The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.

Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Central Middle-
sex, prosecuted an inquiry at Middlesex Hospital
yesterday touching the death of Daniel Clayton,
labourer, 54 years of age, residing at 32, Crown-
street, Soho.
Henry Lawson, cabdriver, living at 46, Augustus-
street, Regent's-park, stated that he was walking
down Tottenham-court-road shortly after 12 o'clock
on that day week, and hearing another cabman di-
recting a policeman round the corner of Oxford-
treet into Boziers-court, he ran round. He there
saw the deceased standing by a lamp-post, with his
right arm extended and bleeding dreadfully. A
heavily-laden van was passing along, when the
policeman ran after it to stop it, and he procured a
cab and brought the bleeding man as quickly as
possible to the hospital. Subsequently deceased
told witness that while he was pointing out to two
gentlemen the way to the Exhibition a van came
past and suddenly pinned him against the lamp-
post, and either,a piece of metal or one of the wheels
caught him violently by the arm, tearing it in a
shocking manner. He told witness nobody was to
blame, and it was also stated by the two gentlemen
that there was no fault attached to the driver.
Other evidence taken went to confirm the state-
ment of Lawson, that no blame whatever was attri-
butable to the driver of the van.
George Grimmer, the driver, said he lived at 22,
Manning -street, Edgware-road, and was carman to
Mr. Wright, of the Rose Inn, Smithfield. He knew
nothing whatever of the accident until a gentleman
stopped him some distance from the spot. He had
five tons of yellow metal bolts in the van, which
was drawn by three horses.
Mr. R. Hunt, the senior house surgeon of the
hospital, said deceased was brought there with the
arm severely lacerated, the arteries exposed and
bleeding profusely. He sank on Saturday from
pycemia caused by exhaustion and hemorrhage.

FATAL CONS.EQUENCES OF FURIO US
DRIVING.

Dr. Lankester, the coroner, held an inquest at the
Horse and Groom, Stephen-street,Tottenham-court-
road, last evening, on the body of a child named
Arthur Gunn, aged three years, living with his
parents, at 26, Gresse-street, ltathbone-place.
The evidence adduced from Mr. Jarvis, a veteri •
nary surgeon, and a man in his employ named
Wallis, went to show that on the 18th inst. Wm.
Brooker, driver of a van, drove down a place called
Stephen's-mews, where a number of children were
at play, according to habit, and caught the deceased
in the wheels. Severe wounds were inflicted upon
the unfortunate child, of which it shortly after-
wards died. •
Mr. Jarvis deposed that Brooker was in the habit
of driving fast down the mews, although the road-
way was a great descent, and at the time of the ac-
cident he could not have been driving much less
than nine miles an hour.
Wallis heard that Brooker had been cautioned for
his rapid driving on former occasions,
Wm. Broo:ier volunteered a statement to the
effect that he certainly was going rather quick, but
nothing like nine miles an hour. The horses were
apt to go quick at that point, but he stated posi-
tively that he did not see the children at play until
'he IMO down upon them, and directly he did see