Widnes Examiner. — 1904-08-27 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WARRINGTON MAN'S FEARFUL END. FOUND WITH BROKEN LIMBS IN AN OPEN TRUCK.  Sequel to a Drinking Bout.  A Warrington man named Frederick Worrell, 30 years of age who had been employed as a head waiter at the City liestaurant, Birmingham„. met with a fearful end on the railway between Chester and Hereford. On the arrival of a Manchester goods train at Hereford at 4.58 on Wednesday morning fast week, Worrell was discovered in an open truck,sufferingfrom terrible injuries iconsisting of fractures of both legs and arms. The injured man must have been in the truck for about six hours' with his injuries exposed to-the weather. He awes admitted to the Herefordshire • General Hospital, but succumbed to the effect of shock from his injuries About seven o'clock on Friday morning. The deceased man has a father living in Winwick-road, and his sister, 'Mrs. Seymour lives at 105, School-brow. The deceased ivas formerly a barman in the service of Messrs. Peter Walker and Sons. He left to go to Birmingham some years ago where he had a situation at the City ReStanrAnt. It was while on his way to Warrington that he I *net with the injuries" which terminated fatally. • I A A distressing feature in connection with the case is tthat he was about to be married. He was buried at Hereford on Wednesday. . The inquest was held at the Herefordshire General Hospital on Monday, before the City Coroner, Mr. J. Lambe. The principal witness was Mr. Samuel Smith, of the 'City Restaurant, Birmingham, deceased's employer, who stated that Worrell had been betting and losing money, and was engaged to marry a girl with whonrhe had been keeping company. To show that deceased had a motive for committing auicide, witness might tell‘the coroner that there had, been numerous applications for money, from him by creditors. When he went away deceased intended to go to Warrington, but got out at Chester. I 'Witness heard nothing of him frpm the ;time he left the '-restaurant on Saturday until the &lowing Wednesday when he received a telegram from the stationmaster at Hereford saying that Worrell had been found there ma truck with both arms and legs broken. Witness at once went to Hereford and saw 'Worrell at the hospital. 'Worrell was then quite rational, and as witness approached his bedside in the ward he said. "Hullo, tioss ; I am in a fine mess. Lost a good job. Both arms broken, both legs broken." Witness said to Worrall-"Novi, Fred, tell me all that has happened, and I will be a friend to you." Deceased replied" I will, if you won't tell anyone else." " The Coroner: Why should he say that? Witness,: He told me as a matter of fact that he was drunk. He told me that he was ashamed to come I back on duty on the Saturday night drunk. He wandered I about Birmingham for an hour or so drunk, and went towards .Snow Hill Station, where he took a ticket for Warrington. He said he was going to Chester, where he had uncles, aunts, and Cousins. : ttectititiedll sentences were disjointed, but he also;toldl him that he went to Chester to see some relatives with ' the intention of borrowing money to take him back to' Birmingham. I was on the drink for three days," 'he stated. "On the Tuesday I took a ticket at Chester for Birmingham, and when at the station went into the , refreshment room and had more drink with a friend.l When I came out of the refreshment room the train had I gone, and I wandered back into the town and had more drink. I wandered about till eleven o'clock. It was raining hard. I had no money. I saw the train coming and I tried to throw myself in front of it. I struck my chin on the parapet of the bridge. I fell into the truck and I, temember 110 more." As witness was leaving said to Worrall " Good-bye Fred, come and see You again; hope you will get better," to which deceased responded "I wish T had finiehell the, job." Dr. Eric C. Lindsay, house surgeon at th-e hospital said deceased was brought in on the 17th about G a.m. by men from the Great Western Railway. He was conscious but very much collapsed. He could speak,and could understand what was said to him. He had a fracture of the bones of both upper arms. Both the bones of both legs were also fractured, and on the left side the fracture was compound. He bad also a fracture of the left knee-eap. There were no internal injuries, so far as he could tell, and no fractured ribs. A juror asked were there any marks or cuts on his clothes.  The Chief Constable said that there '‘N'as blood on his shirt and underclothing. There was considerable blood on his underlinen and pants, but no cuts. The outer garments were not soiled, indicating in no way that he had been run over.  John Jones, a Great Western guard, said that on Tuesday, the 16th last, he had charge of the Manchester goods train due to leave Chester at 10.10. After leaving Chester there were two bridges over the line and under the bridge from which deceased was supposed to have fallen the train would be travelling fifteen or twenty miles an hour. Witness sawno object fall from the bridge. ft was only on arrival at Hereford that his attention was called to deceased who was lying in the fifth truck from the, engine. Deceased was conscious but could not give a clear account of how he got into the .truck. A juror expressed the opinion that deetitsed had attempted to commit suicide by trying to throw him.. self under the 'engine, but the train was going to  IttillMP7.:`.'•-: '''::::':•_:.•.-.-.*,±,:.:: ...  rclickiywand he fell into one of the trucks instead of on the rail road. ' Deceased's dying dispositions wereproduced in which it was stated :—How I received my injuries I don't recollect, neither do I remember how I got into the goods heavy waggon; it was open. After the inquiry lasting three hours and a half the jury returned an open verdict.