The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-11-15 00:00:00

KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

A sad accident occurred on the starting of the 9.10
p.m. train from Portland on Tuesday night, by which
a young artilleryman, named James Morrie lost his
life. Morrin, who wae a fine young fellow of 22 years,
was in the act of wishing good bye to a private of the
56th who had been down on furlough, and a girl named
Board, servant to Mr. Chubb, who were in the last
compartment of a carriage. It is .Ipp...sod that he
shook hands at the last moment with the girl, and
when the train went on he lost his balance and fell at
the end of the carriage between the buffers and the
platform. There was no cry; but the accident was
observed by Mr. Miller, porter, Mr. Parsons, station-
master, who had been examining the tail lamp, ran
and the train was stopped by the vacuum brake in
14ft. Even then it was necessary to look for the man
with a lantern, and he was got out, breathing, but
speechless. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and
Dr. Candy from the Verne was first to arrive; poor
Morrin, however, died in a quarter .4 an hoer. One
wheel had passed over his right leg and thigh, and the
next wheel pushed him along the tine, and an arm was
broken. There was not much loss of olood, and he is
supposed to have died from the shock. The body was
removed to Mr. Hodsdon's, to await an Inquest.
The private of the 56th was much excited on finding
that his late companion was killed, begun to pull off
his clothes, and exclaim that " Jem was gone, and he
might as well go too," and the railway people had much
ado to restrain him. It will be seen, however, that he
recovered. . _

.—At -the inquest, which was held at the Victoria
Hotel, Mr. Hodsdon was foreman, ard thirteen other
inhabitants were sworn by the Coroner, R. N. Howard,
Esq.—Carrie Bore, servant at Wermouth, had known
deceased six months, and on 'I uosday came from
Weymouth by train, arriving at 2.30 to see him at the
Verne. Just before three she met him, and they went
to the Canteen, remained a short time, and, after lean•
lag, returned and waved till a quarter to five. Then
they went to Fortune's Well, and stayed at the Prince
of Wiles' Inn till halfpaat nine, and thence to the
Victoria Hotel and the railway station, where she got
into a carriage with Pat Consrford, of the 56th. She
wished deceased good.bye, and as the train was about
to start, Conarford was shaking hands with him, the
train stopped, and she put her bead out of the window
and waked Page, a sold, where Morrin was, and he
said, "Under the train." She got out, but went back
again, the train was shunted, and she got out and law
deceased under the train. Page thought he was dead, and
witness bent out crying and went on by the train,
after seeing him placed on a stretcher. Deceased had
a pint at the canteen, and drank with other soldiers'
he was worse for drink, but could walk straight and
talk plainly. He Inuit have lost his balance, and
fallen between the carriages under the train—By the
Jury: The train had jest started when she saw
deceased shaking hands with Conerford--Lieut. J. R.
Foster, ILA, said deceased was a gunner, 22 years
and three months old, and bore • good character.—
John Clarke, fireman, saw the soldier talking to a
person in a compartment of a third-class carriage next
the engine. The guard blew his whistle, which was
well-known to the public as the signal to start, and
amid be plainly beard. They then blew the engine