Transcribed by 'Steve'. Geo. THE WESTMORLAND GAZETTE SATURDAY 18th JULY 1863 SHOCKING DEATH OF A NAVVY John Giles, a navvy employed on the Keswick railway, and an inmate in the house of Henry Whittaker, a sub-contractor of this town, drank, on Saturday week, so much whisky that he had not recovered from the effects of his position on Sunday. In the afternoon he got out of bed to go downstairs, but, not being steady, fell on a post at the head of the staircase, which was remnant of a balestrade no longer remaining. So violently did he fall that he was almost transfixed on the post, from which he was taken by Mrs. Whittaker and removed to bed. On Wednesday he expired from the injuries which he had received. Dr. Tweddle made a post mortem examination and found that the abdominal vincers were ruptured. On Tuesday evening the funeral of the deceased took place in Crosthwaite Churchyard. Many of his companions attended, all of whom wore white bows. The burial service was read by the Rev. Mr. Knowles, head master of St Bees Academy, who, after the service, briefly, but emphatically, addressed the men on the melancholy results which were attributable to a career of intemperance. Steve