Berkshire Chronicle Reading 07-1914

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If 'lit was hI. train
I , '6!!.pon~i!>i. litr
t endEd to hlm. ' Mr.
was
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busy. and when wltness Ime.. it. , was
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tr.ip he lrur~ied with his I b~8ket. brittle
and ,ooat as well as he could tbroul(h tlw
pasSengers. l'he t.wol "Imutes had elapsed
afl.er speaki ng to Mr. Berry I.nd gl>tting to,
tha eng/ne. and theNl wer~ formahties to
b<i observed on r'l'h.~lDg the other drJv . r
an,d fireman . Wltnees eJ:9 ha ri"ed na!i"<l8.

Br..
W

(organlsmg
tile
SOClet) of
E rgl necr, and 1,'Hemell,
" ~" member.)
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DetectIVe Illspec tor Anderao n
th o ;, r0oe.;<l mgs .0" b o h ~lf of the
"STOP , THE TRAIN"
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Ags"tnnt S'gllalml>n C. Stone . of
ing EMt malO line slgnat bOA, de~OBed tp a.nd the time of rehel.. and 'the ldn:ver,
rln g, ng- up Oll tl'" telephonD the !lroun?, a,fter "!lying It was a new engme.1eft./'

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1F:1sn.alman w hen the € xc ursi'b n lnuD haa

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j' -

ust started T hc gro un~ s'gnalman .ald
TOOl\ HIS MATE'S WORD.
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~, Y0R " W Iln es~ sll ld I Ii Stop th e 'tram," In the stress of work the driver ba.d
hu t he d,d not hear any repl y
The often to Tely upon what the Oreman told
flTound s'gnalman h a d rushed o~t . W1P' lum, and on th e day in question he felt
ness

up

ran g

ngalll,

jmrtifiea in

nnd the groun1d

takmg

hie

mate's

word

.RIgnalman t old 111m . 111 reply to a q ue r - From the mome nt ne h e ard hlB mat e cry

t'(Jn, that he ru.hed out and stopped t he "W:bo~ !" he d,d bis best to av ert an

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trnln

mltIga.te the consequences

n.ccldent and

~y Mr Bralll It was not customary to of ,t as 'soon as h e ea.w It was meVltable.
t ele phone to the gr oun fl s'gn ~m.n ll1. W,tness stuck to lus rootplate to the IMt,

forming 111m of t.he ch ange In the plan as

t o the r ~nnlng of trains. It could, how
Clvp r

be

y MI

f

gr lind

ronCo

Dobson

t hen w e nt to tile other e OgIne.
I( and
always found Derman ,ery rehable .
h ad ! neve r had a. wronR 81gnal from

WitneR. expceted. the yet I

Ig nalmnn lo rush

hIm

There waR " ~ood de,,1 of cQJlfuslOn

WIthout on the platfo'rm.

out

He

and

Many of the paf(sengers

Ht , pp,ng ~ o t alk to 111m ; and that ,8 what got l out and there WI'S a goo9 deal of
/10 dJ<1
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shoutmg.
He did not blame the driver
j'ro Ih"1 already acknowledged that lie who b~ought tb" tram.
net" whnt you me nnt by ~ a.Ylng II Yes " 1Derman, the fireman, who Wft,B also
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T he fo,eman of the jury . Having reo
caFed the "A ll n llhl" I .'gon.! from lhe
Ipl~ t ro rm . 1 would th e drJ v<lr ant,c'pate your
' uul wu Jd ' Ignal and move lth e length of tI,e
pl at fonm I-Up to the . ,gnal.
I W as Umt roull) what oceurred on
par tic ul a r m()l"mn~?-Oh) no
, Bv 1I1r Gray Tie .'gnal. Wel C atl clear
for t~c ex pre..
S,pnal Porte r Parr, engaged at the
Igrnund "gnal box o n tbo up malO pljt.
form, stated that

1n

r OSp0ll86

to.. a tel:

cautioned, Bald he 8aw 8 gre en flag waved

above th e .head 'by someone at the re ar
of the tram ' l )Vltne .. th en .""d "R'ght
away" tr hlS mate.
INDEPE DENT WITNEBS AND THE
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FiLAiG WAVING.
Freder ick Wllltnm Lloyd licensed victu alle r. ~taplr ton Road, Br;stol. a passen.
gar In t~ excursIOn train, s..ill he jomed
he~1 at SI Dlelh n Road, Brl8tol
.He tr ..v.
elled III lie ~ntre or., the tram, and there
were five or

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in bis comDsrtment.

Wlt-

t e ness ob rved .. lIag wav<.d by Ia gua.rd
a.R 6 tngnnl fo~ the tr&ln to 8~rt
but

phone call he rushed out and told

dnv.(' l of th e oxc u rS lon to stop
The fire
m a n !r·ft th e sl{l E' o f .llls e ngmo a.nd the

returnod

h e lVould[ not

Lrnk e..\ were appll c<1 lInmedlately.
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By Mr Bowen : It ,, ~s not " part o!
) lul'5 duty t o be the re at the a tartm~ 0
~ th e train The s'gn.lman telephone Ito
hun on the chance oj h ~s belllg on t Ie
B,P<>t
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Dy Mr Bralo' If th o¥ was an ~'tefl
t lon ma!<l e. and l1H') w re gOing
th e un lust th e pre fere n
to " t ..un ~ .. t
was stlll at tho pt.trorm r ·jtb ey t rece ive "
m essnge to Inform the
not to mo,:ve,

lk

&hIe to recpgnise' him

alla{n
IThe tram was moving 'wiLen he
heard th e whistle from he thought the
on8~lne or the cXCUrBI()~
WItness ' also
hea d 6hont\ ng and the ~ xpre .. goml( by
on he n~ht Witness heal'd no one shout
'( A 1 r Ight. H
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B:Y Mr Bowell: He saw in " report of
the \ lnqU1ry tho.t t he re wa s a. myst.ery 818
to whethbr a fla g was wa~ea a.nd he there.
fo r<! thobght 1t lwa. h,. duty (0 ' come for.
ward Bnk! gtve eHden ce

fh

dtv.er

n:1 a fa st tram wa.s runlll IS by

Mr

Howen

If th e waving of the flag

Did you r ece,ve a me. age to that e lfleet d,d l not' justIfy the train startm @,y our
1h ..t dey I- No.
1 tr
had
t eVl~enca can.l... 10J be of any value !-J
If th e slg"als on th e
a Ol" m
been olLered, no m (' ss(\~e would be

