South Eastern Gazette, 31 July, 1860.

Fatal Accident to a Boy.

An inquest was held at the "Prince Albert," opposite the railway station, on Friday last, before J. N. Dudlow, Esq., on the body of a boy, aged 14, named Wood or Lucas, whose death had been caused by a piece of timber falling on him, on the previous Tuesday. It appeared that some timber was being unloaded at the railway wharf, and the deceased stood looking on, when a piece weighing about two tons rolled from the tug on to his back. His screams called attention to his precarious position, when it was found that his back was injured. Mr. Cooke, surgeon, who was called to see the poor lad, at the wharf, said that he found him severely contused on the loins, thighs, and arms, but no bones broken, and he had no doubt that he had received some internal injury also. On Wednesday morning the deceased was in a state of collapse, and when he arrived at his house he found that he was dead.

Verdict, "Accidental death."