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The Blackpool Herald. — 1884-01-25 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SUICIDE OF THE ABSCONDING RAILWAY TRASI7RER. —Mr. D. Asquith, the aluconding treasurer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, arrived at Guernsey, from Southampton, on Thursday morning, and took apartments at the house of Miss Crauctier, 33, Carrichers-street, Peter-street. He gave no name, and appeared to be in delicate health. In speaking to the people of the house, he incidentally mentioned that he had a lady friend in the island, to whom he wished to write, and ' inquired about the local postal arrangements. He appears to have written her a letter, and to have received a reply on Saturday morning addressed to him under the name of Jackson. On Saturday afternoon, after an early dinner, he said he did not feel very well, and would lip to his bedroom and lie down. Between four and five p.m. Miss Croucher heard him walking about his room, and at half-past five, his usual time for tea, she knocked at the door of the bedroom to say that the meal was ready. She received no reply, concluded that he had fallen asleep, and that it was better not to wake nim. She accordingly went downstairs, but at eight o'clock, as he had made no sign of stirring, she knocked again, and once more receiving no reply she opened the door and went in. She then found him lying on the bed dressed and evidently very ill. He was insensible, and was breathing heavily. A rope was round his neck, but quite loose and unattached. medical assistance was immediately summoned, the stomach pump was applied, and everything done to restore consciousness After long and persevering efforts partial consciousness momentarily returned, and Asquith asked, "What are you doing to me ?" In reply to all other questions he merely muttered, " Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway." Shortly after midnight he was removed to the hospital, where, notwithstanding the efforts of the doctor, he gradually sank to death. Under the fire-grate of his bedroom was found an empty bottle which had contained laudanum. Among some telegraph forma was a brief note addressed to his landlady, stating that the writer was tired of his life, and that she would be duly paid, as there was money in his Portmanteau, and also another letter addressed to his son.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1885-03-13 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

ANNEAL EXPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER. Dr. Fauserr, Medical Officer in his annual report, stated :—During the year 1884 there were 164 deaths registered-81 males and 83 females; aqd Sul births-156 males and 145 females. Estimating the population of the town at 7,000, which I believe to be somewhat under the mark, this shows an amine, mortality of 23 34 per 1.000, but excluding 12 deaths occurring among persons not belonging to the district 21'171 per 1,000, and a birth rate of 43 pr 1,000. The Infantile mortality amounted to 81, or nearly half the deaths at all ages; of these six were due to croup, four to whooping cough, one to typhoid f. vet, 10 to diarrhcea: eight to lung disease, one to accident, and the remaining 51 require no special remarks from me. Between the ages of 5 and 25 there were 14 deaths, between the ages of 25 and 60 there were 44 deaths, and upwards of the latter ages 25 deaths these one died from croup, two from typhoid fever, 14 from consumption, 15 from other lung diseases. seven from heart disease, two from injury and accident, three were drowned. by accidentally falling into the dock, and there were two suicides during the year. The oases of croup were all sporadic, and at no time did there seem to be any danger of an epidemic of this disease. During the latter part of the year the town was visited by an epidemic of whooping cough, which, as noted above, caused four deaths, hut in all the fatal cases the sad termination was due to complication, in one case acute pneumonic phthisis, and in the other three convulsions and teething. The disease was, ua rule, of a mild type, and has now almost entirely disappeared. Typhoid fever made its appearanoe in the month of March, and up to the end  SPECIMEN TESTIMONIALS, It has Saved my Life at the Eleventh Hot Her Majesty's Ship Volage, Monte V South A,  Dr. R. Laylor, London Dear Sir,—lt is with the greatest pleasur acknowledge the wonderful results of your phodyne," for I can safely say it has saved I oould not have lasted much longer in the c that I was in, but having heard of its effect o 1 gave it a trial and it has saved my lif eleventh hour. lam now enjoying as good h anyone could wish for. You are at perfect Ii put this to whatever use you like.— Yours fa G. :  Bold in bottles, ,tt 4(l.Na. and 118., by all throughout the World; or sent free on n P.0.U., from -
The Blackpool Herald. — 1885-10-09 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SUICIDE AT BLACKPOOL. 011 Monday afternoon last an inquest was held before W. Gilbert- I son, Beet., and a sworn jury, with Mr. Mich°ll as foreman, at the Mount Pleasant Hotel, High-street, concerning the death of Alex. Fenton, aged 52, labourer, residing at 3, Crolia-stieet, Blackpool, who met with his death by hanging on the Sunday morning previous. From tha evidence adduced, it appears that the unfortunate man's wife died about nine weeks ago, and since that date the deceased has been somewhat strange in his manner, and evidently took his wife's death very much to heart.—Hy. McGann, (14) stepson of the deceased, was called, land stated that his mother died about nine weeks ago. He hut saw the deceased alive on Sunday morning last about 9-30, who was then in his bedroom reading a newspaper. His father did not, at that time, speak to him. On again going upstaira about 12-30, into a back room he noticed a rope hanging on his father's bedroom door, and the door being a little open, he cool i just see a small portion of him. On going nearer to the door he discovered that something was wrong, as his father's hands were discoloured. He (witness) then ran down stake, and told the next door neighbour (Mrs. Gornall) what he had seen, and she, in company with one or two others, immediately went to tne room, only to find that the deceased had hung himself. Hie father had never appeared to be the same since his mother died, and on one or two occasions since then, he had said that he would "make away with himself," as he could not stand it any longer.