David Johnston fatal accident
newspaper article
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT PORTOBELLO -
David Johnstone, residing in Portobello, a shunter in the employment of the North British Railway Company, received fatal injuries through being run over by a number of waggons at Portobello station last night. The deceased was about 40 years of age, and leaves a widow and two of a family.
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file) published by http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk on April 11th, 1879 (Ref: page 2) The author/originator was Edinburgh Evening News. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.David Johnstone, residing in Portobello, a shunter in the employment of the North British Railway Company, received fatal injuries through being run over by a number of waggons at Portobello station last night. The deceased was about 40 years of age, and leaves a widow and two of a family.
- Source Notes
- Edinburgh Evening News - Friday 11 April 1879
- Source/Citation References (2)
- Occupation: shunter David Johnston
- Occupancy/Contact: primary residence David Johnston