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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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A
slight
congestion
of
the
left
lung
was
also
relieved;
and
Sir
William
had
so
far
recovered
that
he
could
leave
his
room.
On
Saturday,
the
17th,
he
was
to
have
gone
for
a
change
of
air
to
his
country
seat
at
Sherwood;
but
on
Wednesday,
the
14th,
he
appears
to
have
caught
a
chill
which
affected
his
lungs,
for
that
night
he
was
seized
with
a
shortness
of
breath
and
a
difficulty
in
breathing.
Though
not
actually
confined
to
bed,
he
never
left
his
room
again.
On
the
last
day,
and
within
four
hours
of
his
death,
we
are
told,
his
two
medical
attendants,
after
consultation,
spoke
so
hopefully
of
the
future,
that
no
one
was
prepared
for
the
sudden
end
which
was
then
so
near.
In
the
evening,
while
he
was
sitting
in
an
arm-chair,
very
quiet
and
calm,
a
change
suddenly
came
over
his
face,
and
he
died
like
one
who
falls
asleep.
Heart
disease
of
long
standing,
aggravated
by
the
fall,
was
the
immediate
cause;
but
the
opinion
has
been
expressed
by
one
who
knew
him
well,
that
Siemens
'literally
immolated
himself
on
the
shrine
of
labour.'
At
any
rate
he
did
not
spare
himself,
and
his
intense
devotion
to
his
work
proved
fatal.
Every
day
was
a
busy
one
with
Siemens.
His
secretary
was
with
him
in
his
residence
by
nine
o'clock
nearly
every
morning,
except
on
Sundays,
assisting
him
in
work
for
one
society
or
another,
the
correction
of
proofs,
or
the
dictation
of
letters
giving
official
or
scientific
advice,
and
the
preparation
of
lectures
or
patent
specifications.
Later
on,
he
hurried
across
the
Park
'almost
at
racing
speed,'
to
his
offices
at
Westminster,
where
the
business
of
the
Landore-Siemens
Steel
Company
and
the
Electrical
Works
of
Messrs.
Siemens
Brothers
and
Company
was
transacted.
As
chairman
of
these
large
undertakings,
and
principal
inventor
of
the
processes
and
systems
carried
out
by
them,
he
had
a
hundred
things
to
attend
to
in
connection
with
them,
visitors
to
see,
and
inquiries
to
answer.
In
the
afternoon
and
evenings
he
was
generally
engaged
at
council
meetings
of
the
learned
societies,
or
directory
meetings
of
the
companies
in
which
he
was
interested.
He
was
a
man
who
took
little
or
no
leisure,
and
though
he
never
appeared
to
over-exert
himself,
few
men
could
have
withstood
the
strain
so
long.
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