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Widnes Examiner. — 1888-01-14 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

NINE MONTHS ON A DESERT ISLAND.  A romantic and thrilling story, of adventures upon a. desert island is related by two survivors of the schooner General Siegel, who have arrived at Honolulu. The men state that the General Siegel left Honolulu on SepList. WM for French Frigate Shoals, on a shark fishing expeilition. Her crew was composed of Captain Aberdine, Adolph Jorgen ,(the Mate); the two Men • already'nientinned, Peter Larkin, Peter Brown. Martin Neilson. And Charles 'Clemens. • On Septenther 23rd they arrived off Midway Island. On the night of Septeinber 26th• the vessel was riding at anchor off this islankthe whole of the -crew being eremped on shore.. Towards tnid night a gale of wind arose, the vessel drifted ashore and became a wreck. The 'crew thus found themselves cast upon a desolate island in mid(clad, then° only moans of sustenance being sea birds and their eggs and fish. About 3.0- days afterwards a painful accident happened to Peter Larkin. While engaged in killing lish ‘vith giant powder, one of his hands was blown off. died from his injurtes in a few days. After this a fend appears to `have arisen between mate Jorgen and the Ot her survivors. William Tempe, one of the .survivors. says that while he was alone in the hut• JAvemcrept behind him' anti tried to strangle him with a rope. Tim lad naffed for help, when the mate desisted trim the attempt. . While the cantaimand Brown' were after Pegg, 4orgen murdered them. When the others ,Ireard of thi4, they taxed JM%ren with it, but ho said the two had •committed suicide. Olsen and Tempe then resolved he leave the island. They accordingly destroyed the ship's hoat, and then sailed away, on the 28th June, in a • scow.and left, the murderous mate alone. They I,eade,t tor marshal Island, which they reached after a voyage lasting two months and abalf. •  EXECUTION OF 'tTEE
Widnes Examiner. — 1888-06-02 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. —On the arrival of a train from Manchester to Liverpool, due at St. Helens Junction a few minutes after eight o'clock, on Monday night, a young Irishman was found suspended to the rack of a thirdclass carriage by his pocket handkerchief. It appears that the attention of a porter named Tyrer was first called to the carriage by a door being open, and he at once saw the man hanging. Tyrer called the attention of the guard, Henry Partington, and the two men.got into the carriage and cut him down. The man was then in an insensible condition, and black in the face, with all his muscles contracted. A messenger was despatched for Dr. Casey, and on his arrival it was found that the man was in a dangerous condition, the throat baying been injured, and there being imminent danger of suffocation. It was then decided to take him to the St. Helens Providence Hospital, and he was placed on a stretcher and conveyed by train to St. Helens, attended by Dr. Casey. Part of an envelope with the words "Whitehead, Victoria-terrace, Kingston-on-Hull," and a letter. addressed "My dear Henry." leads to the supposition that the mans name is Henry Whitehead, of the above address'. The hat he wore bore the name of a Hull tradosman, but in the trunk there was an old hat of Yankee shape, giving the idea that he had recently arrived from the States. During Monday night the young man recovered consciousness and told the Sister Superior of the institution that his name was Henry Whitehead; that lie had been travelling about tbe States; but had determined to return to England for a while to see his parents. who live in Manchester. He said he did not remember anything of the occurrence. On Tuesday night he was removed from the hospital to the Town Hall, and was on Wednesday brought before Dr. Gaskell charged with attempting to commit suicide. Tie prisoner said— I reached Dublin at half-past nine on Monday morning, and I had a lot of drink. I remember nothing after leaving Chester. Prisoner was remanded to gaol for a week.
