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The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-11-01 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

INQUEST ON THE MURDERER.  On Tuesday, at Fleetwood, an inquest was held on the body of John Toomey, who murdered hi wife at the Foshan Hotel, Blackpool. The body had been washed up by the tide near Fleetwood. Lucy Morris, his daughter, who resides at Black. pool, said she last saw her father alive on the Tuesday before the murder. This was at his ovni house in Freckleton-street, and he and her mother were then on quarrelling terms. As far as she could judge, he was in his usual state of mind. He had, however, for some weeks seemed rather queer, and he was jealous without reason of her mother. In past years she had known him to threaten to cut her mother's head off, and, as far back as 15 years ago, she had to take a pistol froni him with which he was threatening her. She identified the body by the clothes, and by the fact that one of the toes on the right foot had bees hurt. He had usually a long moustache, which, however, had been shaved off. On the Monday prior to the murder her father said he would cot her mother's head off and throw himself into the  sea. John Toomey, of Frockleton-street, who ale, identified the deoeasPd, said his father had evinced signs of temper for a number of years, but had been worse for some little time before the murder. He believed his father was not in his right mind. There never was a better woman than his (witness'sl mother, who was both a good woman and a good wife.  Samuel Castle, of the Red Lion Hotel, Bisphiun, also gave evidence. Deceased called at his house on the afternoon of the murder, and be was unable to perceive that mentally he ailed anything at all. John Rawcliffe, dock labourer, of Fleetwood, spoke to picking up the body on the shore. The Coroner (Mr. Parker), in summing up, said the question for the jury was really the condition of the man's mind when he threw himself into the water. It had been suggested that he was Veer in his head, but there was really very little, if snit foundation for the notion.  The Jury returned a verdict of " felo de se."  A
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-10-11 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

COMMENCES IN OUR COLUMNS THIS WEEK.  AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT. " TRE PIRATE TEN."  In the year 1834 a pretty little clipper barque named the "Queen," &great favourite in the trade, left Sydney for London with a cargo of wool, and upwards of £280,000 worth of nuggets and dust in her hold. There were sixteen saloon passengers—no steerage people were carried. The crew was of the average complement; of the passengers, eleven were men and five ladies. Several extraordinary incidents were experienced by this ship during her progress towards Cape Horn. For instance, shortly after she left the Heads she was chased by a powerful cutter, which put a young gentleman on board, who implored the Captain to give him a passage to England. The commander reluctantly consented, and received the gentleman's baggage. That same afternoon the smoke of a steamer was seen on the horizon, and next day a tag belonging to Sydney, with two police officers- on board, arrived alongside the 'Queen.' The young follow had absconded with .C 30,000 belonging to a bank he was manager of. They did not nab him, however, as he-committed suicide. After a variety of strange experiences, one day happens something truly amazing—the ten male passengers rise.  They gag and throw overboard a young lady who has had the misfortune to learn their secret, they secure the crew and officers—the captain dies—and the passengers are turned adrift. So are the officers and crew, except two men who are detained to assist in navigating the vessel. The ten men make for an uninhabited island, and during their course quarrel. A duel is fought, and their number reduced to nine. The gold is landed and hidden. After some days of suffer. lug the crew who had been turned adrift are picked up by a colonial vessel, and are thunderstruck at the sight of the young lady, whom they supposed to be drowned now standing on the deck. The story has already been told the commander of the vessel, and a few days after they sight a ship apparently abandoned. It is the " Queen." They board her, and find the two sailors who were detained by the ten men that seized the ship. These men state that the vessel was an. chored off an island, and the gold landed and buried. There is an exciting search, followed by fightings and adventures.  The love element of the story is never lost sight of.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-09-27 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

WILL COMMENCE IN OUR COLUMNS ON OCTOBER 11TH.  AN OUTLINE ORTHE PLOT. "TEE PIRATE TEN."  In the year /834 a pretty little clipper barque named the "Queen," a great favourite in the trade, left Sydney for London with a cargo of wool, and upwards of £280,000 worth of nuggets and dust in her bold. There were sixteen saloon passengers—no steerage people were carried. The crew was of the average complement; of the passengers, eleven were men and five ladies. Several extraordinary incidents were experienced by this ship during her progress towards Cape Horn. For instance, shortly after she left the Heads she was chased by a powerful cutter, which put a young gentleman on board, who implored the Captain to give him a passage to England. The commander reluctantly consented, and received the gentleman's baggage. That same afternoon the smoke of a steamer was seen on the horizon, and next day a tug belonging to Sydney, with two police officers on board, arrived alongside the "Queen." The young fellow had absconded with £30,000 belonging to a bank he was manager of. They did not nab him, however, as he committed suicide. After a variety of strange experiences, one day happens something truly amazing—the ten male passengers rise.  They gag and throw overboard a young lady who has had the misfortune to learn their secret, they secure the crew and officers—the captain dies—ancl the passengers are turned adrift. So are the officers and crew, except two men who are detained to assist in navigating the vessel. The ten men make for an uninhabited island, and daring their course quarrel. A duel is fought, and their number reduced to nine. The gold is landed and bidden. After some days of suffering the crew who had been turned adrift are picked up by a colonial vessel, and are thunderstruck at the eight of the young lady, whom they supposed to be drowned now standing on the deck. The story has already been told the commander of the vessel, and a few days after they sight a ship apparently abandoned. It is the " Queen." They boexd her, and find the two sailors who were detained by the ten men that seized the ship. These men state that the vessel was anchored off an island, and the gold landed and buried. There is an exciting search, followed by fightings and adventures.  The lore element of the story is never lost sight of.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-10-04 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

