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Croydon's Weekly Standard, February 17th 1866
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FATAL RAILWAY DISASTER.- On Friday evening last, a young man named Gell, a smith in the Locomotive Works, a native of Bedford, was killed. It appears he went to the booking office about half-past seven o’clock on Friday evening to enquire for a parcel. Shortly afterwards the officials heard, as they thought, some one groaning. On Mr. Hales, ticket collector, crossing the line, he found deceased in a dying state. Gell was conveyed to the Radcliffe Arms Inn, where he expired. His back and thighs were broken. An inquest on view of the remains was held on Saturday, at the Radcliffe Arms Inn, before J. Worley, Esq., coroner, when a verdict of “Accidental death” was returned. This is another instance showing the great danger attending level crossings especially at such a station as Wolverton, where the passing of engines and trains are almost continuous.
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