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    1. [ENG-WESTMORLAND] PENRITH HERALD, JUNE 20, 1874 / FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
    2. Barb Ontario Canada
    3. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. – On Monday last an inquest was held before G. R. THOMPSON, Esq., at the Jolly Farmer Inn, Kirkby Stephen, over which MR. THOMAS FAWCETT was a foreman, touching the death of JOHN ROBINSON, a fireman on the South Durham Railway, who met with his death on Saturday last, under the following circumstances. Deceased was acting as fireman to a mineral train consisting of engine, tender, van and 14 waggons laden with coke. The train left the Summit, Stainmore, at from ten to fifteen minutes past 9 a.m. After passing Belah viaduct the engine driver observed a man signaling with a red flag, and immediately whistled the guard and applied the breaks. Deceased passed over on to the first waggon, but was not afterwards seen alive. The signal had been made by a party of platelayers, who were engaged changing some rails. This they had just accomplished, and the train passed safely over. It was supposed that deceased had missed his footing and fallen upon the rails. Nearly the whole of his head was severed from his body, his toes were cut from his left foot, and his right leg broken. Deceased was a fine young man, 19 years old, residing at New Childon. He had been employed as fireman three years, and bore an excellent character. The jury did not attribute blame to any one, and returned a verdict of accidental death.

    03/28/2014 10:45:02