ILL COMMENCE IN OUR COLUMNS ON OCTOBER 11TH.  AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT. "THE PIRATE TEN."  In the year 1834 a pretty little clipper barque named the "Queen," a great favourite in the trade, left Sydney for London with a cargo of wool, and upwards of £280,000 worth of nuggets and dust in her bold. There were sixteen saloon passengers—no steerage people were carried. The crew was of the average complement; of the passengers, eleven were men and five ladies. Several extraordinary incidents were experienced by this ship daring her progress towards Cape Horn. For instance, shortly after she left the Heads she was chased by a powerful cutter, which put a young gentleman on board, who implored the Captain to give him a passage to England. The commander reluctantly consented, and received the gentleman's baggage. That same afternoon the smoke of a steamer was seen on the horizon, and next day a tag belonging to Sydney, with two police officers on board, arrived alongside the "Queen." The young follow had absconded with £30,000 belonging to a bank he was manager of. They did not nab him, however, as he committed suicide. After a variety of strange experiences, one day happens something truly amazing—the ten male passengers rise.  They gag and throw overboard a young lady who has had the misfortune to learn their secret, they secure the crew and officers—the captain dies—and the passengers are turned adrift. So are the officers and crew, except two men who are detained to assist in navigating the vessel. The ten men make for an uninhabited island, and during their course quarrel. A duel is fought, and their number reduced to nine. The gold is landed and hidden. After some days of suffering the crew who had been turned adrift are picked up by a colonial vessel, and are thunderstruck at the sight of the young lady, whom they supposed to be drowned now standing on the deck. The story has already been told the commander of the vessel, and a few days after they sight a ship apparently abandoned. It is the " Queen." They board her, and find the two sailors who were detained by the ten men that seized the ship. Those men state that the vessel was anchored off an island, and the gold landed and buried.  There is au exciting search, followed by fightings and adventures.  The love element of the story is never lost sight of.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-06-09 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SPINNER. On Friday night Thee. Nutter, spinner, employed at the Vernon Spinning Company's mill, Portwood, committed suicide. It appears that he left work at 5 30, and had made arrangements to take his wife and family to Blackpool on the following morning, and as Mrs. Natter wanted a trunk to do the packing she left the house to gat one. On her return she could not find her husband, and after looking all over the house she asked a man named Richardson if he would look in the cellar. Richardson went into the cellar, and found the deceased hanging by a rope from a beam. Dr. Worthington was sent for, but pronounced the man dead. Some twelve months ago the deceased I had an attack of influenza, and had since then been in a desponding condition. QuatteseLy Reponr.—ln the quarterly report of the Spinners and Twiners' Association, after dealing with the statement of accounts and the prosperous state of the cotton trade, the committee say : Although several serious accidents have occurred during the quarter. little difficulty has been experienced in gaining compensation under the Act. It is thought advisable, however, to recommend any of our members who may be so unfortunate as to meet with an accident to acquaint the officials before leaving the mill in order to prevent any misunderstanding when making claims. Not only has the Act proved beneficial by assisting disabled workmen, but it has been instrumental in preventing many accidents taking place through employers fencing off dangerans parts of machinery. Seeing the Act has proved so successful, and the question is to come before Parliament this session, we hope that it will be extended to all workers. The question of federation is coming more rapidly to the front than was anticipated 801110 months ago. The spinners of this district seem quite favourable to the scheme by the votes recorded, which were the largest in the amalgamation in proportion to the number of members. We are satisfied that much good has been accomplished by the textile trades being federated. With a little persuasion on your part the committee think-that the Creelers' Association could be greatly strengthened. It is to your interest that each piecer and creeler should belong to the society, and we hope that each spinner and twiner will use his influence to increase the membership of this branch, which we are glad to record is financially in a strong position.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-05-26 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

