Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1892-07-02 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

SEASIDE CONVALESCENT HUM E.  Sir Edward and Lady Watkin performed a very interesting inaugural ceremony on Saturday, in the opening of a fine building at Sandgate, known ac the Beach Rocks Convalescent Home, in connection with the London Samaritan Society and Homerton Mission. The Rev. W. Cull*, of the Shoreditch Tabernacle, presented Lady Watkin, on behalf of the patients, with a view of the Home, after which the founder, Mr. John James Jones, gave a history of the work of the society and growth of the home. This is capable of accommodating 2.0 patients, and is a very handsome structure with verandahs and terraces, and every possible convenience. The town was tastefully decorated with bunting, while the fire brigade from Folkestone formed an escort for Sir Edward and Lady Watkin, and the band of the West Kent It3giment from Shorncliffe played a selection of music. The ceremony was witnessed by a large assembly of visitors. Sir Edward, in wishing the homes success, put his wish into a practical form by presenting a cheque for £5O. The house has had a somewhat remarkable history. It is a seaside extension of the efforts made by the London Samaritan Society, whose good work commenced 11 years ago, when two persons were sent down to a cottage at Sandgato. Since then it has rapidly grown uniTer the care of the manager, Mr. J. J. Jones, who originated and has worked out the idea for the present homes, which, considering that they are for the very poor convalescents of London and any part of the country where subscribers may recommend a patient, are little less than palatial. Another wing has still to be completed, but in the finished portion of the building there are 3130 beds. The cost of the building, including the furnishing, amounts to £20;000. Sir Edward and Lady Watkin expressed the greatest interest in inspecting the homes, and in signing the visitors' book, Sir Edward wrote of Cam as A noble monument of practical charity."  A shocking accident occurred on Monday at Messrs. Corhett's fireclay pits at Brettell-lane, Staffordshire, to a man named “eorge Allen. 'rho deceased accompanied two men into the workings to skew them how the minerals were got by the miners, and whilst he was in the act of pointing out various seams a hoary fall took place, and the deceased was instantaneously killed, his body being badly crushed. The visitors were terribly startled, but escaped injury. Henry Bentock,a young labourer, made a murderous attack on a woman named Kirton at Ashcombe,  Weston-super-Mare, on Sunday. They were engaged, and had arranged to marry last Whitsuntide, but the girl jilted Bentock, and he in reveoge cut her throat. She was removed in a precarious state to the licoital. Bentock, who admits the crime, was remanded in custody.  At the Berk Quarter Sessions, on Monday, the Rev. John Robert Kennedy Bell, clerk in holy orders, formerly cl Little Bedwyn, Berks, was charged with a gross assault on Fanny Clara Abery, whilst travelling on the Great Western Railway, betw:en Bedwyn and Hungerford. At the conclusion of the evidence for the defence, the jury found a verdict of not guilty, which was received in court with applause. On Saturday Sir Edward and Lady Ingram Watkin performed two very interesting ceremonies, the first being the opening of the Marine-parade Gardens at Folkestone, and the other the opening of a fine building at Sandgate, known as the Beach Rocks Convalescent Home, in connection with the London Samaritan Society.