The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-28 00:00:00

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Rir..IOIALLICIOZ Crr CogeirrrrtoN.—The last of
the fortnightly competitions for the captain's challenge
cup by mcmbers of It Company, 11. R V., took place
on Ironday at the range The highest score was
made by Sergeant Derhaan, 41 points : ranges 200,
600, and GOO yards, tive shots at each. There have been
14 competitionn during the season, and Colour.
Sergeant Goodridge is the winner of the cup. he
having aecured it four times ; Sergeant aerham. three
times. ; Latsce•Corporal Lambert. three times ;
Corporal Light. twice; and Privates Skivington and
Watts once each.

Boort raL SusDaT.—The amount of the late collet:.
tions in Blandford Church on the occasion of the
benefit societies and volunteers of the town attending
Divine service in aid iif the local hospitals Wa. £l3.
The rec.or of Blandford, in accordance with the wish
of the committee appointed for the purpee, has sent
off the money as follows :—To the Bnstol Hospital,
£2; Bath Hoopital, E 4 • Bournemouth Sanatorium,
£3; Weymouth Eye Infirmary, ER ; Blandford Nurse
Noise, 1.1. For tbese amounts the societies will be
entitled to nine in•patient tickets and 14 out•patienta
in the different hospitals, whilst the listh dineral
Waters llemital never refuses any case if there is a
vacant bed. .

FATAL Aceinger.--On Thursday evening last a
carter named asoney, of Leigh, near tiherhorne, in
charge of two horses and • waggon load iif goods.
whilst descending Enford.hill, a steep declivity
midway between the villages of Durwestion and
Shillingstone. about four miles from Illandford, was
knocked down by the horses under his charge, and
the wheels of the waggon passed over bun. causing a
fracture of the thigh bone and severe internal
injuries. As soon AA possible the unfortanate man
was brought on to Illandford and placed in the Union
Hospital. medical attention at once rendered, and
every care shown the sufferer; but the injuries and
shock to the system was so severe that the unfortunate
man expired on Saturday morning. Au inquest was
held on Monday evening It i. state : deceased
was accompaniad by hi. wife at the tune o the sad
oocurrence, and was either reinoving his own goods to
another situation or conveying a grisim's furniture.
lx seems he could not have been aware of the steep
hill, or he would have used a drug ; as it WA, the
home, were overpowered by the weight behind them in
the descent, and deceased in tryinr to manage them
met with the injuries which now proved to be fatal.—
An inqiiiot on view 01 the body of Thomas Dooley,
aged 54, was told before Mr. W. H. Atkinson,
comner, and • jury, in the beard TOOM of the Union
Workhouse, on onday. Deceased was going from
Leigh to Butleigh, near Ringwood, with a load of
furniture for a groim.—Tne widow of deceased,
Angelina Disney, deposed : I was leading the hinder
horse down Enfold Hill, in the Parish of Shilling.
stone. When near the bottom, the front horse
jumped on nue side, snapped off the traces and ran
away up the hill opposite. Whether the horse or
shafts knocked my husband down, or whether be was
struck by the waggon I could not say but the wheels
went over him. I did not see him fall, as I wan on
the top of the load of furniture No Otta else was
present. Some women came out of tlis cottages
there, and I got down and went towards him He
was lying in the road, close to the bank. I went to
lift up his head, but he did not speak. A young lad
came on with • waggon and ono horse, and he got
some strr • and laid him on the top of the bricks in
the waggon, and with assistance brought on deceased
to the Union Hospital. He Wan taken in and
attended Lei, and a doctor was sent for, who arrived
whilst I was there, and I stayed with him during the
night after the doctor had left him. He was sensible
while I was with him, and wished me to go hack and
tell my master all about it. His master was Mr.
Oockemm. He did not iuiy a word how the accident
happened. I went home the next morning, and did
not nee him again alive, Ile was 50 years of sr.
There are three children living, the yonngest 23 years.
lie was perfectly sober at the time of the accident,
and had wriked all the way With the horses—By •
juror: I applied to the 1111,4 p tublichouse we got to in
the t own - is Half Voon Inn. The landlady
refused to take hi,.; in, saying they were full.—
A gee leinan then applied at the Nurse House attached
to toe CoJea use. They wersoafused admission there,
as they said they only took in women. Afterwards
tf ey came to the Union, whe-is they had every stten-
boa, the master and others being very good to them.
—(ilbeet La le, a lad ia the employ of Mr. William
Wheeler, as Garter, deposed : I taw deceased on
Thursday last, about six ss'elisck in the evening, going
down the hill into Enford Bottom, just past the old
turnpike gate. I followed him with the horses and
waggon down the hill, and when les came to the
bottom I saw him laid in the road close to the hedge
' I stopped my honies and went to him. Iris wife came
back, and with the assistance of three w mien from the
cottages near, and a man named Scott, they got
&marled into Wheeler's waggon. He had a load of
bricks, but I got some straw and put on the top ..1
thisen and he was put on the straw. I brought him
on to Monition-I. I went to the Half Moon first -the
landlady they could not take him in as they were
full up I then toik him to the Corner Coffee House,
where they refuod admission ; then to the Nene
House ; afterwards to the Union, where he was ad-
inittol --By a Juror : either parties know there
wx• an accident ?-lhsceasol did not speak to him
coining to Blamlfonl, but he spoke to his wife.
Edward Mann. Spencer, doctor of medicine, and
M It CM. residing and practicing in Blandforti,
deposed : On Thursday last, about eight o'clock in the
evening, I met the last witness with a waggon at the
Workhoieie gate. Ilecoainvl was in the waggon. I
osperints•nilish his nenhival to the hospital. I foots"
lii. left thigh was broken, cli.e t,, tho hip. He Wan
al.. very much bruised on that side. There was a
very large nut in the scrotum. He WWI bruised also
on the right side is( the abdomen and the right
thighs. There was a large wound from the rei-
t non to the litittock on the right side. I
stitched up the scrotum, and put the left leg We;
long splints, anti gave neceesary directions for the
night 110 was very notch collapsed from the effects
of the accident and muttered a great deal of pain The
nest morning he WWI very sick several times, and had
very little pulse. I attended him, and dad all I could
till his death, which took place on Sunday morning at
2.30. By direction of toe coroner I made ano I.
'itll4 examination, as I did not feel justified in
giving • certificate as to the cause of death without,
sin Saturday afternoon I found an extensive
fracture of the left thigh close to the hip
There were several detatched pieces of bone, one of
which I extracted. The thigh was also very much
bruised, with great ettravagataon of the blood. On the
left part of the abdoinen there was great extravasation
of WOKE and the bowels much bruised. There were
marks as if cansed by a wheel passing completely over
the left thigh and abdomen. There was also a cut in
the buttock of right thigh. The cause of death in 'iv
opinion was from shock to the system, caused by the
injuries explained. He never rallied from the shock.
although perfectly sensible almost to the last. He
must have suffered great pain, as the leg jumped so
much, that I was obliged to have at tied down to the
bed by • sheet. He said the horse knocked him down
and the wheel passed over him.—Mr. Turner, master
of the Union Workhouse, wished to make corrobors.
tire statement that the wan WWI perfectly sober when
admitted to the house, and he wished to make it
public, as he had been asked the question several
times —The Coroner having touched on the salient
points in evidence, the jury returned • verdict of
' Accidental Death "—The lad Lane wax complimented
by the coroner and jury and one third the fees were
handed him, the widow receiving the remaining two.
thirds,