Newton Abbot: Serious Accident: On Monday, shortly after noon, a man named James Browning, a waggoner in the employ of Messrs. Pinsent, brewers, met with a serious accident under the following circumstances. He was at the goods shed of the S. D. Railway at Newton, assisting in loading waggon with sacks of barley, when his foot slipped from the shaft, and he fell under the wheels. The horses started at the same time, both wheels passed over the poor fellow’s thighs. On being taken to his home, and the assistance of Dr. Haydon procured, it was found that though seriously injured no bones were broken. The wagon at the time was loaded with fifty sacks of barley, weighing about two tons.
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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901