The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-03 00:00:00

SW AND FATAL ACCIDINT IN THE
HARBOITIL

A very sad accident, =fortunately attended with
fatal 'vault., happened at Hamworthy Bridge on
Thursday evening. About eight o'clock the private
steam launch, Prudence, belonging to the Right Hon.
Cavendiah-Bentick, M.P., which plies between Brook-
s= Island and Poole, and of which Mr. Matthew
Gould was the toaster, arrived off the railway wharf at
Harnworthy, and landed Ms. Richard Potts and four
other persons. The wind wart blowing hard from the
south, there was a very high tide, and the water was
unusually rough. This caused the launch, as she was
being turned round for the return journey to drift
stern on to one of the piles of the bridge her steam
power being insufficient to prevent the collision. Mr.
Gould and the other men on board took a warp from
a vessel lying near and tried to heave the bow of the
launch ahead. They failed to do a; and Mr. Gould,
whilst trying with all his strength to push the vowel
off the pile, was unfortunately crushed most severely
between the house on deck and the framework
of the bridge. A ladder was lowered from the
bridge and Mr. Gould was rescued as speedily
as possible and taken in a carriage to hie house
at Lonsfieet. He was attended by Dr. Harris
Philputs and Mr. H. A. Lawton, who found
that the sufferer had =striped fearful internal
inky= from which it was impossible for him to
recover. Mr. F. K Vernale was afterwards called
io, and 'lso pronounced the case to be • helpless one.
The poor fellow lingered in dreadful agony until
between 10 and 11 o'clock on Sunday night, when he
died. The deceased was a Woody and obliging man,
and was much respected. He leaves • widow and five
young children, for whom much sympathy is felt.
The launch was towed from the bridge to the oyster
bank the same night by the steamer Royal Albert.
She was much damaged and took in a great deal of
water and book, but next morning, when the tide
went out, she was high and dry. She is now being
repaired at Mr. Maaclus's yard.

LONG/LBW.
Sonnix DRATIL—Ths Borou4h Cofoll (ID. G. a
Aldridge) held an inquest at the d-room of the Work.
houae on Saturday on the body of Robert Hibbs, an
older', loan, of Lytchett Minster, who died sudeinlv on
U.. Paik•tim-road on the previous altdisoon. Kr. John
Bloomfield was chosen foreman of the Jury. The first
witnem called woe Alfred Arnold, a boy, who said be was
coming from Parkstons on Um Fromm afternoon, and
the dammed gars Min • ride In his waggon. The deceased
did not complain of being ill. He was sitting in the
waggon with his back to deceased, end when oppcwits Kr.
God'. house he looked round and missed deceased. Hip
ea* deceamA lying in the road, end stopped the horse and
jumped out and west to deceased, who wee groaning.
He then ran for help. The deceased wee quite sober.—
William Odes, • gardener. said he wee called by the last
witneas about four o' lock on the previous afternoon and
found the deceased lying on hie beck I. the road. He
lifted Mtn on to the embankment near Kr. Oars holm
Deceseed was quite timensible and appeared to be nearly
deed. Dr. Smyth came a few minutes afterwards—Dc.
Haiti= Smyth said about four o'clock on the previous
of tone.. he was driving past the old toll bar at Lao/.
fimt when the last witness informed him of the &oddest
Us went to the spot and found that Massed wee quits '
I dead. The,. was e contused wound at the beck of the I
head, such as would be occadomd by falling out of the
but it wee t sufficient to cause death. The
f'iriegeg° surface generally was blue and congested. Hs
believed the came of death to have been eponlexy, and
that the ',figure took place whilst deceased wee in the
waltion.--George Hobbs said deceased was his father,
who was about 71 years of ago. He had a horse and
wailion, and got his living by hauling cootie, be. On the
previous day be went to Bournemouth Gas Works with a
load of coal, and brought back emu, coke. He appeared
to be in good health, and oaly complained of bruises on
the shoulders. Be had always been. healthy otha.—Ttte
jury returned a verdict of "[Math from apoplexy."

WAX/LRAM.
&moono Pimff Semmes, Saturday. —Before the
Recorder and the Mayor.
A respectable looking little girl. named Ana Whirr,
guilty, with tears, to an information laid against
her n'l;l;dDr. Rarebits's, churchwarden, for having on Sunda/
behaved ill and in a disorderly manner at St.
Churl. William Hallett then, at the request Me
magistrates, stated the particulars and said the cams was
brought forward as an example. .Tha little girl, sobbing,
said that a by made mouths at her and made her behave
ill. The Recorder read out the laws in the Ant of Parlia-
ment, which impasse a penalty not exceeding SS, or
isoprisoameet with or without hard labour for disorderiy
condone at any church, or other certified place of worship,
and said he wished they had to. boy, the other °Mender,
before them. They would deal very leniently with her on
promising that the would not he complained against again.
Maul fas, ineludiag mats—e week's grace to pay.

Tea Panora ow Warm AT Chiczet.—Lord sad Lady
dhustua &min had the boaoor M eatertatalag the Priam
at Wales at Oricael Rouse lest week. MA Royal Ma-
n— arrived at Wuaborm Railway Staab:ll On Friday
hy the SA aediaary tram, sad was received by
l abigikip. The visit this tiros wadi strictly primal aad
verl short. the Priam leavias again on Saturday eveairm
by a special train, timed to leave Wimberly: at 5 W. Very
few venom were preened at either the arrival or
departure.