The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-25 00:00:00

SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE SOUTH.
WEBTERN STATION.

• sad aosident, and one by which a young man
nem* Charles is, a native of Berkshire, and who
has Wee employed at the Dachester station as goods
pater for some swaths part, la* his life, occurred on
Tuesday morning lest The circumannoss of the
nocldsat we shrouded in a certhin *mount of mystery,
nn no ono whatever was an eye-witeess to it. He was
being emeaoos,4 in letting down and shunting tracks,
and pee 16;wgi to have been riding on one of the veep,
but about two minutes: from the last time when he
spoke to a fellow porter he was found lying on his
back, breathing heavily, and nearly dead. The exact
means by which he came by his death are entirely
matter for speculation, but the presumption of the
jury is generally emptied. A most string* incident
is that almost the only Wades received are
signs of internal mischief in the region of the etomach,
and the crashing of the great toe a the right foot. It
is =noosed he was riding on the footboard of the van,
:dims& or fill off, that his foot went under the wheel,
kb= drags* him round and bringing hint in vloleak
contact with the foot-board.
An inquest was held the game af Lagoon before Mr.
Henry Symonds iDeputy•Ooronal Mr. J. T. Bawdy
wm foreman of the jar, Wad the following erideeoe
was adduced :
Mary Mach said she was at the Smith WeliPtt?
Station that morning La the room over the anginit
81m attended the rooms for the seen who slept thira. ;
She westheopsning windows when she saw the deo:seed
lying on the ground on his back by the side of the rifle.
There were to trucks oesr him. He was
sry heavily when she first saw him. Strtlill
iiartlitt. one of the engine drivers, but before they got
to him, two of the porters were with him, and bad
raised him up. like did not me him fall. They took
his boots off and fosind the toes at one of his feet were
crushed. He did not 'peek at all.
Junes Mastermaa, polatteman in tho eLtroat tim
South Western its way Compaoy, *id e ,
duty that morning at the time of the Tbis
deceased was supposed to have been dropping • van ,
down the line from the good. shed, but he did noises him
as he wes busy, and had his back towards him. Be
heard him oath to Churchill a minute or two before
the accident. Witnes• was *built 20 yards in front of
where the pocident happened, and as he wss going
down the Has to attend to his points Churchill called
him. He went bask and saw the deceased in Churchill's
arms. He was breathing very hard. Witness
unbuttoned his shirt collar, as his rook seemed very
much :swollen. He wee very pale, and witn-ve thought
he was dying. Deceased was taken to the Hospital, •
van and w had stopped about six yard' from where
the ci had fallen, and his cap was underneath
the The body was lying by the side of the
metals—si elan to one or on one. He had been at
Dorchester about els ca sight months employed as
goods porter.
Willie:a Churchill, another goody porter, said he
wee on duty that morning, and, at lhe tithe of the
accident, was employed in letting &own • ,Can, and
the deceased warn employed in lettiag down • lass
behind him. A waggon was following the van, as
whiols the deceased was. As witness dropped his van
akar kte stopped it, and at that time the van, in which
the deasamd had been, was touching his. lie got
down, and say the deceased lying on the ground a
few yards from the um. Hs was lying off the line on
whith his van was, but bead was resting on
another line of metals. The brthe of the van' in
which the deceased had been riding, wee not pat en.
It was the duty of the deceased to put tb• bet o
• minute and • half before the aceidea n.
law
rd& ioesqued *Lading on the step of his van. He'
should have boo. weld& When be saw the deceased
an the ground he went to him and lifted him up.
He was breathing bat wee numelesa, and did not
speak. He °outer oda ah explanatbn of how the
aecident happened.
In reply to a jurymen, witness said the Aleoessed
bad not cornsishod of wine ill that moraine.
' Mr. A. Eamon said *bout a quarter before ten that
morning he warn called to ego the deceased at the
=. On his way there he met the deceased being
to the Hospital on the *rat**. Witams
,mineded tint 4te Hospital and hisd a bed pupated:
isetwben4osassageathpelthe I/kWh:Bombe was quids
dead. After car Mal 11,11041400 hafound no external
Wall Tat apparent.fir..„l:oll sail of We right
foot had been torn (ram the t perts, but Dot ootp-
pletely detached. It did k as" if it shad been
run over. Thai were masks of injury one the

stomach, and be suspected if an internal examination
were made there would be found to have been great
damage dose to the liver, spleen, or other of the vital
organs, which would probably amount for death. There
was no sign of • wI..L hawing gOOll over the body.
He attributed death to loss of blood internally.
The Deputy-Dormer, in summing up. said the
evidence was not so satisfactory as they might have
wished, still there wee not the slightest doubt that
the injuries received were consistent with contact or
crushing with the ran. There was no remon to doubt
that it me an accidental death.
The Jury at OCIC4I returned a verdict of " Accidental
Death."

The funeral took place at the Fordington Cemetery
on Thursday afternoon Met, sad the Large etth'dea"e
at the greveside showed the respect in which the poor
young fellow WM brad by his friends and fellow work-
men. He was a Good Templar, and • member of the
Primitive Methodist. °onus:ion. The mourners met
at the Hospital at four o'clock, and before the funeral
cortege started, the hymn ' Safe in the rams of
Jesus" #ss feelingly sung outside the Institution.
Anima those who attended the funeral were Bro.
Foot, W.C.T., and the other officers of the Lodge
many wearing the Gamut Lodge Degree regalia:,
Inspector Hardee, Kr, A. Wolff. and many of the
L and 8. W. employers, Mr. Clarke, Mr. C. Orem-
and many members of the Primitive Methodist
Church. The Her. J. Knipe conducted the set vice,
and gave a short mhortatioe. Over the grave
was sung "Through the Valley of the Shadow of
Death." The bearers were composed of four members
of the chapel. Mr. Wellman was the undertaker. It
wee announoed that the funeral sermon would be
preached on Sunday nut.

COUNTY PETTY BEBBIONB.
SATURDAY.