Man Killed By Train - Waltham Cross

From Superintendent Duke to All Stations – Copy of message from Cheshunt Metropolitan. Knocked down by a train at Waltham Cross Station and killed on 3rd Inst a man about 40, length 5 ft, complexion dark, hair, whiskers and moustache dark, eyes brown, one tooth deficient upper jaw two lower jaw, 8 vaccination marks left arm, dress grey tweed jacket & trousers, white Holland vest, blue & white spot shirt white collar marked Gatstone House Hoddesdon & Strand size 14 1/2, red white and blue tie, khaki braces, white straw hat black band, brown socks & boots, found in possession silver watch no. 13704, one yellow metal chain spade guinea attached, white hand pocket knife, return half ticket from Waltham Abbey to Cheshunt , body now at Cheshunt Mortuary.

[Later identified as William Waller age 36 of Amwell Street, Hoddesdon Ed.]