200 Centatjrj 



WAGON ACCIDENTS. 



A serious accident occurred in Waterfall Lane, Old Hill. Two 

 men in charge of a wagon and four horses were conveying an 

 iron roll, weighing upwards of five tons, from Messrs. Guest and 

 Silvester's Victoria Ironfoundry, West Bromwich, to the Corn- 

 greaves Ironworks, Cradley. When descending Waterfall Lane, 

 which is very steep, the slipper came off the wheel, and the wagon 

 commenced to run down the incline at a fearful rate. The front 

 horses swerved, and the trace chains fortunately became dis- 

 connected, the leading horses being liberated. The wagon shafts 

 and the shaft horse were driven with great violence against the 

 house of a miner named Clark, the lower portion of the premises 

 and the furniture being completely demolished. The wagon was 

 also wrecked and the horse killed. The damage was estimated 

 at £120. I 



Henry Bachelor, horsedriver, died from the effects of shocking 

 injuries received when following his employment at the New 

 British Iron Company's Works, at Corngreaves. The deceased 

 was in charge of three horses in shunting tracks on a railway 

 in the Corngreaves Works. The middle horse became very 

 festive, and kicked deceased twice on the left side, which caused 

 him to fall. Whilst on the ground deceased was trampled upon 

 by two of the horses. When picked up it was ascertained that 

 the poor fellow was badly injured, and he was removed to his 

 home, where he died. 



A Midland Bail way Company's wagon, laden with heavy 

 girders, and drawn by three horses, was proceeding along Lodge 

 Road, when the front packing blocks slipped, causing one of the 

 heavy girders to fall upon the back of the rear horse. This 

 caused the horse to pluiige, and when opposite a shop occupied 

 by a greengrocer the wagon swerved round, and completely 

 knocked out the window with the whole of the brickwork. The 

 long girders projected five or six feet into the shop, and it was 

 some hours before the wagon and its freight could be removed. 

 Fortunately no one was in the shop at the time of the accident. 

 A little girl was knocked down by the shaft and sustained a scalp 

 wound. 



William Griffiths, a wagoner in the emjiloy of a hay and straw 

 dealer, of Cheslyn Hay, met with an extraordinary accident whilst 

 in Wolverhampton. In the mouth of what is said to be an old 

 pit shaft, which had been filled up to within about fifteen feet 

 from the surface, two horses were lying, attached to a wagon that 

 was completely overtuined, the wheels being in mid-air, and 

 underneath the body of the wagon, entirely shut in, was Griffiths, 

 who had been in charge of the team. A police-officer and those 

 with him at once extricated Griffiths from his perilous position, and 