Widnes Examiner. — 1902-03-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

STOCKTON HEATH.  Sr. TROMAS'S SCRIPTURE Utitotr.—fhe monthly meet log was held on Sonday, in the Girls' Schoolroom. Mr Carter, who conducted, briefli, referred to the loss the Scripture Union in common with the church and parish had sustaired by the death of Mr Robert Davies, who was a friend and well-wisher of the Union and a regular subqcriber LI its funds. Mr Powell (St Peter's Mission) 1 ollowed with an address on the hist.ory of t. a penny " and its lessors from the young Christian's standpoint.  An unusual number of su'cides in Austria have been reported during the last two days, says the "Daily Chronicle's" Vienna correspondent. In the south 'I yrol many persons have been attacked by a terrible skin disease, and four of the victims have committed suicide. In Vienna ti-day a well-known officer in the army and his wife, both society people, were found shot dead. They were rich, much devoted to each other, and no reason can be given for the rash deed. Another &Beek shot himself in Bohemia and a girl sought death in the Elbe River. The " Daily Telegraplea " New York corre=pondent says :—According to a despatch front Nashville. Tennessee, the youngest bride in this country is Mrs Jas. Irwin, who is stated to he ten years Old. Her husband is said to be between 45 and 50. - •  _ cIA vardict of suicide whilst of unsiund mind waS on Tuesday returned at an inquest held at RPedness. near Goole. concerning the death of a girl of 13, named Ethel Lfihton, whose body was recovered from the Ouse on the prevlous day. She had left her situation, and on being persuaded by her father to go back left her home in a temper and went direct to the river and drowned herself.
Widnes Examiner. — 1902-04-11 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WOULD-BE SUICIDE. At the Runcorn Police Court on Wednesday, Joseph Gould waq charged before Mr G 11 Davies, with having attempted to commit suicide.—The facts showed that the prisoner alter loitering for some time near the Swing Bridge over the Ship Canal, jumped under the bridge with the obvious intention ot committing suicide. He was rescued with difficulty and on being asked why he had ' jumped into the canal wildly replied that he had better be sent to a hospital as they were trying to drown him.—Prisoner was remanded to Knutsford for seven days for medical examination. It was afterwards ascertained that the prisoner was a stowaway from the steamer " Fulwood," secreting himself at Bray, and was not discovered until the vessel reached Runcorn. RTNCORN WOMEN'S TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION, The annual meeting of the above was held in Balton-road Schoolroom on Wednesday. Mrs Harry Baker presided over a good attendance of members. The officers and committee for the ensuing year were elected :—Mrs H Baker, president ; six ladies as vice presidents; Miss Emily Simkin, treasurer; and an executive committee of eleven girls, thus having one representative from each denomination in the town. During an interval refreshments were served. Songs were rendered by Miss Emily Johnson and Miss Bazley. The Society has now a membership of 196.  EARLESTOWN YOUTHS' PRI3AUCH• Four Earlestown youths, Adolphus Zorn, Walter Brown, Robert, I,:dwards, and Arthur Williamson,on the night of February 22nd last broke into the shed attached to the Masonic Arms, Newton, and stole five dozen half-pintpottles of stout and four dozen half-pints bottles of bottled beer, the property of Margaret Blundell, and valued at 28. On Thursday they were brought belore the Newton magistrates, who decided that Robert Edwards would have to go to gaol for oue month with hard about', Adolphus Zorn for fourteen days' hard labour, and Walter Brawn and Arthur Williamson Would each be fined 20s and costs.
