MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday night last, Thomas Morgan, Esq., son of the late Rev. Watkin Morgan,of Devynnock, lost his life under the following circumstances It appears that he left Brecon at rather a late hour, on horseback, with the view of proceeding to the house of a friend in the country, and it is supposed that when a little more than a mile from the town, the horse must have shied, while going at a rapid pace, suddenly throwing his rider on his head to the ground, and producing a concussion of the brain from which he must instantly have died. The horse galloped on, and was stopped by a mason of the name of Wright, who met it about a mile further, on the Crickhowell road, mounted it, and brought it towards town, with the hope of meeting its owner, but discovered him. lying on his face, quite dead, on the side of the road. He immediately galloped to town, and informed Mr. Stephens, superintendent of police, who directly procured assistance, and having proceeded to the spot, removed the body to the White Horse, Dorlangoch, where John North, Esq., surgeon, was speedily in attendance, but he declared that death must have been immediate. A coroner's inquest was held the next day, before Thomas Batt, Esq., and a respectable jury, when it appeared that the deceased was not intoxicated; and a verdict of Accidental Death was returned Mr. Morgan was a very fine young man, twenty-two years of age and had spent much of his time at sea. The frank manners incidental to his profession, engrafted on his own natural good temper, had endeared him to a very large circle of friends, and has rendered his untimely death a source of very sincere regret-
The Cambrian 8th July 1843
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