The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1879-09-06 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ROAD, BARROW.  A frightful accident occurred on Monday after. noon, which resulted in the death of a man named Alexander Sim, 28 years of age, who was employed as a horse driver for the Barrow Flax and Jute Co. The deceased was leading his horse attached to a cart that was heavily laden, and on clearing the gates of the works it took fright and bolted. Sim stuck fast to his charge until near the Post Office, where the cart struck him and threw him ou his back, the wheel passing over his body. The horse pursued its coutse and came into collision with a horse and cart, the property of Mr. Bond, cost dealer, doing some damage to the cart, and getting clear of this it continued its career along Hindpool road. Supt. Gabbatt of the Fire Brigade, seeing the occurrence, started after the animal, and seizing hold of the reins, succeeded in bringing it to a standstill opposite the Buccleuch Arms, before any further damage was done. The unfortunate man was at once removed to the North Lonsdale Hospital, where, notwithstanding every m.,dical aid, he died about six o'clock. Deceased leaves a wife and three children.  An inquest was held on the body on Wednesday, before the district coroner, at the North Lonsdale Hospital, and a jury, Mr. F. LowtLer, Church. street, foreman.—Wil:iam Sim, lAbourer, on being sworn, said that he resided at 10, Dundas-street, and that he identified the body of the deceased as that of his brother, who was carter for the Flax and Jute Company. Deceased was 27 years of age last March.—William Beveridge, 4, Blake-street, de. posed that he was overseer at the Jute 'Works and that deceased was in the employ of the company as carter. On the Ist of September deceased was driving a horse and cart loaded with sheet copper from the Jute Works to the Steel Works yard, which had to be weighed. This was about 4-45 in the afternocn. Witness and another person, who had assisted to load the cart, went round to the weighing machine, to assist him to remove the load. After the load was weighed he showed deceased the weight-ticket, and at that time the hr,rse made a bolt from where he was standing into Hindpoolroad. Deceased ran outside the gates and seized hold of the reins of the horse. At the same time the signal man was standing with the red flag in his hand in the middle of the road, as an engine was going to cross. The horse never stopped and they ran after him. Deceased after running with °the horse from the end of the juteworks to near Mr. Burnett's bakery, Hindpool-road, a distance cf about 300 yards was thrown off his feet, and witness observed one ot the wheels pass over his body. When he reached him, deceased was quite sensible and wanted to walk. He was afterwards placed on the footpath, and removed from thence to the hospital. The horse was a very spirited one, bat he believed that the shaking and noise of the copper sheets had frightened him. He never knew of it running away before.— Dr. Baoth, surgeon, stated that deceased was brought to the hospital about five o'clock on the Ist inst., and died the same night. He was injured about the lower part of the body. He died from shock to the nervous system. —The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.  Yellow fever has made its appearance again in New Orleans. There is no abatement of the epidemic at Memphis. -  On Friday the Czar held a grand review at Wilna. About 40.000 men were on the ground. The review lasted about two hours' and at its close his Majesty expressed his satisfaction to the commanding officer, and then left for Warsaw.  peculiarly shocking murder, arising— out of deplorable immoral conduct, took place at Maidstone on Tuesday night. Two men. named Weston and Drury. quarrelled over alleged immoral conduct on the part of one of them with the wife of the other. The dispute ended by Weston shooting Drury. Mr. Finnie, of Xilmarnock, a great colliery proprietor in the west of Ssotland, was run over by an express train at the Barrassie level crossing on the Glasgow and South-we.tern Railway, on Wednesday, and killed. A servant girl who tried to save him was cut down at the same time. Deceased was 92 years of age, and well known in north Ayrshire as an ardent Liberal. _