The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-11-21 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO THE DORCHESTER NAILS.

Au widen% which c weed yolk, ware in the town,
oczurral to the tusil-cart an driver on Saturdey night.
lamest Holger, the driver of the cart between Bridpert
sod Dorchester, lel t Dad Post-olthue ot the former town at
Ms usual hoar on Saturday evening—about 7.40. Il• had
wita him the cum:emery large mall-bag. cunledhlo9
smaller ones for the le endon, Salisbury, Do:cheated. Wm*:
ham, an,l other districts. Al quarter-past nine p.m. •
crowd coll.-cted in East-street, by recede of the horse and
mail-cart, minas driver, letups, and waii.bags. dashing up
the street towards she P.mt-odice. Constable Freak noticed
the animslapproacatug, and took it to the edicts. Sergi.
llaszard was itundAhdatly in atbandance, and reported the
matter to the postal authorities. As the elf air suggested
the idea that an attack but bona made on the diver, and
that toe intail•hees ecre stolen, this Sergeant, wituout the
lon of a or. anent, procured • " vehteie and pair - frost the
Soil, and, accutupdated hy P.C. Fre.k. proceeded towards
Derchesteir, by ro el. At " S ny Hind," about ire
miles trout Briaport, toe " search patty' discovered
• niaekinteso, scar!, and the corn-big, belonging in the
driver, but no thins oi the latter o: toe missing bestirs.
Proceeding thy met the driver, Bulge., accempauied
t.y • cosn netued Seanee waiting in the direction ol
Bridputt. Beth were taken into the vehicle, and the
party pri.c -.dna in march of the bag, or news of its
whereabouts. The it try told by the driver, whose
head wee bandaged with a handkerchlef, was in effect
that soon aite, peastng Traveller's Reit (an inn shout
44 tales Irani Brithedr.), he suddenly discovered the lose
of the large tusii-bag, and immediately " turned the
beads." Repasong the Tritvelier's Rees his ettquiriee
were replied to in the negative and to greet warm he
pursued hi. course back to BiLlietrt, looking caraway
for the bag en route. Armin,' at Finney Cdoss, the cart
cellided—probahly with a beep it road snet•l—tutd he
was theo•u trout the vehicle, when the animal dashed
on towards Badoort. amving there in the manner
described. The wounded driver, Sergeant. and Constable,
drove on to Traveller'. it tat, where Sere- lbalsrdinquited
if any maul-bogs had been found. lie found the bag tnere
quite side. ittinving been pick d up and be ought to the inn
hy Mr. Walden, of Cuckold's Corner, who also found the
hat of the driver in the road about 9.50. The sergeant

t Ain charge ol it at 11.1.10 p.m., also in. trio returned to
Bridpoit. The driver was tease to the Dull !lAA where
Dr. Diy attiuded hi. lel tries, whic... were found ti
contait of • ilea's, wooed end a serious brume above the
left hip. It. was subiequently couveyed I. his home.
Sergeant Masud hanitel toe waiiinags to the postal
authorities, cal Mr. J. Helleit, nein, c itiveyed it via
real 10 Durche.tir, nut, aa the county town could not be
reeched ti alter midnight, toe mail traia• were mama
A deal of excitemuut prevoinil is toe town 1101.1 i the
news of tile ucovery of the lir tile wes made known,..
if wit. rsao.biy ....Pwacii that • (commis attack had
been made on the mail.