Widnes Examiner. — 1902-06-20 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE PRICE. Empire," Mr CHAMBERLAIN once told us, " is commerce," and accordingly its federation is to be '3ased on commercial ties. Wa are to make it worth while for the Colonies to federate with us by abandoning Free Trade, admitting their products duty-free -while we levy a tarift upon those of „other countries, in return for which they are to give our goods a preference in their custom houses. Now, this plan would be feasible on two conditions : (1) If the Colonies among them were able to supply us with all the food we require and all the raw material which our commerce requires ; (2) if the slight gain which a preference would bring us in their markets would compensate us for the loss of our;foreign trade, Neither of these conditions can be satisfied. We get much of our wheat from Canada and muck: of our timber, a great deal of meat from New Zealand, and most,  hat by no means all, of our wool from Australia ; while the Cotton that comes from India, Egypt, Cyprus, .tc., is insignificant. Our exports to our Colonies, though considerable, are in value barely a third of all we send abroad. What then would be the result of a preferential tariff ? Simply to raise the pricer' of our foodstuffs. We can diminish the profits of America, but we cannot dispense with her supplies. We can enhance the profits of the Colonies, but we cannot buy from them all we require. If food is dear, however, either wages will rise or the working man will be poorer. And if wages rise it will be impossible to compete w:th the foreigner in neutral markets. Further,if if we were so infatuated as to tax wool and cotton, we should at one blow destroy the trade of Yorkshire and Lancashire. To tax timber, again,would aggravate the housing question, burden shipbuilding, and harass coal-mining, in which wooden props are necessary. And what should we gain ? The Jingoes tell us that in time of war we ought not to rely on foreigners for our food supplies. Well, we buy wheat from America, from Russia, and from Hungary. Are we ever to go to war ' with all these Powers at once ? So long as vc.e command the sea we can always import wheat. And if we lost our supremacy at sea it would be as difficult to fetch corn from Canada as from the States. It is the maddest scheme that ever distracted the brain of a politician. Even to toy with it is national suicide.  THE great demonstration in London against- the Education Bill, at which Lord ROSEBERY, who has never been suspected of a Nonconformist conscience, stood on the same AUTUMN' platform as Mr
Widnes Examiner. — 1902-11-21 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

HUSBAND'S EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT—HEARTLESS THREATS. At the Warrington County Petty Sessions on Wednesday, before Mr G Comber (presiding) and other magistrates, Walter Hicks,Penketh, was summoned for persistent cruelty to his wife—alr Browne appeared for the Complainant and stated that the defendant was one of the keepers of the locks at Widnes, and lived at Peaketh, near to the Ferry Inn, adjoining the Golf Links. He earned 25s one week (when on night duty) and 24s when on day duty. He Was not a man of drunken habits,but he had a bad temper end wee horribly jealous of his wife and cruel to her and the Children. In June he picked up a pair of scissore and stabbed his wife in the neck with them but she pushed him back and prevented the infliction of a deep wounthwhile on another occasion he poured some hot tea over her head and face. He was always calling her filthy names, and once he threatened to kill her and the children,and threatened to throw them into the river when the tide was up. He added that it would take their bodies away and they would never be seen again. On another occasion he gave the sausages prepared for tea to the cat,and stuck a knife into the wall, saving that he was going to murder all in the house. He drew the knife across his own throat, and said he would commit suicide but, unfortunately for the complainant, he used the wrong side of the knife. (Laughter.) Defendant had also threatened to follow the example of the Deeming murderer at Rainhill who murdered his wife and children and then put them 'under the hearthstone, He had kicked and struck her on several occasions, and one day he put some blacking In his son's eyes because the boots were not properly cleaned. Because the boy accidentally dropped his school slate on his father's fon, the defendant got hold of him by the neck and swung him round —Defendant denied the changes of cruelty. The Bench granted a separation order with 5s a week alimony, and defer dant was ordered to pay the costs.
