Blandford, Wimborne and Poole Telegram. — 1877-06-08 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

FATAL ACCIDENT.  A jury was map:inched on Saturday last to inquire into the cause of the death of a man named Alfred Puhuan, a cArter, in the employ of Mr. Brook, of Trent. The inquest was held at the hospital, before Mr. Horace Nutt, coroner for the liberty, and the jury was made up of the following gentlemen: Messrs. Charles Hill (foreman), L. J. Jestv, Geotge Hodges, Moors, J. Read, George Day, Alfred (sines, George Caines, C. Webber, C. }looks, Isaac Brooks, and NV. Bowyer. The Corouer said he was sorry to have to call them, men of business as they were, out of their respective shops on a Saturday, but when a death took place under such circumstances, and at such an institution, it was necessary that the enquiry should take place as quietly as possible, so that the Wily might be removed for interment. One of the gentlemen who had been summoned to attend on the jury did not show up, thus rendering himself liable to a sovereign penalty. Samuel Pulman, a little boy 10 years of age, said he resided at Trent, Somerset, and on the morning of Saturday last he went with his father to the Ham Hill quarries after a load of stone. His father was driving a waggon and two horses. When they were coming hack, just as they were turning into the road that leads to Over Compton, his father gut up in the waggon to ride a little way. Somehow the reins got under tbe tail of one of the horses, and in stooping down tolextricate it the animal plunged, and kicked his father in the leg, and he fell on to the road. Assistance was procured and he was taken into the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne. His father was not riding on the shafts, hut was sitting on the side of the waggon, with his feet on the front board, when the accident happened. Dr. NV. H. Williams said he was one of the medical officers of the Hospital, and was sent for on the Saturday previous to attend the man Pulinan. He found him suffering from a broken leg. The bone just above the ancle was broken into several small particles, which were throst through the flesh and skin—it was what professionally they called a compound fracture. He set the limb and attended to the injuries, and the man appeared to be going on well until Wednesday, when the leg began to swell, and feverish symptoms set in. The poor fellow grew gradually worse until about two o'clock on Friday when he died. The cause of death he attri,mted to a blocking up of the blood vewels of the limb with clots of blood, which stopped the circulation, and occasioned it subsequently to decay. The cause of death was rapid mortification. A juror asked the doctor if the man's life could have been saved by the amputation of the limb, and that gentleman replied "No." It would have been a totally unjustifiable proceeding to have cut off the limb in the first place. Both the coroner and Mr. Supt. Florence gave the deceased an excellent character for honesty, sobriety, and industry. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medieal testimony, and gave their fees to the widow of the deceased.  Thousands are unable to take Cocoa because the varieties commonly sold are mixed with Starch, under he plea of rendering them soluble; while really making. them thick, heavy, and indigestible. This may be easily detected, for If Cocoa thickens in th, cup it proves the addition of starch. CADBURI"S Cocoa Essence is genuine; it is therefore three times the strength of these Cocoas, and a refreshing Ileveraite like Tea or Coffee. ON TUESDAY, \\Tallinn Davis. a young gamekeeper, living at East Coulson, in Wilts, committed suicide by discharging a loaded pistol into his mouth. In his pocket was found a letter directed to "whoever should find me," stating that he was tired of life and could not sleep, confessing that he occasionally drank too much, and trusting his parents, who had brought him up respectably, would not be troubled too much about him. On the hack of the letter, which was of a very wandering character, the deceased had written two verses of Cowper's hymn, "God moves in a mysterious way."