The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-12-30 00:00:00

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THE WISIBORNE AND CHRISTCHURCH
RAILWAY.
To Mt Zdilos

Sir,—Many year ago. in the early days of the rail-
way. uot a few towns objected to raqroads pass ng
through them with the result of leaving themselves
out in the oil,, while their more enlightaned neigh.
bours prospered exceedingly. The railways are really
the life of the land; any town well supplied with
railways must prosper ; any great railway ceatre
becomes a living power in the hod, populous, thriving,
and wealthy. Now. Idu not preterd that Wiin-
borne will ever anus Gloucester, Oxford. or Road
ing, but it may well beovine far larger, wealthier, and
more prosperous than it is now, and the new railroad
will be a good step in the right direction.
Your correspondent, "A Native." fears that an
embankment at the neck of Dean's ( oirt would be a
serious thing: of coarse it would; it would bank up
the water in times of flood, an I do harm to the town,
but these flood waters would do harm to the embank-
ment, and perhaps sweep it away in time. I have it
on the highest authority that there is no talk of an
embankment ; the line would be carried on a sumo-
lion of lofty arches, and thus no injury would result
to the tuwn.
As for the fear that the Avenue and Psolsoneds
will bo injured, well, the °warns .d property there will
be amply compensated, and there is land enough near
the town for a dozen roads, finer and broader thivn
either of the two named above Let u. rather all
unite and do all in our power to urge on an improve-
ment that will du the whole district a large amount
of good.

A Riamm.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

Mr. G. F. It image coroner for We., Surer. bell an
Waimea on Tneedey, at Maine.. on the body of David
Minchlo, gateman St the Thorpe-lan, 1-vel c•os.log on
the IL .4i. branch o the floniti-Wmtvris Hallway. who
116, killed by the 417 p.m. train from Am it to Vilnisor,
on Thorriday last, the 191 h not. lseb•th
widow of the deceased, said the sew her husband
immediately before the kern bused. and then eh*
mimed him. On lo.tln.t about she found him dfty
lards from the .or. Previous to ths train piecing •
violent Nit of wind °acorn& and she thought it most
have blown ho husband on to the " four I o IL" la
meow to one of the irrymen she stated that her
hariband was not too old for the work, he being only
aft7-fonr your of age. The driver &mood the! Kin-
akin stsemod into the "(our foot" about Shwa yards is
front of the train, an Ilk, near side buffer of the imelnit
caught him. The witness noted thei gale of wind men-
tioned by Mrs Iliaohin. Dr. Prince said when be erw
klischin be was deal. R.. 'cal, lad basis torn crn
.t dy sway. end • log arid arm masa brisk... miaybia
was not mo old for the duty. The jury wish...it the
coroner to point out to the nriway e impany lb. sec ieeity
of erecting a railway at the set*. ise a Sao il
house was to be built on tire opposit, sid• of the Hoe.
and the crossing would be • sources of dormer to the
children going ti and from the school. The coroner
15.4 1, write to Yr. Soott, the general manager of
9orillibrateera Hallway Oompaay. • verdict of
assidestal ism woo Mined.