—Joseph Fodnore, 4, Lewtas-street, Blackpool, said that on the date in question he was passing Cross-street. when his , attention was drawn by a number of people who were stood outside the deceased man's house. A man named Gornall asked him if he would run Into No, 3, as there was a man hanging. He (witness) at once entered the house and found the de hanging behind the room door. He pushed the door open, and found that the rope was fastened to the handle of the door, then taken over the top, and tied round the man's neck. He immediately untied the rope, and let the deceased down. His feet were just touching the floor. Dr. Heath was called, and tried to restore life, but without avail.—Catherine McGann stated that her step-father had appeared to fret very much snout her mother's death. During the past week the deceased had been drinking.—The Coroner thought the man, owning to his wife's death, had at the time when he committed suicide, been in , an unsound state of mind, and the only verdict they could return was—" That Fenton had committed suicide while in an unsound state of mind.—The jury concurred, and a verdict was returned accordingly.
The Blackpool Herald. — 1885-08-07 (Blackpool, Lancashire, England)

SAD DROWNING CASE AT LYTH.I3I.—On Monday afternoon, Dr. Gilbertson held an inquest at the Talbot Inn. Lytham, on the body of Sarah Burdis.— William David Burdis, paper stock merchant, of Newton-le-Willows, said that the deceased was his mother, and was 65 years of age. She had been much depressed in spirits of late, and on the 25th July she inflicted a wound in her throat by the means of a razor. On Friday, on the advice of his doctor, he brought his mother to live at Lytham. On the following day witness had to go to Manchester, and on returning to his lodgihgs the same afternoon he met his wife in the street, who stated that she left his mother at home. On arriving at their lodgings deceased was not to be found, and from information he received he went on to the beach in search of his mother. He, however, ceuld find no trace of her whereabouts, and returned to his lodgings. The same evening he saw the body ot his mother lying in the yard of the Talbot Inn.— Herbert Francis Butterworth, ten years of age, deposed to being on the East Beach on Saturday afternoon, and seeing the deceased walking about. He saw Mrs. Burdis step on to an old wreck, and fall into the water. Witness ran and acquainted two men, who were close at hand, of the occurrence. They, however, seemed to take no notice of his communication, and witness told some other working men, who immediately ran to the sea shore. He had been told that where the deceased was drowned the water was only about 18 inches deep.—ln reply to Mr. W. D. Burns, the witness gave It as his opinion that if the two wen,whom he first told,had gone to her assistance at once,they wouldlhave been able to get the deceased out.—A verdict of "Committed suicide by drowning whilst in an unsound state of mind" was returned, the jury adding the following rider :—"ln their opinion the two men, whose attention was first celled by the witness, Herbert Francis Butterworth, to the fact of deceased being in the water, and who did not offer any assistanc4, were deserving of the severest possible censure."
The Northern Guardian. — 1893-03-20 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

BOLL. A/11) BLIINDERL—CoIoneI Sannderson recently remarked in the House of Commons that Mr. Dillon "had fired a barbed arrow at Colonel Caddell, in order that some of the mud might stick." ,1 With a view, hewever, of showing him that be can obtain no signal distinction in this line of oratory, a contemporary remieded him that Mr. Labouchere talked not long ago of the "bleating" of a "bruised worm !2" Some years ago, on account of the great number of suicides, a member of the House of Commons moved for leave to bring in a bill to make it a capital offence! When the late Lord Eldon, then Sir John Scott, broueht in his bill for restraining the liberty of the press, a member moved as an additional clause that all anonymous works should have the name of the author on the title-page. An orator at one of the University Unions bore off the palm of merit when he declared that "the British lion, whether It is roaming the deserts of India or climbing the forest of Canada, will not draw in its horns or retire into its shell." It was a Scotchwoman who said that the butcher of her town only killed half a beast at a time. It was a Dutchman who said that a pig had no marks on its ears except a short tail.' It was an English magistrate who, on being told by a vagabond that he was not married, replied. "That', a good thing for your wife." It was an American lecturer who solemnly said one evening: "Parents, you may have children or, if not, your daughters may have." It is Dean Swift who mentions two skulls preserved in Ireland, one of a person when he was a boy, and the other of tile same person when he had grown to be a man. It wr.s a Portuguese mayor who enumerated among the marks by which the body of a certain man who had been drowned might be identified "a marked impediment in his speech." It was the famous Carlino who, on contentedly laying his head on a large stone jar for a pillow, responded to one who had Inquired if it was not hard "Not at all, for I've stuffed it with hay." It was a Western orator who, warming with his subject, exclaimed: " There is not a man, woman, or child in this meeting who has arrived at the age of 50 years but has felt this truth thundering through their minds for centuries !"
