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The Kenilworth Advertiser. — 1883-01-06 (Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England)

standing under the lamp to suppose it was not burn. ing, owing to the size of the stand or bottom—the learned coroner said be thought that /natter had been satisfactorily cleared up, and that the agitated state of mind of the witness Henderson should be taken into account with regard to her statement on the point of discrepancy in the evidence.—Reference was ti en made to the three or four fatal accidents previously at this spot, which is regarded as a very dangerous crossing, but Inspector Bailey reminded the jury that some had been oases of suicide. Acting on the presentment of Mr. Coroner Poole at a former inquest, the Railway Company had ordered the two lamps at this crossing to ba kept alight all night, and they were so kept burning. On an average 120 to 150 trains passed through this station during a day and night, and there were SO or N passenger trains daily.—The driver of the express being in attendance, at the request of the Inspector, said, although there was no rule or order to give a signal of a passing train when another was not standing in a station, yet it was generally done, and in the present instance the whistle was blown as oustomray. He also stated :that deceased's bat was found when they reached Derby, on the front of the engine, and he then remembered a slight obstruction.' on passing through Water Orton Station, and telegraphed there to that effect, and in reply received information that a man had been run over. —A long conversation ensued as to the necessity of rnore efficient lamps, but particularly to the absolute want of a footbridge over the line here, which was formerly (before the erection of the stone bridge by the Company a few yards lower down) the turnpike road, and now leads from the Dog Inn directly across the railway, so that the danger of the public was greater than in many similar crossings. The Coroner having summed up very ably, gathering up the various points of evidence, said he felt that no blame ceuld be attached to anyone, and advised the jury to return a verdict of accidental death. This was unanimously agreed to with a rider in addition to the effect that owing to the decidedly dangerous character of the crossing the Midland Railway Company be requested to erect a footbridge in place of the present level erossing.—lnspector Bailey's attention wa.s directed to this requisition, and he promised it should be laid before the proper authorities. The foreman then thanked Mr. Sanderson for his able and patient investigation of the ease—the enquiry lasting over two honrs,—and at his (Mr. Radcliffe's) suggestion, the gentlemen of the jury handed their fees to deceased's father, for whom, with the aged grandfather and other ' members of the family, much sympathy was expressed. 

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The Northern Guardian. — 1898-11-14 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

ROMANTIC TRAGEDY NEAR SEVENOAKS.  MURDER BY A LOVER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.  A Revenoaks correspondent telegraphs: On. Saturday afternoon a sho-Aing tragedy occurred tt Riverhead, near Sevenoaks. It appears that tabortly after three o'clock, Elizabeth Lawrence, aged 17, a dressmaker, was shot in the public street by a man named Geir,ge Henry Boakes, aged 28, who immediately afterwards attempted suicide. The girl, who had been living with her grandfather. a gar•dner in the employ of Earl Amherst, left heme, accompanied by two companions, for the purpose of visiting her father, aneLon the road had to pass a jeweller's shop kept by Boakes. He was purchasing milk at the time; but on seeing Miss Lawrence Boakes dropped the jug and ran inaDerS• Returning quickly, he rushed towards Miss Lawrence and deliberately discharged two revolver shots at her, the bullets passing through her *unites. She dieg almost initantlyi, and directly afterwards Boakes turned the weapon on himself, inflicting terrible injuries, from which it is feared he will succumb. At present no explanation of Boakes' conduct ia forthcoming. He is described as a quiet reserved man, having always been most temperate, and there has been nothing in his behaviour to lead one to believe he could have committed such a horrible crime.  The Press Association Sevenoaks correspondent learns on inquiry at the local Cottage Hospital, to v late yesterday the man Boakes, who shot, Alias Lawrence on the main London Road on Saturday, was removed, that his condition had improved so much that his recovery is considered probable, the bullet which he sent through his head having apparently escaped his brain. On Saturdai night, whilst lying at the Amherst Arms Hotel he is reported to have made some reference to the crime. During a conversation with his mother he stated he conceived an affection for the girl, and killed her because her friends discountenanced his overtures. 

