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thoroughfare by the passage of a fife and drum band, and as the 

 boy attempted to cross the road he was knocked down by a loaded 

 van and his back completely broken. 



John Tanner was run over and killed by a cart driven by Johr 

 Sayce, of Orton. 



CAB ACCIDENTS. 



Colonel W. R, Newton, the celebrated American biologist, was 

 rMing a tricycle in Aldersgate Street, London, when the machine 

 collided with a cab. Colonel Newton was thrown violently to 

 the ground, sustaining a fracture of the skull, from which he d.ed 

 two hours afterwards. 



An inquest was held on the body of J. B . The deceased 



and G. L were crossing the road, when they were both 



knocked down by a cab. L escaped unhurt, but the deceased 



was so severely injur d that she had to be removed to the 

 hospital, where she died from the injuries received. 



J. C , cab proprietor, was admitted into the hospital 



suffering from concussion of the brain. He was driving in 

 Birmingham in a gig, when by some mischance he fell out and 

 sustained the injury. 



Two ^vomen, one in Camberwell, the other in Westminster, 

 were killed by being run over, the one by a cart, and the other 

 by a cab ; and in each case a verdict of manslaughter was 

 returned ag-ainst the driver. 



A cab accident occurred to a woman named S. S , wife of 



one o*f the warders of Winson Green Gaol, which terminated 

 fatally. 



A van belonging to the commissariat and transport goes round 

 Aldershot camp daily to collect the officers' children who attend 

 the camp school. When at the top of the main road the horses 

 bolted and dashed down an incline. About twenty children were 

 thrown violently out, all being more or less injured. No death 

 occurred. 



An inquest was held on the body of Mr. Robert Augustus 

 Aspinall, aged 77, a Middlesex county magistrate. He had just 

 left the Carlton Club, in Pall Mall, London, and was crossing the 

 road, when he was run over by a four-wheeled cab. He died in 

 the hospital from his injuries. 



Ellen Scanlan was ran over and killed on Christmas Eve by a 

 cab, at Pimlico, London. The driver's cab rolled in a peculiar 



