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Between ten and eleven o\u2019clock on Thursday morning, a fatal accident occurred just outside Oxenholme Railway Junction, Westmorland. A platelayer, named John Cross<\/strong>, was at work on the line, and near him was an overlooker, Joseph Beard<\/strong>. Suddenly an engine was observed running towards the men, and the driver was heard blowing his whistle with great vehemence. Beard called to the platelayer to get out of the way, and then he himself moved aside. The next moment he was horrified to see Cross pass over the line; at the same instant the locomotive dashed on to the unfortunate fellow, lifting him from his feet, and causing him to turn a complete somersault in the air. When picked up the body was fearfully mutilated; life was extinct. On the same night C. G. Thomson, Esq., Coroner held an inquest on the body, when the jury returned the verdict, \u201cAccidentally killed by an engine on the Kendal and Windermere Railway about half-a-mile from Oxenholme Station.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kendal Mercury, 4 January 1868<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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