Inquest Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
rocket appeared before alterations in 1834. eventually little after noon wilton arrived @ inquest, , gave full account of incident. lord granville (half-brother of marquess of stafford) told jury huskisson had been suffering numbness in leg previous operation, , may have caused apparent problems movement. no witnesses recollected seeing signal flags raised of locomotives involved, including rocket, although system of warning flags supposed have been in place. although eyewitnesses expressed view joseph locke, driving rocket, @ fault, following few words coroner jury returned verdict of accidental death. directors , engineers of l&m explicitly absolved of blame, , no deodand attached locomotive or railway. after inquest over, emily huskisson found 2 speeches in william huskisson s jacket pocket, had been planning deliver following inaugural journey. first brief tribute james watt, inventor of condensing steam engine, , invention had made possible. second longer speech. marked burnt...