The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1866-07-14 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

CURIOUS; AND SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR. Last s- week a Lancaster lady who was kept up through the illness of a relative saw either in the moanlight.bi early dawn, three men, go upon a piece of land and dig a nit, in which-they appareniy placed a lame bulidle:-The spectator was hdr' tifietrfo'see.theni quickly fill up -the'll6ll-, aid *1 'appa'rentlY decamp in great fear of being taken. Haying mentioned'the matter to '"twO or thrpe friends; -information reached the pollle office •"froiii )se*eral sources, and' at first the-officers thought that some stolen property might haVe been planted at the spot; •hut upon inquiry it was found that some of the policemen on duty had on that morning -determined to bury, a number•of dogs that had been destroyed ac'974rding to .the police regulations, and in So .I.ekoing; tliey had unintentionally caused so ratteh :.. anxiety and dread that a murder had been cornsi mitted. „:•_ -:, • ; . • .... • . -., , • FATAL ACCIDENT:-.-An inquest was held at the Wellington Hotel, -Dalton, on Saturday morning last, before W. Butler, Esq.; coroner, on view of the body of Mr. Henry Storey, 'engine-driver, Dalton, ad 21 years, Who was killed_op. Friday mormng last, under - the ' -following _ circinnstances. _DNleXander...._,Ciameron, U6iner. Of. Qliain Gate -near liindalt 8441 ' was working at Boob: B6k.lron-,ore PiVelig et house, belonging, to J. RavdinSon, 'Esq. ei.- • ceased pais-ea.:Me 'and! wont- into the enginehouse as I was nailing a piece of wood to the Lihl• ektiof :the engj.qe,house ..door.:, the engine was standing•at tins time. In about a minutti ..,I heard a *scream, , and went into the engine!01:ene,‘ and Saw deceased 'fast between 1. the .154 is that the axle .of ,the, ily, wheel rests 'on, ^ and . one of the, arms of the fly wheel on ,his back, he . had dm oil .cap.ln his, hand ;,u; the steam had been on it Would have .cut. him :to pieces. I heard the deceased moan once. I raised an alarm' and he was got out in about five minutes ' • it took eight or nine men to remove the.fly wheel; the space of the lower part of the fly wheel to run in is only•about six. inches.—The Jury returned a .verdict of " Aeoidertt4l death," :,. , „, . .„. I , 1 . .. _. _  "IV2I tinei de :4,11a1y  .d.ant wit*tammoned. -Mr. Postlethwaite said before the cattle left Ireland hi client obtained-a 'certificate, signed. by-a.. Justice of the Peace. That license'temained good for six days, and the -removal took. placeioUt the fifth.• Mr. Schneider said. he thought, ,48-hours wax-r not afArireaiiiible'titiiB Pbr the cattle to .re-main before they were, finally rein.p.)ie' 4. but he woutcl like to know what-I, ti,g,ht,-ApA: had to: bring"cattle into th.q district at alliwithoUt hay: ingla,Ml ready upon Which tofplace them.' Considerable discussion eusued, after which the bench retired to consult. .itaiiOnitheir return, having been .absent some time, the chairman said that having given the case a -careful-consideiation they were of opinion that it was a very serious one indeed: Here they had been doing all that lay in their power to prevent the diseasospreading in the district, aLd -gtrangcr comes in with a herd of cattle andfor aught they knew to the contrary,* animals might infected. T Takingall things in-, _ .  tO:acc6iiiit, 'Ye; hactdellided 4-on inflicting a penalty of XlO, ._  •