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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 15 Jun 2011 04:21

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Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 15 Jun 2011 04:22


June 6 1907


  At Newcastle-on-Tyne recently Thomas Rutter, from the mining village of Mickley, Northumberland, was remanded on a charge of attempting to take his life, he laid his head on the railway metals at Scotswood in front of a locomotive, but the train was a slow one, and instead of decapitating him the wheel knocked his head off the line and inflicted three wounds, not of a serious character. The bench said he was a lucky man.

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Member since 2003

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 15 Jun 2011 06:30

It is hard to believ that suicide or attempted suicide was once a criminal offence.
o8.28 hrs Spain

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Wrenn, Ford, and many others!

StrayKitten

StrayKitten Report 15 Jun 2011 09:28

he wants arresting, for endangering lives, he could have knocked the rails of the track n killed many, the idoit lol

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It wasn't me

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 15 Jun 2011 15:37

Can you imagine the train driver's emotions?

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Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TeresaW

TeresaW Report 15 Jun 2011 16:07

Stray, I'd imagine they'd have a hard time arresting him now, this was 104 years ago :-D

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Lovell, Morse, Baker, Duval, Mortlock, Gibbs and Bristow.