The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-10-11 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY SUICIDE OF A REJECTED LOVER. ACCIDENT.—THE OFFICIAL REPORT. 330Cantain Tyler has prepared his report for the On Monday evening, Mr.W. J. Payne, the coroner of Trade, which will, as soon as printed, be ter the City and Southwark, resumed a long and Issued to the public. The Globe says :—." The painful inquiry (adjourned from last week) at report is not voluminous, from the fact that the Guy's Hospital, respecting the death of Miss Emma cause of the accident is in a nutshell. In answer Gouldbourne. a milliner and dressmaker, who had to a question put by the officer of the Board of • poisoned herself through a quarrel with her sweetTrade, the station-master ielmitted that it was 'heart. The case was a painful one, the mother of 'his' duty to prevent anythiug crossing the lino the deceased having died while her daughter was when it was signalled "clear,' but, at the same in the hospit il.—John Gouldbourne,Webber-street, time, he confessed he hid turned the goods train Blackfriars-road, stated that the deceased was his on to the down line under the impression that tho , sister, and was a milliner and dressmaker, residing passenger train had passed. This simple act was at 5, West-square, Southwark. On Thursday night the immediate cause of the disaster, and while Capt. three weeks ago she came home and appeared Tyler states this to be the case, he nevertheless very upset. She had some smail articles with her finds arbexcuse, to a certain degree, for the bead- which she handed to her brothers and sisters, at vertence of the official on the ground of a want of the same time wishilig them good bye fix ever. efficient mechanical appliances that might and She was in tears at the time, and she kissed her should have been provided by the Company. There mother and left the house. She would not tell him has existed a grievance for many years between the what was the matter with her when he asked her. Government inspectors of railways and railway He was aware that the deceased had been keeping Managers. The former, Whose duty it is todeteut and company with a young man, and that they had had report upon any defect that may exist in railway a quarrel about a certain letter. He believed that management, have for years past advocated theadop. his mother knew something about the occurrence, tion of the interlocking system of signalling. The but she had died whilst the deceased was in the Canon-street station may be taken as an example hospital—By the Coroner: He believed that the of the efficiency and safety ensured by the inter- deceased spoke to the captain of a vessel, who locking process. It is very desirable that the sits- wrote to her, which was the cause of the quarrel nal man should, by mechanical means, be as,isted with her lover. She was generally a cheerful and controlled, so as to render it impossible for yo 0: womae.—Susan a,uldbourne, the sister him to give conflicting signals, or to turn his points of dee aised, said deceased was away from home in one direction and his signals in another, so as to the whole of the Thursday night in qu. stion, cause accident. In fact the accidents of the and her young man brought her home on the Friday past year, as well as of previous years, have demon- morning. She was very sick, and exclaimed, "I do grated the want of good signal arrangements, a not wish to live any longer." She had appeared want which, according to Captain Ty er's report, quite cheerful on the previous Wednesday.—Mrs. was never more painfully apparent. Captain Tyler Annie Drake, Oakley-square, stud that the deceased, will recommend to the Caledonian Company the ne- "ho was her sister, called at her house on the eseetery detailed improvements at the particular sta- Thursday in question, and then she was quite tion in question, and, further, he will make use of ch. erful, and there did not appear to be auything this accident as a means of inducing not only this weighing on her mind. When she left witness she but other companies also to accelerate the adoption did not mention anything about her sweetheart.— of similar improvements over their lines of rail- Mr. N. rumn, of Guy's Hospiial, deposed to makway." ing ti post-inortent examination of the body, and finding that death was due to poisoning, but the nature