Widnes Examiner. — 1890-01-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE LADY WHISTLER AT THE PUBLIC HALL. The appearance of Mrs. Shaw, the celebrated society whistler, and Mr. T. A. Barrett's Opera Company drew to the Public Hall a crowded audience on Monday evening. Not only were the seats completely filled but all the standing room was monopolised. The entertainment was worthy of the gathering, for rarely has a Warrington audience been better entertained and amused than on Monday evening. The whistling of Mrs. Shaw was the surprise and wonder of those who heard it for the first time. The notes of this lady whistler are of the most melodiout description,and so full and resonant that they could be distinctly heard in every corner of the hall. They have been compared to those of 'various wind instruments, but perhaps they most , nearly resemble the carollings of the most noted of English singing birds. All the solos of Mrs. Shaw elicited hearsy encores, which werefreely responded to by the lady. All the other items in a long and admirably arranged programme also won the unmistakeable approval of the audience. The Opera hoir was all ,that could be desired, while the liumerons ,performances of Mr. Lester Barrett at times simply:"raieed the audience to an uncontrollable pitchofslaughter and applause.. I Suicrns: or A PLATMAN* AT SAN:kit 13Ritooks. On Monday. Mi. S. Brighouse, coroner for South' west Lancashire, held an inquest at the Black Horse, Sankey Bridges; on view of the body of Samuel Griffiths, a flatman, who hanged himself in theyard attached to his residence on Saturday.— Evidence of -identification was given ;by the widow, Alice Griffiths, who said that berlusband was 76 years of ago, and had lived with her at Sloop-fold. He had been poorly for about twelve weeks, and Dr. Joseph had been attending him. He had a very bad arm, which gave him a great deal of pain. For the past fortnight the pain had been so intense that deceased scarcely knew what he-was doing. About twenty minutes to six on Saturday eveningsleceased went out into the backyard. A few minutes later I witness, feeling anxious, followed with a lighted I candle, and saw him, as she supposed, standing in front of the closet door. She said " What are you doing there ?" Getting no reply she instinctively , felt that something dreadful had happened, and it so unnerved her that she dropped the candle, and how she reached the house she could not remember. --Joseph Lightfoot, a neighbour, said that the deceased's grand-daughter came running into his house on Saturday evening saying "Oh, Mr. Lightfoot, grandfather has cut his throat." He went across the yard and saw the body of the deceased suspended by a rope near the closet door. The rope was reeved through the carving of the post and fastened round the neck of the deceased. The feet of the deceased were nearly touching the ground.' Witness cut the body down and carried it into the house. Deceased had been a great sufferer with his, arm.—The jury returned a verdict to the effect that' deceased committed suicide whilst temporarily insane. WATcn
Widnes Examiner. — 1890-05-10 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN.  On Monday afternoon Martha Massey, 21 years of age, a domestic servant committed suicide by drowning herself in the Sankey Canal, near Wargrave. The young woman's pqrents resident Buttonwood, but she had been employed at the house of Mr. J. Riley, greengrocer, Market-st., Earlestown, for some time past. She left Mr. Riley's on Monday and after visiting her home, stated that she had secured another situation at the Griffin Inn, Earle-st. The deceased, however, did not visit the Griffin Inn, but was next seen walking along the canal towing path. A man named Bridge who was working in one of the fields in the vicinity suddenly saw her throw her umbrella into the water after which she herself jumped in. Bridge immediately gave an alarm, but she had disappeared before anyone arrived at the spot. Information was at once given to the police authorities, and Police Constables Cameron and Bowes recovered the body after a brief search. The unfortunate girl still held by the string a small parcel ;containing some clothing. The body was removed to the.Wargrave Inn. . . . .  . An mquest on the body of the deceased was held before Mr. W. T. Husband, deputy coroner, at the Wargrave Inn, on Wednesday. The evidence was to the effect that the deceased left her home at Burtonwood about three o'clock on Monday afternoon, p.nd informed her mother and her sister that she was going to a situation as domestic servant at the Griffin Inn, Earlestown. She did not go the Griffin Inn,however, but was seen to throw himself into the canal as stated. The deceased had been discharged from a previous situation and this was considered to have preyed on her mind. A verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind "was returned.  L 41,1E:I.—Those languid, tire-some sensations. causing you to feel scarcely able to be on your feet ; that constant drain that Is taking from your system all its former elasticity, driving the bloom from your cheeks; that coptinual strain upon your Atli forces, rendering you irritable aid fretful, can easily be removed by the use of that marvellous remedy, Dr. Soule's Hop. Bitters. See Advt.—Adst. _ _ _  _ ... Thirty-eight Scotch members voted in favour of Dr. Cameron's motion for the Disestablishment and Disendowir ent of the Church of Scotland, and 22 against it. .  A fatal accident occurred on Thursday morning, at Bangor Railway Station. Mr. Edward koberts, a tea traveller, living at Upper Bangor, was crossing the line, when he was knocked down by the Holyhead train and cut to piece:7. He leaves a widow and family.