The Northern Guardian. — 1893-01-04 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE CFLYBRATED FLOOD-PORTER PARTY Will perform at the Athenteum the first week in January, commencing with a sacred concert on Sunday. Plans at Eloggett's, Church Street. —Advt. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ! Wedding Rings I Christman Presents! Wedding Rings !—Half-dozen Best Nickel Teaspoons given with each.—J. M. CROSIER, the Practical Watchmaker, 76, Lynn Street, West Hartlepool.—Advt. A verdict of suicide was yesterday returned in the case of Robert Redfern, 63, collier, Gibraltar Lane, Haughton, who poisoned himself with ammonia on Thursday, and died in great agony on Saturday. According to a telegram from Warsaw, a young Polish painter, M. Wierzwinski, aged nineteen, while out riding on horseback in the country near Bielostock, was attacked by a pack of wolves, and both he and his horse were torn to pieces and devoured.  The ladies of Vienna are receiving credit generally for having evolved an entire novelty in bazaars, as they have just held one at the Musikvereinsaal, which was devoted to nothing but game, much of which was supplied from the Imperial preserves at Mursteg. A new court-house was built for the Ohl Bailey in 1773, but this structure was destroyed, together with Netvgate Prison itself, in the No-Popery Riots of 1780. The Sessions House was rebuilt and enlarged in 1809. Since then various alterations hwe been made in the building. The new lifeboat Catherine Swift, fitted with the latest improved life-saving appliances, left Portsmouth yesterday for the Isle of Wight. It will be stationed at Herbeld, where the steamship Eider was wrecked a short time since, mil which is one of the most dangerous spots on the coast. Salvationist marches and processions have been reneAd at Eastbourne, and have provoked the usual disturbances, for participation in which several persons have been fined by the local magistrates, who expressed their determination to do everything they could to prevent interference with Ithe processions. During 18 months in the years 1779-1780 the Highlands contributed 14,000 men to the army. The circumstances then were, of course, exceptional, but they were normal 50 years ago, when, with little more than half of her present population, Scotland sent 9,000 of her sons to be soldiers, against 2,900 last year. ST. JOFIN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HARTLErocu..—We are asked to state that Miss Jennie Sanderson, late pupil Mr S. W. Hamilton Fox, has been appointed organist of St. John's Church. ST.
The Northern Guardian. — 1893-05-23 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

WORK RESUMED AT HULL.  IT will be seen from our news columns that work has been resumed at the Hull docks. Last Friday the contesting parties came to terms, whereby it was decided that Unionists and non-Unionists should work side by side. It was further agreed that, work should not be resumed until this morning. In spite of this it appears that some men, anxious to get back to work, started on Saturday last, and large numbers more were set on this morning. To all outside appearances the two classes of men are working amicably, and we trust that they will continue to do so. It has been a long and weary time for men and masters alike. It has paralysed trade at Hull, and only continuous work on the part of the men when there is employment for them can put matters on their old basis. The police authorities feared that there would be exhibitions of feeling to-day, and, consequently, had made special arrangements to cope with any disturbances there might be. We are glad to be able to state that up to the time of writing their presence was not required. In fact, the men appeared to have had sufficient of quibbling, and were anxious to resume work on the most amicable terms. There is, however, a fear that many of them, seeing that there will be no work for them, will become quite restless, and may causs. disturbances. We trust, however, that better feeling will prevail, and that now that the strike is over work will be steadily proceeded with, and that there will be no more need for police protection.  Just when the trouble seemed to be over the district secretary of the Dockers' Union (Mr Thomas Chesterfield), has attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat. There appears, however, to be good ground for believing that his intention will be thwarted. It is stated that he yesterday said he would commit suicide because "he could not bear to see the misery before the men'through the action of the Shipping Federation." It was known that he had , been suffering for some time and this expression of his was not looked upon as serious. It is evident now that he meant what he said, but fortunately he was unsuccessful in his attempt to destroy his own life. We , hope that Mr Chesterfield will recover and that he will live long to pilot the men under his care, and that it may be many years before he will again be called upon to take charge of so enormous and trade-killing ,a strike. •
