The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

AN AND HORSE KILLED BY

GALLOPING INTO A LIME-KILN.

On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Infir.
nary, Sheffield, on view of the body of Thomas Wilkin-
son, a boat-hauler, residing at Masborough. The un-
fortunate man had been drinking on Saturday evening,
at the Lincolnshire Potatoe Inn, with his brother and
others, having on the same afternoon purchased a horse
for the sum of 1/. 12s. 6d. About six o'clock, or half-
past, he set off to return home, being at the time mounted
upon his new purchase. His brother was also mounted,
and had a little boy, son of the deceased, behind him
They proceeded along Blast-lane, the deceased being
behind ; and on getting near the toll-gate, the keeper of
the gate, named Dodds, heard a crash, but from the dark-
ness and fog of the night was afraid to venture towards
the lime-kilns. On the following morning, about nine
o'clock, he (the toll-keeper) proceeded towards the spot
where he fancied he had heard the noise on the previous
night. and there, at the bottom of a lime-kiln, some 20
feet deep, found the horse dead and the man in a state
of insensibility, having laic fifteen hours at the bottom
of the kiln. He is as conveyed to the infirmary and died
directly.
Several witnesses were examined, amongst whom was
John Dodds, who said—l live in Blast-lane, and keep
the toll-bar near the works. I was coming from Shef-
field on Saturday night, and two men rode past me. One
had a boy behind him. Something dropped, but I could
not see what it was. It was near the Mowbray Tavern.
They called to a woman to bring them a candle, and a
man picked up a cap which had been dropped. They
passed me on the other side those houses before getting
to the Mowbray Tavern. I thought I heard a noise as
of a horse tailing ; when I got further on, nearer home,
I stood to listen if I could hear any further noise, but
heard nothing, and went forward home. I said to my
wile, " There are two men on horseback, and I thought
I heard the noise of a horse falling, but thought that I
must be wrong, because the other man did not turn
again, and pacified myself, thinking they must have gone
through the gate, as it was open and she said some-
body went through, but she could not tell who, as she
did not go out. I thought if anything had happened,
the other man would have turned again. I did not
tell the constable that I thought I heard the cr.ish
and fall of a horse. On the next morning after break-
fast I took a walk out, and looked into one of
tine kilns, and at the bottom I saw a man's leg and a
horse. I told D. Turnbull, who works for Mr. Travis,
what I had seen. We procured a ladder and got otr
the man; he was just alive, but could not speak. There
was a great deal of blood about him, and also on the side
of the kiln where he lay: his hat was off, but we did
not look for it. We saw the murk by the side of the
kiln where the horse had grazed it. The kiln was about
four or five yards from the centre of the road; it is a
private road to the work, and considered a very dan-
gerous one—so much so that I was afraid of falling into
one of the kilns myself. I had not thought the next
morning of finding a man killed. The road ought to he
fenced off ; it is a dangerous road from Mr. Booth's to
the junction of the Attercliffe-road, and not fit for any-
body to go along after dark.
The CORONER said he thought Dodds was not altoge-
ther without blame for not looking idler the deceased
when he heard the crash.

The jury thought the pits ought to be fenced off, and
that opinion should accompany the verdict of " Acci-
dental death"—namely, " That the road from the kiln
to the junction with the Aiterchffe-road should Le
strongly fenced off."—Doncaster Gazette. •

DR. WoLrr.—Our readers will be gratified to
learn that authentic intelligence has reached Bombay
from :Persia respecting the adventurous Doctor. The
tyrant of Bolthara had permitted him to leave, and he
was, when the Elphinstone left the Persian Gulf, safe in
Persia. We are heartily glad that ho has escaped the
clutches of the barbarian ruler of Bokhara, but there are
some well-informed people who do not think that Dr.
Wolff was ever in any danger at all, and might easily,
at any time, have retraced his steps without molestation
from the Khan.--Calcutta Englishman.
A correspondent ("Anti-Rubric") compares Bishop
Phillpotts' attempt to revive practices which have fallen
into disuetude, to the case of a judge, attempting to re-
vive obselete statutes, without the sanction of his bre-
thren of the bench. He considers the Bishop, in what
he has done, has acted in open defiance of his ecclesias.
tical superiors.-- Western Times.