Widnes Examiner. — 1890-07-26 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE TRAGEDY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. INQUEST YESTERDAY.  Mr. Sidney Smelt, deputy coroner of Manchester, held an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of John Clarkson, aged 27, manager of the Stanley Arms Inn, Broughton-road, Salford, who was found dead in a railway carriage on the arrival of a train from Liverpool at the Central Station, having evidently shot himself when journeying between Warrington and Manchester, under circumstances briefly referred to in another column.—Mr. Thomas Pike, of the St. Lake's Tavern, Salford, and °wiles of the Stanley Arms, said that he had that morning discovered a slight deficiency in the deceased's accounts. His accounts were straight three weeks ago, and witness did not think he intended to steal the money but to replace it. Deceased had been in his employ for nine years, and he would have trusted him to any extent. —Thomas Fletcher, foreman lainpman at the Centra Station, said that on the arrival of the train from Liverpool at 3 15 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, he saw the deceased sitting in a first-class compartment with his head back and his mouth wide open. There were marks of blood at each corner of his mouth. Witness called to another porter and then entered the compartment. He found that deceased was dead, and at once informed the station master.—Detective-Sergeant Edwards deposed to finding a revolver in the carriage in which deceased travelled. It lay in his lap, as if it had fallen from his hand. Deceased was bleeding very much from the mouth, and witness at once had him removed to the Infirmary. It was there ascertained that the bullet had apparently passed out through the top of his head. The revolver was a five-chambered one ; four chambers were loaded, and one had been discharged. When searched deceased had in his possession £4 ss. qd., a gold watch and chain, and a small diamond pin. To all appearances deceased had shot himself, and there was nothing to suggest that any other person was concerned in his death.—Mr. Pike supplemented his evidehce by stating that deceased had for some time been under the impression that he was going to win a large sum of money by backing horses, and he had at one time been very for tunate in that respect. But in Whit week he lost about £5O which he had previously won. On Wednesday he left home to go to Liverpool races, and witness thought he must have lost all that he had woa before. Witness had frequently cautioned deceased against the habit of betting. —The jury found that deceased committed suicide whilst insane.
Widnes Examiner. — 1890-01-18 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

DEATH OF MR. SAMUFL WItITH, OF_RUNCORN.  A well-known figure has been removed from our midst in the death of Mr. Samuel White,of Greenway-road, who breathed his last on Saturday, after a brief illness. He had attained the age of 77. Commencing life as an ordinay bricklayer, he by his shrewdness, and business capacity, became a large owner of property, and died 'comparatively speaking a rich man. The West Bank estate, at Widnes, has been covcred with cottage property built almost exclusively by the deceased, and he has carried on extensive building operations in Runcorn. Perhaps his greatest work was building the chimney at Weston Chemical works, which until recent years was the highest chimney in Great Britain. His mortal remains were interred at Runcorn Cemetery, on Wednesday afternoon, and he was followed to the grave by a considerable number of relations and townspeople  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT RUNCOR;. About half-past eleven, on Thursday night. P.C. Ratcliffe was called into the house No. 7, Wilson's-row, and on proceeding upstairs found a bricksetter's labourer, named Joseph Mann, lying in bed, and bleeding from a wound in the throat. Mann had a short time previously come downstairs, and asked the landlady, Mary flig„nett, for a knife. She handed him an ordinary table knife, when he said he was going to commit suicide. She told him to "get off to bed," and he left her. A few minutes later she found that he had attempted to take his life by cutting his throat. Dr. McDougall was called in and stitched the wound, which is of a serious nature, although the windpipe is not severed. The unfortunate man told the constable the knife was not sharp enough. For some days Mann has been drinking heavily, and has been strange in his manner. He has been removed to the workhouse.