The Northern Guardian. — 1893-05-27 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ROMANTIC SUICIDE.  A sensational poisoning case has occurred at Northampton, Dr. Aikman, a favourite medical practitioner, taking prussic acid, from the effects of which he died in a few minutes. Dr Aikman was engaged to be married on the 9th instant to the daughter of a Northampton shoe operative, a !match which his parents, who live in Edinburgh, considered detrimental to his social and professional position. Owing to their interposition the wedding did not take place. The girl, informed of their action on the eve of , the day arranged for the ceremony, and , not being allowed to see her lover, swallowed a quantity of acetic acid that she secretly obtained from the doctor's surgery. She is still seriously ill from the poison. Dr. Aikman left Northampton with his friends the same day, and returned from Edinburgh only on Thursday evening. He drove direct to the girl's house, where he had an affecting interview with his affianced, who was ill in bed. He promised her and her parenta that the wedding should yet take place, and left the house on exceedingly good terms with everyone. He then went to his own house, where, at his invitation, he was met by his brother Charles, a Northampton journalist, and the Rev. J. C. Roberts, D. D., who was to have performed the marriage ceremony. A vivacious conversation was kept up till about midnight, when he left the room with his glass of whisky and water, went upstairs and poured into it a laige quantity of prussic acid, and in a few minutes returned. He rejoined in the conversation, and in full view of Dr. Roberts, and without a word, drank the greater part of the mixture in his glass. The poison at once showed its effects. Dr. Roberta and a neighbouring surgeon did their best, but the doctor expired in about five minutes. He was only 28 years of age, and was very popular. He was foimerly assistant to Dr. Thatcher, of Edinburgh.—The inquest takes place to-day. Mrs Barritt, mother of the young woman whom Dr. Aikman was to have married, states that s letter was received from the deceased on Monday, the postmark being Edinbrugh. In this the doctor stated that he was being watched continuously, and that he had written the letter under cover of his cloak. He expressed his intention of coming to Northampton, and asked Miss Barritt to meet him at Rugby Station. The letter also contained the sentence, "If you don't really love me I shall die." He also spoke of committing suicide. The inquest will take place to-day. The deceased was much liked in town, and was stated to be a clever practitioner.  An Edinburgh correspondent says: Dr. Aikman was a distinguished medical student in Edinburgh University, and also studied on the Continent. During his stay in Edinburgh he was closely connected with the Hope Park United Presbyterian Church, in the social work of which he took a deep and active interest. He is a son of Mr A. Aikman, wholesale leather merchant, with whom much sympathy is felt.
The Northern Guardian. — 1893-05-31 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

SUICID.; A BANKER.  Mr A. Braxton Hicks held an inquest yesterday, at the Richmond Hospital, in reference to the death of Charles W. Reinhardt (58), a banker, lately residing at Oakdene, Barnex, and at 14, Covcul Street, St..Loite 'tVeatoJintiter, who was discovered shot in the head in a firet•elass compartment of a London and South-Western train, at. Sheppertt..l Statlou, on the 2CLh instant.— Charles W. Reinhardt, son of the deceased, stated that he last saw his father on the 21st instant, when he appeared to be in his usual health. Some 1.7-1-.. e rrnnthv N\ It lost his mother, since which his father was given to fits of depression. The deceased was a very excitable man, but temperate in his drinking habits. On searching through his father's papers on the 26th instant witness found a receipt for a six-chambered revolver bearing the same date.—Charles Fanner, a porter at Shepperton Station, stated that on the arrival of the 8.15 p.m. train from Waterloo to Slieppertoa ou Friday Lst, he saw the deceased sitting in a first-class compartment. There was blood on hie face and a bullet wound in his temple. A revolver was lying underneath the seat. —Dr. George Symons, of Hightield House, Shepperton, deposed that he was summoned to the railway station at about. half-past nine on the 26th iustant, where he found the deceased, who was quite unconlaClOUS, with a Lltwoancl 0.,w. the I:ALt temple. The bullet had penetrated the skull, and had lodged in the brain. —Pol ice-Constable John Crooks, stationed at Shepperton, said that he was called to the deceased, and fe—al a six-chambered revolver, loaded in all the chambers excepting one.—Dr. Edward Hill, house surgeon at Richmond Hospital, stated that the cause of death was laceration of the brain, the result of the :Aidt wonud.—The jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while temp:irarily insane.