In
Loving Memory of
WILLIAM HENRY GORNALL
WHO DIED 17TH FEBRUARY 1912,
AGED 61 YEARS.
ALSO OF ISABELLA,
HIS BELOVED WIFE,
WHO DIED 7TH JUNE 1897,
AGED 50 YEARS.
ALSO OF JAMES BENSON,
THEIR SON,
WHO DIED 25TH APRIL 1882,
AGED 5 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS.

FORTY YEARS IN RAILWAY SERVICE.

DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM GORNALL.

We sincerely regret to chronicle the death of Mr. William Gornall, which occurred at his residence in Smeaton-street, Barrow, on Saturday night. The deceased, who was 61 years of age, was incapacitated from work as the result of an accident towards the end of December, and had not worked this year. On Monday last bronchitis set in, and pneumonia following, Mr. Gornall died as above stated. He was extremely well-known throughout the district, and was held in the highest esteem by a wide circle of friends, amongst whom his death will be much deplored. He came to Barrow from Morecambe about forty years ago, and ever since had been in the employ of the Furness Railway Company, being an engine-driver for the last fifteen years. His wife pre-deceased him about fifteen years ago, and he leaves a grown-up family of three sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.

THE INQUEST

The death of Mr. Gornall was the subject of an inquiry conducted at the North Lonsdale Hospital on Tuesday morning by Mr. Coroner Poole. Deceased was 61 years of age.

Mr. A. Barrow was present on behalf of the Furness Railway Co.

It appears that on the 2nd of January the deceased stumbled over a railway line whilst proceeding to his work, and he afterwards complained to a fellow-employee who was present at the time of being unable to lift his arm. He was treated at the North Lonsdale Hospital, and, according to the evidence of Dr. Williams, whom the latter visited at his (deceased’s) residence on the 4th of January, deceased stated that he had fallen and dislocated his shoulder and bruised his side. Witness, on examining him, found that his ribs had been strapped up and the shoulder had been bandaged in a proper manner. He appeared to be getting on very well until the Monday of the previous week, when he complained of a cough and feeling very ill. Next day, witness found he had pneumonia, and he was attended either by witness or his assistant until death. Witness, along with Dr. Bowman, conducted a post-mortem on the body, and they found a general inflammation of both lungs, the right one being worse that the left, an extreme fatty degeneration of the heart, and there was evidence of a slight enlargement of the ninth rib which would probably be caused by the healing of the broken rib. Death was due primarily to pneumonia and heart failure. The post-mortem did not show that the accident was in any way connected with the death.

The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.