ItJr

sup'pose SO yea
Â¥.r ~ B ow~n To put It more speCi fica.lly,
I t..Eher~ IB a rul e that the waVlOg of ..

0

sald the wltne..
DRIVdt Q'UlTF. PRE ARED TO
E gr~eJ\ fla~ on the platform d~sl not JUS'
,
EVIDEN E.
tlfl the l dnver 10 p ...... 1U1( the signal, your
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eVI\lenc~ f l.'l not mal.<'rtal!-Yes.
I be·
RlCh~r~ Churn, the ~ rlvcr of tne ex· " <,ve t ere w.... a mystery as
wbether
curilOll Itf Ul beFore gl''fing eV1ge nc6.t was' a feen flag.- wn.a ~ waved.
I
warned Ib the d~puty~oroner that bel,n g
Itn .. ell plamed that the
• lRtc~c ted party, It was lU8 duty to ha e Men war ed a
c1utlOn ~ m that ho w not bound to
h .. ~ lt not been for
or'liw itne ....•••

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a tlythlJJg that mIgh t 1 c riminate
B

d thr\t <wha.t h e ~ai~ would

be

ddwn In wrlt,ng and m'ght be used
" v'iaenco /lawst hIm. I
I !Mr. B·.1Il Churn '" \ qUite
, I gl'Q eVidenoe
w, thout ""y
II about the lIJOldellt... of that
d av 10 not that so, I hurn!

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jWltnese:

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Yes.

Chum spoke to relJ ~,Jn!( the

the excurFllon tram at

l ~adlng.

When he got on t¥ 1 platfo"?,,
Berry. ,n r eply to WIDness. Ba ld lt

r o.b~ 8pecla.l, ~ut there was nothIng

d,bate that
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'He could not 8ay
ilt~rtU\g Ingnal~

vo e re

tlje 'login e. 'Yhen
t ~ maln 1we up
"\'1 itness thought llis

go; he ,d id not know
to!r express 10
" 11 re q~lv ed a.

fire.man. • RIght

t.hat
be m a

htt.\ In /{
or

}I W

wealt'

had
drunk

,
\\'orkmK WomCI1 iI8 in~ J>rOo<l
,u,"'-"""".,<, i t C\l6'!hunl., In Hen-

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reached her.
the

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wl1Q went mto the
An bther pa8s4n~r

I(.iltleman. said 'to
friend Is 10 t he refr.,,,hme,nt
/(0 Without hIm"
That
d elay prevented a gfeat Q1'....' • • :"
~uard WMOO the flag
THE GUARD'SI BTATJr.U1l!lIll'T'

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LoW1S

<korge 'Townse nd,

excursIon tram, Ba ld It
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dr~ver lhe

got it from the

8.

ca.t"

on to

She

e!pproAob

VOUfl'" mO\oi cau~ht

been down I\nH er llllie
her on tbo left h,p
or any oth{\r !warning.
h<l.p,t ~ l by ' a polico

took her home

e

Sho,

d . ferld.,nt !llnCC an(f ~ had l
:<q;~~~:':ill~
at wlio.t. h a4"l lln Fmed.
Mr IBo.her,t[
ltnetM
at t~e kero to look

HE~IFE

I "SA VED
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Wdham , Ru_~hcr~ a ~Ircman om~IO'ycd by
tho G W .n r Comllany, 9. Va.chel and, •• ,d
ho sa.w Mr:' Walters approach a ! fishmon-

g er's shop I He lobo 5a.W a car conung
along .. t 5 or 10 1n,1.,. an hour. \'1I4 heard
no horn.

Tho !<".a.r swerved

sha.rply

to-

wards tho pavoment , and struck ~1r6 W u.l.
tor. on he lefp SIde
W Itne... dragged tho
woman .. a1r.G~ an!d probabl:v iS8Vei.J her lIfe
There was
c rowd 'Outsido the fishmongc-r'a

sh o p, a.nd
en the defendant trux i to drivo
on~ a sen tl Ul..&n \ j;fot on to tho step
and

. topp<ld tho

r.

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The dorondant wo. stoop

IIlg ovsr the ete&rtn~ wheel With lila should!

ora hunchijd up ~ 'rho derendant Iappe.red
to be mtoXloated
~ emtul m ~e 0&

There was and'lbcr gen-

r

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aro.o exammed I W,t!)es. was .boItt " yard
!)ebllld the womat\ and saved her from
falhng . . '[
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Henry / Doh$on! 28, Kon'JQgton Road, ~

p&ll'tter/ 8Jlld he '-'eard & Ihou~, a nd looking
round tI &W I the oar travelling on tho tram
lines on )its
side ot the road
ItA

and. whoii' It reached tho
8we'"rvo - He also . a w the
tho man oatch h c-r.

!~~8:~~~I,;.e:,v~'d~e:~f\ce
was cOTroborated
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an undertaker'a (18

MOlllnt Plo.cc, South -

1, Ho".r Street,
,n

the

,

Royal

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