INQUEST.

Evening Star, Issue 3402, 16 January 1874, Page 3

INQUEST.

ppqn tor^, a imW'7e. u is?.fl«S«&£: nisiricfc Oprond^H^&wb^ pedjr, whp was eSftlifailing fin him at Oaversham'yest&rdiv.; , The Cftohe^' 1 tiavipg was killed by goipe eqrth falling upßh'flun working in a rhar*of the the.more tipitS&tE™ d : eerde°was Wnsther-thei'p bid been' the part of the contractors. liTwalrtuP prising the carelessness* 1 shown by rmntrimtora on these faßway l aid it ■**£i6r tKh 7 jarfW 3 8aV wbetHef ! evefy precaution had been taken in this* case. i he jury, of whom Mr ,W^amri3athih r waß chosen the foUowing v giVen ! ’ Hugh M acgreeoV, b laborer shaking Tfith the defeated Cutting yesterday. I'itabted Wrking c tHth Min ou. Monday morning. At"'MßS£[f deceased and I prere klde of .a, trpck which we of the men from the top of, IdiV : out “ Look out,” and at tha clay came rolling down 1 the'batter (thO 'railway slope), a portioii 'bf the back of th6 G ld¥B , , c ' liftingjhae of;,the way of the fall but he was almost cpihbletely buried by t ie fall. I could only see : his;bßbts; ;^ere sticking out. Wjhen we tlre earth, he op^ffd :i hfi r mbutH and‘begin'td ifoit blood. Hemr&HkSMS. 11 --' Tcould 'hot 1 saf he was dead. f-fld'Was^ibs^bM'-.'^A'.^ge TherVwas some-bn ‘Re placed him in * truck and had him' conveyed tb t'owti, Whendrorwar broughttnto theifospitaliia • ,dfiad.( r , - They had been; WerWPgi.at: this-, batter .for some time. ;ihfri Ctanpoiiedi . of’ {clay ji.and idift. ItojdaU y«tt^^reacherfouestuff, i ' , hnd. > 'there

slipped dowß%6fdi»<fiDihidk the rain gel ting into the claymay-have caused the eart i . tSslip.J Messrs Procter and contractors,, have taken every preyentt any. .accident occijrriiigj;:Mr Procter always .walks: up ah (.down to sed that all ip W Jthere 4p,,,ijp- w blame .anyone^llecejased,, is aboujb thipty r gvVyears; age,'and a 'hative of thfe south of Ireland, r . r V , {)io : • ,-i! appajrently similar to the Htt strppjt falling. The wondered that no serious accident bad takeo place ,f •,■ < r ; : ; ’ v ’ i ' or accident on tha railway yesteri hafldng v and just totedjgwfalV' 'We it J on the 1 B J«PA a ®4,.) l b4?9 l ?%th»-an4* .werd. waiting for the bins? There "were, ‘twelve „ox 4. fo»? wag} 4d«S. Thefe waa nq onethe top io watchi earth 8 “04ld/naye ; hten ; sent befbrV'we com! moUcedro nlnntheHvaggbhs.,;The r parfh sud* denly fell down, and knocked byer deceased] Deceased only was extricated* Tlie'ground is entirely com] reason that the e Art & was not sent down previously wap 'fo'men-engaged tilling in idife" We havembt tifaia"‘to, complain to- the . It isMr mi.< ; contractor and overseer.! -The men undermihe H the grbbtfdj ?« belbtyTcommencgto filUn the »ky Wtet S?Skoth“3 place. i . there

such anSOTsbf nT 0 : -The. 'coupled.! 'ftePv ' it* an y jfiodifetit. If W Vouldi ,O JfiLW 8 W *o hay® r | r r <^ t& r, .Agf to thw was A »hsfh ' Calling ou4* in a loud i;^R>P? ,A. n 4 v .gpt-rpthe^ 3 in%' , tta atop! • f Work’ / ,*a3 .%iCKir#;‘^aille; jorderi :ahd*had biiitfep?oVed ,to;;’tKb J itatioin n where! he off! J a( I ho% super’“ll fall. During (LllA a^ e aB T iß in jpH r g e danger. Whenever' x ttiinlr there is l get.the trucks so placed that should there at ; tbfs >pfM; the ;; ,fexcS ! t^6 < 'gkn®i' lightes^y^geft 1 T^6uia ,J h6lr ihe men tp work there. The I ,vlt Pf, S8 > ti\® £ a is greatly to blame. -He <*?uy ‘tTheearlE-wa^,'tfierq pins to be qa3d’,’£ Jil '' ln< *- s »Jotc<.>

bel -’shouH pointed it out-to me or to John Baudman, the 9 g: ganger.- j My, • duty is toj waik.up and .do wh with. the, engine, .and ate > W iTjhoukrcasll 1 creacherous ground,; s Vhayf ; not had any: RP£9$ u fbopt ■ thq,>truoks i 4id JW«i,lspe of, .the i.bejjDg: on the other side of the trucks, Abut three i "’ I T n ° * -jaaa the-ganger this i :S0 ear)&\was | flushed down. It ia unsafe to leave it un-) The Coroner sent for the Buchanan, so as to as his eviden e differed from Procter’s, but it was found that he bad left the piacepand a messenger was jdesp^ched £ for,him,Jbut could not find him. being '■'re-catied, saitf that Sftr did not always tumble it down after exclvating v, tlie" ,^rtk ir “ M Been 1; immediate danger he would not have gone '3&d&rneath;Cc: T v-jb , f l Li)h Cl/*AH The Coroner said that, in an important case like thisj dt*Woul<i to ad- \ jonm the inquiry, so.as to get the ganger. *t present,it appeared as though he were to blame,- aftcUT such W&&thei cSSe-thfeir ver-diet-would -implioate- him. --If whatr-they hail heard be ■!.true,:;hd was principallJOio hJamedritbe-raatter. ! - li .was’;justd. question the:time .Buchanan was Wantedj >as fcHeyficohldtast him ;qtießtions beforei be" had an opporbu'nity<to coDvferße r with canyons; tiolder said’that he hatt-|ou® to and cthim: regularly :stolen off ; - : aud got away. It would have been impossible td He had gone tatiifi T apparently with the ihtfiritidn of egetting as 'ihd" pressed hisanteritidn of< returning. ■<< rt--> * a * The Coroner then adjourned theinqiiiS&t tilk'tmnioj rowatnodhl He shsuM k»y -that the works had been stopped at the .plac&‘'o| the accident, so that if-f ny of the jury would like tddnappbt.the placd shey aJigfif d'o^so. Mr Manhall Said that there would nob be much advantage-gained' by doing'sor'Ss "the primitive condition of- the l plioe i wduld have been altered through the fa'l, ? iit i jrhd ■inqaest 'Wasi'then' adjdurhdd" tiil : tb'* moifOW.-'b’ • f v;K i;j£!Biuu»l hun imM