Wednesday, October 22nd, 1845
A young woman named Margaret Meer, who has been employed binding corn near Newmarket, on Thursday last met with a fatal accident in the following manner:- It appears that a number of the men had been engaged in reaping, and that having ceased from their work for the purposes of smoking, a man named Donovan ran away with a coal of fire and another man ran after him to take it from him, when Donovan turned suddenly from him, his hook, which was under his arm, entered the left side of the chest of the deceased, who was behind and quite close to him. It penetrated her heart, when she instantly fell, exclaiming she was killed, and died in a few moments. An inquest was held by Mr. Whitestone, and a verdict of accidental death found – the jury imputing no blame whatever on Donovan.
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