The Wolverton Express October 25th 1907


DISTRESSING FATALITY ON THE RAILWAY. On Wednesday last, shortly after tree o’clock, a plate-layer named Joseph Cosby, residing at Bradwell, met with a fearful death on the London and North-Western Railway, being cut to pieces by the 2.10 p.m. corridor express from Euston. Deceased who was a married man with nine children, did not observe the approach of the train, and thus lost his life. His remains were taken to the Carrington Arms Hotel, Castlethorpe, to await the inquest.