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The Preston Guardian
Saturday July 31 1847
Fatal Accident
On Saturday morning last, at about a quarter before six o'clock, as John Clegg, aged 66 years, of Lower House, Burnley, was cleaning the drums in the scutching-room, at Messrs. Dugdale's cotton mill, the foot of the ladder on which he was standing slipped, and he fell down upon a grinding frame, and the force of the blow fracturing his skull. He died at ten o'clock the same morning. An inquest was held on view of the body on Monday last, at the George the Fourth Inn, when a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
Coach Accident
On the morning of Tuesday last, when a coach engaged by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company had arrived at a place called Chatham, on its way from Burnley to Todmorden, one of the axle-trees broke, when the coach was upset, and the passengers thrown in various directions on the ground. One of them, Mr. Wm Halstead, manufacturer, of Haggate, near Burnley, had his leg nearly severed about his knee. He was removed to the inn, at Portsmouth, and medical assistance immediately procured. The other parties were severely stunned and bruised. No blame is attached to the driver; but it is thought that the bolts which secure the axle had not been properly fastened.
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