The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-25 00:00:00

Souttrsttisbirt.

Y EOM— RUlhrely Accident.-- As the junction train
from the down express 101 Thursday was pawing the
points, and g g down the incline into Yeovil,
crim of alarm were heard, and on looking out,
the guard was seen stretching through the door,
whilst he called loudly to the driver to stop. It was
then seen that the van was off the line. Short as its
curse was, and slow as its pace, its oscillation was
, very unplessmit to see. To tmeouple it. shift the
lozgage, and transfer a few of the passengers in the
last compartment of the hind carriage into a lint-
' d ew, was the work of but a minute; and whilst the
train sped on as if nothing hail happened to it,
another engine dragged the van oil to the metals
again. The cause of the accident appeared to he
either that the pointsman had not held the point
hung en. ugh, or else there was some ilefeet at the
points. In justice to the o mipany on the one hand
and the pointsinan on the other, there ought to
lea strict enquiry, and if it was an act of neglect,
h • culicil•le party ought to he punished, although
attended by no ill consequences. . . .

I.slv 14;orgialia Eon; was A 1111 l ngst the guests at
the grand lull given in Nlontival on the otxusiou of
the Prince of Vales' visit.

It will be remembered that in a former Mimes.
sion a e remarked on the scarcity of game in this
iteighbourlnsol, aml the dii ii ill utive size of such as
could be procumil. We iuiaginu that :Reny in the
sporting circles base since proved this fact. During
the past week several of those gentlemen who dor.
nig the first few days of the stsson were regular in
the pursuit of game have resided the temptation and
resolved to wait and see what line weather and the
harvest will ilo Mr a second Mod of birds and those
which are at present so small as to be scarcely worth
killing. Some have resolved to do more than this,
viz., to preserve strictly their game and allow no
shooting on their grounds during the season.
. A MAN'S II EA It (TT OFY BY A Tasty. —A shocking
suicide occurred in the neighbourhood of Penalimier
1111 Satllnlay week. It appears that a man, a
'imam by trade, deliberately laid his head i.n the
line of the S..tith-Wedern Hallway near Pendomer
a. the train was crossing. The consequence was that
the bead .4 &ceased was almost* evereal from the
aly. The man's name is aavrtained to be Samuel
Lanplon. An inquest was held ioi the remains, at
the Nt w lain, East Coker. on Tuesday, before I). H.
Ashford, Esq.. county coroner, when the following
ideneu wsa adduced -" Susan Langdon, suite i.
the deceased :—Nly husband was 52 )ears of age.
and had been employed Me Mr. Ilelyar, of Coker
Court, some time. We had been married about
three years. Aland a twelvemonth ago he bail a
severe attack of typhus fever. and since that lie bail
been very weak in his head and nerves, and wane
tones seemed to have no strength at all. He went
to bed on Friday night about 10 o'clock, and then
appeared to be very irritable and had no rest. He
had had no rest for the last four or live nights. He
got up about live on Saturday morning. Alla asked
in. where I was going. I said to Wiehetee Beer
IFArm• to finish sume work. I told him
I would get him aome breakfast before I left.
I never saw him again. He had been in a
low, desponding way for sonic time. I never heard
him threaten to ile-truy himself. He said lie could
not do his work so well as he used to, and he
could not give interaction either to his employer or
iii liiinself.—Jane Vincent, of l'endoiner : I saw
deceased 011 Se. turilay morning shout 7. as I was
going for a pitcher of water. He said "Good morn-
ing !" I replied to loin, and he then asked Die if the
train bad gene by. I said no, nut it was due.
He went on the crossing on the line near Kit Hill.
I never saw him again. About 10 minutes after
heard of the accident. —George Stammers : 1 am an
engine.driver in the service of the Great Western
Hada ay Company. On the Satunlay morning spoken
04 I was driving the 7.10 tram down from Yeovil.
I observed a luau walking about a quarter of a mile
in front of me. I whistled and sounded for the
break. Ho was walking on the line on the footway.
at the edge of the hank. When I got to about 20
yards from him, 1 saw him drop mu his knees and
place his head on the metals. We stopped about 300
, yards from the place, and went back and found him
dead. He was taken up and cal riot! In Pendomer
Church. Strange to say it appears that no wheel
went over the deceased, and yet he was found with