The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-10-16 00:00:00

A VIOLENT GALE

From the W.S.W. and W...n.ge—d—i7v.er this district on
Sunday night and this (Monday) morning. Shutters were
blown from chop fronts, tiles, slates, and bore flower pots,
dashed down in the town, and at sea inure damage seems
to have been done, for shortly before half-past lithe Wey-
mouth awl Portland Steamer Company received informa-
tion of there being a vessel in distress, drifting down
Channel, and the Commodore got up steam to proceed to
the rescue. The Commodore early in the afternoon was
seen returning with the schooner in tow, and evidently
intending to bring her into the harbour. She was brought
in about half-past two, and proved to be the Helena (two-
masted) schooner. (cull Dieppe, for Liverpool, with flints
for glass making. She had smuhed her foreyard, and
blown away her foretrysail in the gale, and was brought
in by the Commodore with a pilot on hoard. A chimney
was blown down at Mr. Wallis's baker, St. John's, and
fell into a room where were two bedsteads, each with a
sleeper therein. Fortunately the chimney fell between
the two bedsteads, so that no one was hurt.

DEATH OF AN HABITUAL DRINKER.
An inquest was held on Saturday afternoon, at the
Guildhall. before Mr. G. Symonds, coroner, and the
following jurymen :—Mesars. Moses Butcher, C. F.
Freeman' T. Hodder, W. C. Holmwood, H. A.
Rend*ll,W. J. Newton, R. Shinner, R. J. Wright,
C. Hibbs. W. Albino, F.. H. H. Creed, and Andrew
Learmouth.—The deceaaed was a middle-aged man
named Frank Cole, who was found dead at the White
Hart Inn, on the morning of Saturday, by the land.
ford, Mr. Harry Read.—tr. Creel was foreman.—
Henry Baker, who resides in Maiden-street, Wey-
mouth, had known the deceased In. 20 years. He
belongs to Bideford. Devon. He was a commercial
and travelled for an illuminated label fino, in Notting-
ham. and also for a firm at Exeter. On Tuesd ty
night last, he came to his house, with a man whom he
emidnys to carry his parcels about the town, and saw
he was then intoxicated, and appeared to hate been in
for some time. Witnesa knew his habits. and
" chastised him" for it--The Coroner: Yon did not
flog him, dii you? It would have been a good thing
if you had. You mean you reproached him. —Witness
continued He would insist upon sending for beer for
witness and his wife, and some brandy for himself.—
The Coroner Did you drink the beer?—Witnesa : I
drank a glue—The Coroner: A bad friend, I fear.
lie left about 8, to go to his lodgings at the White
Hart. He was then in liquor, but the man with him
was not. —The Coroner It was not a case of the blind
leading the blind then ?—Witness, no —He continued:
The man W3lll • stranger to me. He now no more of
deceased till Friday morning, when he came to his
shop, about half-past 11, alone, not sober; but
muddled. and he saw him to his home a little before 7,
at the White Hart. He had three or, four three-
pennorthe of brandy the whole of the day, and slept a
great part of the day in a chair. He would not take
anything to eat; he was a man who, when he was like
that would not take anything. He had telegraphed
to his wife before, when he WAN in that state. When
he got to the White Hart, he was in a muddled state,
and quiet. At the White Hart, he wanted some more
drink, and had M. -Worth of brandy. He left him in the
travellers' room, sitting on a chair, not much improved
as regards .obriety. Within the last seven or eight
year. this has been the habit of the deceased. He wee
not alone in the commercial-room, there were two or
three people—By the Foreman He usually drank
brandy. With these three-pennyworths he mixed a
tumbler of water with each; he did not take them
neat.—By Mr. Randall: He did not complain of any
illness; apart from his drinking habits, he was a
healthy man—Last evening witness said "I told
him some day you'll be found dead in this
state • but he answered " Drink 'll never kill me."
He has been the subject to delirium before now; but
he was quiet, he was never noisy, drunk or sober.
Harry Read, landlord of the White Hart'
came to his house, last Tuesday night, intoxicatesL
On the foil, wing morning about half past nine, he
got up, and for breakfast had a bottle of soda, and
three pennorth of brandy; thin be called • "reviver."
He wanted a sovereign from his missus, but she would
not let him have it. He had left 1.3 in my care; but
my wife said fie was quite sufficient for him. He said
he was going to telegraph for his wife; but he did not
know whether he had better do it or not. He advised
him to do it, and, to get some draught iilthe chemist's,
and not to go on in these ways. He next now him when
Mr. Baker brought him about half-past seven, and he
wanted fid, worth of brandy, and Mr. Baker to have