Pages 277 and 278 of Alfred Kitching's diary
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[Page 277]
Going North
374 passengers Receipts 100. 17. 6
242 Corrsg. week last year do 65. 9.
Going South
359 passengers Receipts 93. 11. 6
276 Corrsg. week last year do 67. 1. 9
Merchandise
Tons cwt
750 10 Receipts 200. 5. 11
543 5 Corrsg. week last year do 164. 10. 11
7th day. Occupied at the works.
[Page 278]
First day Kept within doors nearly all day hoped by doing so it would have a beneficial effect upon my knee which still continues weak and cannot n bear much walking upon.
About 8 this evening I was informed by a young man who was in [struck through] that an awful instance of sudden death had just occurred in the [struck through] Friends Meeting house here. It appears that Wm. Backhouse a minister rose for the purpose of addressing the meeting and almost instantly fell back and expired. John Fotheringill Surgeon who was present