The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-01-16 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOL.

An Inquest was held at the Dorset County Hospital,
OD Wednesday moroing, 11. Look, EN., deputy
*Droner, touching the death of Thomas Sydenham •
labourer of Owcrineigne. who Greco k, his end hy so
accident on Monday last, ss detalitil in the following
evidence. The poor follow has loft a wife and four
children the youngest born lad 'Sunday. Hr. H.
White was foreman of the nr7. After the jurors bad
viewed the body. .

A young man mimed Alfred Sansom, of Owens.:dine,
mid he looked niter two horses for Mr. Laver. On
Monday Sydenham, a Garter in the tame eorvice, and
ithii"S is "ploughboy," went to Bast Lulworth with
a waggon end three hones, to fetch 30 suka of cote.
Having loaded the oats they stoned bath. When
sloe, to the New Buildings, near Wool, shout half-
put one, both of them were riding on the thane
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'5557: How often you have been cautioned
about riding on the shafts, yet you won't take heed.
Wines.. As they were turning the OM"' of the
road, witness jumped off to guide the horses round.
It was a short turn, and the two tore horses went
round rather sharp. By this the shifts were turned
Milled that threw Sydenhata off. Witness saw
all on the cd side. He stopped the horses, bat
the wen= had passed Sydeadent. Witness did not see
the wheels go Over hie ; but, if they went over soy
part of him, it must have been his legs. Bydenhani
Mood upright, and sold menetbing, but witness could
not exactly latch his words. As witness flashed stopp-
ling the henna, Elydealiara fell down end • shepherd took
him op. The mu said to witness "Us. he had any
drink 1" Sydenham Immediately shouted "No."
Wither was golOg to soy be (Elydenham) had had a
Hill,, for at Mr.Champ's, Best Lelwarth, be beard
filduham gall for a pint of beer, and saw him drink
mod of it. After they had loaded the waggon from
the an they west to meet, the saner of the other
waggon asked Sydenham to go into Champ's to have
some drink, and they wont in—what they hod he didn't
know. Witness had nothing at MI during the journey,
and, while the, IMO in the house, went to look after
the horses. Thee the uremia some out, but while In
pet to the horses they entered the house again. When
they started he (Bydenham) was snub!e of driving his
bonen, but se they went on the drink " sunned to
'coin, over' him more. He mold not say Hydenhein
was drunk, but he had "hid drink." The shakier of
the waggon made him worse. He looked to hove a
little drink. • putt was obtained Yid Sydenbant token
aa fax as the Meek Bear, hut not into the house. Dr.
Grainger woo cilh.4, and saw the man in the cart The
medical man wuksh the sufferer to be taken into the
hones so that he *DMA examine him, but there was
some diffisulty raked, ano then Dr. Granger directed
him to be taken to the houltel, and witness end the
serMt pollee west on with him.
s2rd Weser, shepherd for Mr. Hyde, Wool, 611,
from his house the waggon cumin along as • walk,
VO=bln turning theocratic the fore houses "twitched'
rather sharp, jerking the man off, and sending his
heels up In the air. He went out,
Uses, "Oh,
rst.m, and sailed to Baum three "Oh, dear,
what shall Idol" Then the began ti
✓an out of kin fun Witness baked if he had had any
drink, and the man cried " No." He wee about to (AIL
and witnete caught him Then he maned to go off in
a fit, sad never spoke again. Witness did not think
the wheels went over hlm—he pitched on his fate, and
ewlti.from the waggon. Sydenhant had had • MUG
thi "
because you could smell it"
Dr. Alfred Hollis, House Surgeon of the hothitals
geld he rest called to see the &memo I at seven o'clock
on Monday *yenta', and found him lying in a cart quite
deed. There was • small wound on hit left obeek, pout.
inthisating with the cavity of the mouth. Beyond it
there was no other apparent injury, and that wet not
enfikient to cease deeth. It might hays resulted from
the of three muses. Pint, the man was • long time
frose the seeklent to his arrival at the hospital, the
weather was very sold, and he might have died from
exposure. Soundly, titers might be some internal
preduoed by tke fell, which caused death.
. he might poenbly have broken his neck by the
fall; but he oonM not ten that from an external
examination.

A juror told the doctor, who had not heard the pre-
vious eridenoa, that the utast got up after him fall, and
asked Mtn if he had broken his net* that would be
passible.
Dr. Hollis did not think it would be.
The Coroner remarked that lt death resulted from
limormare, another question would arise, and suggested
that a post aorta; examination sbonld be made.
In answer Man Inquiry. Samoa said he gloried (Tom
Wool to Dorebester between three and form in the
itternoon with Sydeahant.
The Coroner finked Dr. Roth., euppomog be had
bus galled to Meted the man o.teid. an inn, and
bad men the nature od the wound, what he should have
dam?

Dr. Hollis mid be did DOI know what rymptoms
ems wars, but seeing the wound itself he should have
Mal ths man to the hospital at onoe.
A jam : In mash • oonvoyance f
Dr : UI had not anything bettor at hand.
Than was straw put, be wu wrapped in blanket.,
as/ brandy was given him.
After a brief adjouramont, tho wart reassembled,
bed Dr. Hollis dated that he had made a post-mortem
aumbettica of the body, and found • treaters at the
lower part the setae, width, no doubt, together with
the that mast have ensued, <eased death. The
man t have lived some days if brought to the
hospital wear, but It was hardly possible that he
eould have recovered. The length of tune be iris oat
la the sold prevented any reeetlos coming on.
The Coroner said he tbov.ght It satisfactory that a
port-myrtem examination mad been made, as now they
weld dearly amount for the inan's death. But he
thought they would agree with him that some MU*
blame was to be &Mashed to the landlord of the Lan at
Wool for raltAng to take in the &mufti, especially
as is appeared Dr. Grainger retommondal ii, lie knew
there WM a rainatuuss on the part of landlords to
sAmit to Buhr Imams men under each eircuaistammes :
be thought they should be liberally paid, and, that
MBA dose, then shoald be no objection. He did not
however, there was aulisleat (palpability exempt
te."7„MI for • ressark of that kind. If the delay and
swum had buss the real owe of death, the land-
lord would have beet liable to a charge of Liter:
and he hoped this would be a caution to landlord.
geescally to be more ready to take la persons who net
with aesidente. He had never man any diflicalty In
t, and knew that in this and other
ttoirs =pay was glue when there Wail canoe in
game of widest.
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Dr, Hollis observed this was another added to the
bag lig el preventible sodden* through men riding
es the shafts of waggons.
Oa* jeror thought men nuereoned before the mtgis.
hales for tiding on shahs ahoald be lined more heavily;
end another remarked thst, whoa vent were loaded
the when had no where else to rid., although they
=alialie= I Very 1011gjeursey. weeps wauee
contrive a • seat for the driver, or
ebee so pat the shafts that they amid not be ridden on.
The jury relearned a verthei of "incidental death."

WA-11.11 WELL
Ti Rev. K. P. Osnabrldge, essedlng to his =nod
eseloes, luis again given to his poorer parishioners •
Meal lap* of bead dletrlbtated artkdee of clothing,
sad dose oth.e good deed; the oonstant display of
vbia hog gristly endowed him to the poor.