BREDBURY.  STRANGE CONDECT OF A MILL GUIL.—Yet another drowning case has been added to the long list of ! similar fatalities which have darkened the annals of Woodley and the district. This was the case of Amelia Elizabeth Atkinson. aged 23 years, who, until Sunday morning last, resided with her parents at 31, Martin-street, Hyde, and whose body was taken out of a shallow place on the Peak Forest Canal, a short distance from the Rubber Works, near Woodley, at noon on Sunday. From the evidence given at the inquest, on Tuesday, before the deputy coroner, Mr. Henry Newton, it would appear that deceased had been employed as ring spinner at a Hyde cotton mill, and pursued her vocation till last Saturday. For some four or five weeks previous to Tuesday night, the 12th inst., deceased had kept company with a miner named Stopford, and after making an appointment for the following Saturday evening left him, passing him the same night without speaking. She became so depressed in her demeanour that her mother and a companion noticed the change (as she had previously been of a lively disposition) and in. quired the reason, but received unsatisfactory answers, or none, to their queries. Last Saturday night, on retiring to bed late, she requested to be wakened early. She had also promised to attend church the following Sunday morning. When her mother called out early on Sunday morning deceased did not reply, and a search revealed her absence. An inquiry amongst friends was made without success. The body of deceased was eventually found in the canal as stated. No satisfactory reason accounting for her presence in the water could be found. The surmise was that she had been disappointed in her love affairs, and in a moment of mental depression had ended her career by drowning. After an exhaustive inquiry the jury returned a verdict of committed suicide whilst of unsound mind.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1899-06-02 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

PIRCER.  ENGLISH Parevrs. The kifie-7wtng patents, amongst others, were applied for and published in the" Official Journal of Patents" during the week ending May 20th, 1899 :—No. 10,175, T. and J. H. Wilton, Rochdale, for an improved apparatus for steaming and humidifying air in weaving sheds and like places-15th May. 10,280, Eugen Bandow, London, for improvements in dumb-bells for physical culture exercises-16th May. 10,281 and 10,282, George and A. E. Worsley and P. Greet, senr., for improvements in winding thread and in apparatus therefor, and improvements in lock. stitch sewing machines. 10,283, W. Gordon Potter, Manchester, for an improved quick-firing gun. 10,284, L. G. Gold, Cadishead, for an improvement applicable to "plugs " of tobacco-15th May. 18,383, L. L. Grirawade for improvements in or relating to the construction of kilns or muffle furnaces for pottery ware-175h May. 10,567, W. Hoyle and J. Bowerman, of Oldham, for an improved appliance for coupling and uncoupling railway wagons and like vehicles-19th May, 1899. —List supplied by Geo. Davies, C.E., and Son, chartered patent agents, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester.  THE LAST REHEARSAL, Vesta Lincoln unfolded the morning paper with the air of one who expected to find nothing of interest in its columns. Murders, suicides, scandals—they were passed by with scarcely a glance at the glaring, sensational head-lines. Vesta turned to the columns of Help Wanted. She was poor and she needed work, but her daily search had so far been unavailing. " It's always the same," she murmured. "Agents or experienced workers. How do people get their first paying positions? Why, I certainly thought I would be good for something; but here I us almost down to my last dollar, and not a sign of ernploymert ahead. Anl they calkil me clever whore I came from!" She tossed her head, ccvered with bronze coils, curled her pretty, rod lips, and gave the paper a vicious flirt. " ni have to go ont and sell books, she snapped. " That's next door to begging. in my estimation. What's this ?" Vesta read it again, a little three-line advertisement.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-12-10 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

