IN MEMORY
OF
SAMUEL THOMPSON
The beloved son of
RICHARD AND ANN SHAW
Pennington
who was accidentally killed by an
engine on the tramway at
LINDAL MOOR. OCTOBER 31ST 1878.
AGED 21 YEARS
Not gone from memory,
Not gone from love,
But gone to dwell,
With his FATHER above.

SAD RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LINDAL.

TWO MEN KILLED

On Thursday morning a sad accident happened near Lowfield House, on the Ulverston-road, near Lindal, by which two men lost their lives. Messrs. Harrison, Ainslie, and Co., have a tramway from Lindal railway sidings to their pits at Lindal Moor, and this tramway crosses the road by a viaduct, which is a considerable height, and which at one end has a sharp curve. A locomotive was in the act of pushing some waggons (sic) laden with timber up an incline. The driver started suddenly, and the jerk broke the couplings, throwing the engine off the metals. It rolled over the embankment to a depth of twenty-five feet, and the driver (John Simpson) and stoker (Samuel Shaw) were instantaneously killed. The waggons, after they were detached from the engine, went up the embankment owing to the impetus given by the locomotive, but in a second or two afterwards they came back down again and crossed the place where the engine had left the metals, thus showing there was no fault in the line. The driver was a careful, steady man; he leaves a wife and ten children to mourn his untimely end. The stoker was not married. An inquest was held on the bodies, yesterday, at the Anchor Inn, Lindal (before Mr. J. Poole, coroner), when evidence in support of the above statement was given. A verdict of “Accidental death “ was recorded in both cases.