A serious accident occurred in the Waterloo Road on Monday
morning. Bransden, the driver of a Waterloo omnibus, was seized with a fit; and fell forward over the horses' backs where he was suspended by aleathem thong. The reins drop. peel from his hands; and the horses started off Sin fright. Mr. James, a passenger, leaped from the carriage, fell on his head, and received a concussion of the brain. .Presently, the thong which had supported the driver broke, the poor Mall fell between the horses, and was trampled on by them. Before they were stopped, the horses dashed the omnibus against two other vehicles. Mr. James and Braes. den were taken to the hospital in an alarming condition. The driver is said to have been subject to fits, and to have worn the leathern thong to bind him on his seat. Be has since died.
Mr. Walter S. Badger, son of the Comer for the West Riding of Yorkshire, has died from inhaling chloroform, in order to have six teeth extracted without pain. Mr. Robinson, the dentist of London, who operated, advised against using the chloroform, but was overruled by his patient. Mr. Badger inhaled the vapour for about a minute, and observed that it was not strong enough; Mr. Robinson turned away to obtain a stronger dose, and instantly after found that Mr. Badger's head had sunk on his chest, and that he was dying: surgical assistance was obtained immediately, but the patient was dead. A postmortem examination showed that he had a diseased heart and liver: the liver was double the ordinary size, and its pressure upwards had impeded the action of the heart and lungs. Dr. Waters stated at the inquest before Mr. Wakley, on Monday, that any excitement would have been dangerous to Mr. Badger: the users extraction of a tooth might have caused death, without the chloroform. The Jury exonerated Mr. Robinson from blame, and returned a verdict—" That the deceased died under the influence of chloroform eating on a diseased heart and enlarged liver."
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