TRAGIC AFFAIR AT HAPTON.  On Tuesday afternoon, at the Bridge Hones Hotel, before Mr. Coroner Robinson, an inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the sad death of Mary Rogers, weaver, of Hapton, who drowned herself in the canal. Mr. J. C. Waddington watched the case for Messrs. John Simpson and Son, of Perseverance Mill, Hapton, wh, employed the deceased. Jkiraes Aldersley, weaver, 14, Bridgefield-street, Haitton, said deceased was his sister-m-law. She bad been troubled a great deal for the last twelve ,aths, to his own knowledge, because she said she could not get the work off her fingers fast enough to her own satisfaction. That was the only thing to trouble her that he knew of. The Coroner said that there was no doubt that the woman had been fretting for some considerable time, and the previous morning had left the mill in a huff and drowned herself.  A Juryman said he had heard some ugly rumours that the deceased had been hurried in her work and brought up because she was not doing sufficient. John Taylor, manager at Perseverance Mill, said a fortnight ago deceased was "fetched up" with others whom he told to do their best to get work off. A week ago deceased came up again, and said " I have dote my best." He said, "That's all we want." She asked to be put on fresh looms, but he advised her not to change, as three in another part would have been as hard as the four she was on. He promised, however, to put her on easier looms, which were being put in, as she was not strong.—The Coroner: You don't know of a tackler using hard language to her? I don't think so.—Mr. Waddington: There is no complaining against a tackler; it is all against you? Yes; but that is all I have said to her.—You were going to give her an easier sob? Yes, she would have gob fresh looms next week.—How long has she bees under you? Fourteen years. We never had a wrong word. She was not one that you could fail out with.—A Juryman: If she had done good work, why was she brought up ?—Mr. Waddington: She did good work, but didn't get so much off.—Mr. Waddington: What were her earnings? About 4s. 6d.?—Witness : Just that. It was a low average. A Juryman said deceased had a fear of being "fetched up." Mr. Webster (a juror): She was promised fresh and narrower looms. At the same time she was suffering from bronchitis, with which she wae troubled in winter time. She had been in failing health a month or two. What with that and hen work she was in a depressed state of mind. The Coroner: That is about it, and she did not like being "fetched up." Mr. Waddington said Mrs. Aldersley had asked deceased to stop work for a day this week, but she would not. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily of une sound state of mind" was returned.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-06-11 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A WEAVER.—OryThursday afternoon a weaver named William Crooksll, employed as a weaver at Messrs. R. Shaw and Sons, Stanley Mill, committed suicide at his lodgings Rook-street, Colne. The deceased, who hails from Church, was about 30 years of age, and lived with Mr. James Ramstron and his wife for about ten months, was a temperance advocate, and had passed a great deal of his time in reading books and studying literature. Recently he had been noticed acting strangely. On Thursday morning he went to his wotk as usual at about eleven a.m. Mr. Whitworth, the manager, noticing his strange remarks and rambling demeanour, advised him to go home and get a few days' rest, then come back to his work on the termination of the holidays. Acting upon this advice he left the works and arrived home at about U 50. He told his landlady that he felt troubled in his mind . about certain family matters, and said he was going to be down, and if anything happened she should communicate with his father. About two p.m. as Mrs. ,Rawstron was  S  engaged in her domestic duties in front of the windows overlooking the backyard she was horrified by seeing her lodger come faYting down in front of the window. She obtained the assistance of a neighbour named Rachel Storey, and they carried Crookall into the house. Dr. Heys was quickly on the spot, and on examination it was found that deceased had cut his throat prior to his craehing through the window, and had cut clean through his windpipe. His left leg was broken, and he had several gashes on his neck and body and hands. He succumbed to his injuries. On Friday afternoon an inquest on the body was held in the Town Hall, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased committed suicide whilst of unsound mind.
The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-11-05 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SUIC/PE OF A LOCKED-OUT LABOUREE.—An inquest was held at the Werneth Mechanics' Institute on Saturday morning, before Dr. George Thomson, the borough coroner, on the body of Frederick Hampson, who committed suicide by banging himself the previous day.—Peter Schofield, 4, Lower Edward-street, machine worker at Messrs. Platt Bros. and Co., said deceased was 71 years of age, and was a labourer. He lodged with witness for the last three years. Witness last saw him alive at eleven o'clock on Thursday night when he was going to bed. Deceased at that time seemed all right. Witness next saw deceased at about a quarter to seven on Friday morning hanging by a rope fastened to a clothes post in the garden at the back of the house. He was dead and quite cold when witness cut him down. He had been put about owing to his being locked out. That had preyed on his mind. He had said he would make a hole in the water, meaning that he would drown himself. A daughter of the deceased hal committed suicide.—A verdict of" suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.  OtEaraivs' Picsic.—On Saturday afternoon a special train conveyed about 130 members and friends of the Oldham and Listrict Weavers, Reefers, Winders, and Beam and Sectional Warpers' Association to Belle Vue in celebration of the reopening of the offices, which have been splendidly renovated: Accompanying the trip were Mrs. Mary Rtu-nsbottom (president of the association), Mr. Alfred Birties (secretary), Mr. T. Raymond (secretary to the Oldham Twisters and Drawers' Association), and members of the weavers' committee. Tea was provided by Messrs. Jennison in one of their spacious rooms, the catering being all that could be desired. The party passed a pleasant afternoon and evening, inspecting most of the exhibits in the gardens, and patronising most of the attractions. The fireworks display was highly enjoyed. The party reached Oldham shortly after ten o'clock, weli pleased with their outing, everything having passed off satisfactorily. The only reeretable feature is that. more of. the members of the anion did not patronise the trip, as we understand it was promoted with the sole object of taking the place this year of the usual annual tea party, concert, and ball.