of West hill, St. Leonards, a retired officer of the army, ranking as Lieut. Colonel. He appeared to have been suddenly seized with death without a moment’s warning and without even so much as a struggle the melancholy event became the subject of a judicial enquiry, and a coroner's inquest was held on the following morning at the [[Railway
Inn]], a house contiguous to where the body was lying. The enquiry was conducted by R. Growse, Esq, and the jury was composed of more than the average amount of intelligence and respectability. The depositions were to the effect that the deceased gentleman had not complained of illness, that he ate a hearty breakfast, that he had walked behind his coachman very steadily to the station and that he was not the least excited. Dr. Turner gave it as his opinion that the gentleman had died of heart-disease, and a verdict
in accordance with that opinion was recorded. The deceased’s brother had died from that complaint.
A St. Leonards child killed. A lamentable accident occurred in High street on the evening of June 20th, which resulted in the death of a child, severe injuries to another child, scratches to a third child and injuries to a flydriver. An inquest was held at the warriors Gate inn St Leonards, by which it was learnt that Edmund Walker, a child eleven months old, had been taken to Hastings by its mother, the latter on a visit to a married sister, and while there, the child and its cousin were sent out in a perambulator in charge of a girl nine years of age. While on the pavement at the Roebuck yard, Mr Spencer’s vehicle, the horse of which was driven by a steady young man named Walker, was pushed by the animal suddenly towards Mr. Tindall’s stable and in contact with the perambulator and three children. The driver was also thrown of the box, the result of which were the death and injuries above stated.
Two Inquests by the Borough Coroner were heed on Wednesday, September 7th, and both at St. Leonards. The first inquisition was at the Warrior Gate on on the body of a child named Smith, which had died unattended by any medical practitioner. From the evidence that was given and a postmortem examination, it was found the child had died from exhaustion consequent on continued diarrhoea. The second inquest was held at the Railway Terminus hotel, the object of which was to ascertain the cause of death of Charles Lee, a St Leonards boatman. The verdict in this case was Found Drowned. The particulars are are as follow:- on the preceding Sunday. Charles Lee and his son were engaged to row a gentleman to Eastbourne, and having accomplished their task, instead of returning directly home, they put ashore at Wallsend, near Pevensey, where they stayed some two or three hours, drinking with an acquaintance or two, and making it late and quite dark before they -
