The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-10-03 00:00:00

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FATAL AOCIDINT TO A RAILWAY GITAILIA-012
Saturday lest H. Look, Esq., deputy county
coroner, held an inquest at the Lion Rotel, fivel.l.
shot station, on the body of %Vex Phillipe, finder-
guard of one of the pods traina on the Great
Western itatithy, *ll. Sim killed ackidesitelly oil
the previons evening. Win. Baton taut hit he
was driver of the engine Of C good& train on the
Great Western aitwft tin Friday evening they
were sevettl hours behind their stipulated time,
being heavily laden and the engine becoming dis-
abled. About 11 o'clock at night they were coming
from Yetninister dation, when one of the driving
rods breaking they were obliged LA part the
train. He went eh With one part of the
train bi tvershot, leaving the remaining
carriages in charge of the deceased, about a
mile and a half behind. After depositing the first
pest of the train at Evershot, he returned for the
remaining carriages, and when he epprolithed the
spot he saw the gnardhi lamp signalling "Sit right'
It was the geard's ditty, on the irrival of the engine,
to couple it to the carriages, bet finding that h
did not do 03 in this nee, witness Jeltiped doivn
when he sa* the deinsamid lying between the rail.,
with his tund heet the tender Wheel. fie told bit
mate to move the engine forward a bit, all he Wes
draid they had inn over the ROSA, ite then raised
the deceased, Who Was then breathing, but wee hi
sensible Mitt unable to speak. They placed
him in the van and brought him on immediately
to Evershot, but on their arrival be was
dead. There waa some blood flowing fredi
the side of the head, and witneeili
was, from the position the deiteeted eies In, that he
had arranged eliskithilig for starting, as his papers
ley hesidishim properly arranged, and hislamp placed
between the two lines of raili,indicating that all was
right, and afterwards sat down between the two
rails just in front of the carriages, and fell asleep&
—Thomas Bursaad, fireman, gave similar (Addenda
as the engine driven When they felt obliged to
divide the train, the head-geard mon on to Ever-
shot with the Ant pate, leaving the seined *inked
of the train in the tare of the itibAntlitard, as was
his char. Be entitled an their approaching klie
latter portion of the train, OQ going back, that the
tindetluard's signal lamp was placed "all right.
He heard no one speak. After he had put the
engine forward a few feet, he got down and assisted
the driver to place him in the van. Be breathed,
but was evidently senseless, and before they
arrived at Evershot was dead. Ilia impression
was that deceased was sitting between the rails just
in front of the carriages asleep, and that the oosp,
lag chain struck him on theside of the bead, causing
death. —Thomas Xilby, heed gnard of the goode
train, said they were epproaching lgver.hot soon
after 11 o'clock, ,on the previons night, when hey
found it nenessary to part the train and take one
portion on to Evershot first. Ele went forward with
the first part, as, was his duty, leaving the deceased
in charge of the second part. Ile remained at the
atatiim at *venlig but finding that the engine was
e long thin, he feared that something was
matter and 'nlin back, sad met the train at the
the tunneL The engine-driver told him
.1 that he wee a.,fraid be had nearly killed
Witness got into the van and spoke tokim, but
d not Mime/. He them left litbs., aud found
-. he was decd.—John elapoott., surgeon, at
Everabot said that be WM celled to see the deceased,
and found that he was dead. On examining him ho
could not disoover my mart of violemoe about thp

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