DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Mrs Sarah TohUl, wife of John Tobill, railway plate-layer, of Raverisbourne, died suddenly white'on her way- to town this afternoon. She left home about 2.30, and joihed the train that reaches town at 2.62. Shortly after tlve train started slie appeared to faint, and never recovered consciousness. Dr Martin saw hor when the train reached town, and pronounced life to be extinct. Mrs Tohill bad been troubled by shortness of breath lately, and had sought medical ndvioe. It is supposed that sho must have hurried to catch the train. She was about' forty-five years of age, and leaves, we are Informed, eighteen children, the youngest of whom is only three months old. The body ■was taken back to. Raveasbourno by the next train. An inquest will probably be* held.
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Evening Star, Issue 12397, 10 January 1905, Page 5
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134DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE Evening Star, Issue 12397, 10 January 1905, Page 5
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