miles an hour be observed something on *One
but could not mote out what it was, lie speeded
the whistle, and law a man run up Littlernoor teak
with two or three others following him endeavour-
ing to remove • trawley. Witness gave the alarm
whistle to the guard, and did all he could to stop
the train. but it was invaluable to do so, and the
saga. streak the trawley, smashing it in pieces.
The ewes was greatly damaged, but he aleareeded
in repaireng it sufficiently as to be able to take the
train to Dorchester. He could not swear that
defendant was the man who ran up the bank.
Inspector Morrison Mated that on Thursday
he received informatioa that an accident
had arearred to the *Lie seesitieeed
by the last witness, owing to the negli-
gems of defendant, who as • servant in the
employ of this Great Western Rail enty Company.
He took him in custody on Friday, when as an
ezcuse for leaving the trawley on the line, he said
it was owing to his watch being slow. The papa
had interaction to send • signal man a mile distant
trona where a trawley was, to signal any train which
might be due—Mortimer was recalled, and stated
that there was no flag signal, but defendant held up
both his hands, which was • weal for stopping, but it
it was not done in time. He could not see what was
on the in, until he came within 200 yards of the
trawley.—Mr. Mears, superintendent of the Dor-
chester division of the South-Western Railway, maid
be was • psesenger it the 4 50 train on the day in
question. He beard the engine driver blow the
danger signal three or four tones, and shortly after
felt the collision. Witness got out of the carriage,
and sew the truck smashed to pieces, and four or
Ova platelayers standing around. He inquired of
coo of them who the ganger was, when defendant
was pointed out. The collision might have been
aooompaaied with great risk to the lives of the!
purveyors. On arriving at Dorchester he wrote
to Mr. Teaser, the superintendent of the Groat
Western Railway Company, informing him of what
bad ceicarred.—Mr. 8. Bull, district engineer of the
Great Western Railway Company, stated the
instructions which pagers received with reference
to having treetop on the line. Defendant had
been in the employ of the Company for many years,
and no oompaust had ever been made of his
conduce before—ln defence, defendant said be
and his peg had been at work on the
Portland analogy for • fortnight, and on
Thursday night finished it. He left Weymouth
about four o'clock in the afternoon of that day with
a trawley, orinveliag tools and two men besides
hitdself. The moon why be had no flag was because
there was wither trawl", Diming behind. He had
often run from Weymouth to Bancombe-bridge with
• trawler/ is tem than an hoer, and thought he could
run half the distance in half the time, but he found
oak that his wake had lest half-an-hour. He did
not hear the driver of the testa blow the sigmal
whistle, but as *push% be leek round he law lb.