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The Northern Guardian. — 1895-03-07 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

THE WELSH CHURCH BILL  Lord Northboorne has written to the Bishop of Durham, requesting him to place his name on the Diocesan Committee for Church Defence. He adds that, " while he hopes that the bill will be resisted in a spirit of m: aeration as far es Isnooßge is cm.csrned, the resi, tance must of itse f be absolutely without compromise." Lord Northbcurne was foimerly Mr W. H. .Tames, the Liberal mutotxr for Gateshead.  THE HIGHEST AWARD. GOLD MEDAL. Dublin, 1392. Wheatley' s Hop Bitters. Tue Ten' Perance drink recommended by experts and analyst% To be had at Wine Merchants and Bottlers everywhere.—Adet. •  VENUS SOAP for hard, soft, cold, or hot water.— Advt.  LATEST NEWS.  [BY TELEGRAPH THIS DAY.]  THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The Army estimates, issued to-day, show that the sum required for the coming financial year is £22,100 less than for last year.  YACHT DESTROYED M FIRE. A fire broke out upon a yacht owned by Mr W. Cherring, at Southwick, near Brighton, this morning. The vessel was completely gutted.  SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT TOOTING. --A plasterer, named Taylor, living at Fountain Road, Tooting, murdered his wife and children and committed suicide this morning. A later message states that four of Taylor's children are dead. One is living, but severely injured.  THE REVOLT IN CUBA. SUCCESS OF THE REBELS. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEORA!d4 NEW YORK, Thursday.  The New York lierald to-day 'publishes' despatches from Cuba stating that the revolt there is more serious than previously admitted. The Spaniards have been defeated by the rebels, and the authorities are stopping telegraphic messages containing the true statement of affairs.  THE WAR IN THE EAST.  CAPTURE OF NEW-CHWANG.  DESPERATE FIGHTING. [CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAM.] HAITCHENG, Tuesday. New-chwaug has been captured after 13 hours' continuous fighting. The town was attacked from two points simultaneously. The Chinese abandoned the walls after two hours' bombardment, taking refuge in the streets, where the fighting was desperate. Nearly 2,000 Chinese were killed and wounded. The Japanese losses exceed 300. 

Article type: Incident
The Northern Guardian. — 1898-05-31 (Hartlepool, Cleveland, England)

OTHER CHILDREN ATTACKED  SUiCIDE OF THE MURDERER  'lie Press Association's Hanley corespondent ttlegraphs that a shocking tragetly occurred at Bvt.,lem this morning. Aerate maker, named I'mderick Hall, murdered his wife and three chitdrer. with an axe while ,:hey were in bed. He also attacked twa ether children, inflicting shocking injuries about the head, which it is espected will proe fatal. 'llie murderer subsequently proceeded downstairs, and with a Knife cut his own thi'....}s.r. in a shocking manner. He was found dead on the kitchen floor by neighbours. The bodies of ths 'wife and three children, who were first attatKed, were terribly mutilated, the object of attack in each case being the head. The Press Association's Hanky correspondent telegraphs the following further account of the quadruple murder and suicide: —The scene of the tragedy was Nettle Bank, Small Thorne, a email village about two miles from Hanley. Five persons, members of one family, are dead, and two sti..er members of it iospitai in a hopeless condition. The Jo mes of the deceased are rick Hall, Elizabeth, his wife; Frederick, 6; Lizzie, aged 4; and Thomas, aged 2. . two still alive are Charles, aged 15, and krede , Ethel, aged 12. ' Hall did some of his work at Ilicr.-..fs, using chieflc- a tool something like a bill Stook.' With this he evidently kiio.st his wife and *lire() children outright, mortally wounded his two eldest children, and then committed suicide. " °Las tragedy first came to hg-.- early this morning. w'uen the next door neighbour, John Beard, by name, hearing a rirculiar noise, invited another neighbour, William Searlett, to accompany him to Hall's back door. This, on examination, was found to be only latched. The two entered and discovered Hall lying on the kitchen floor, which was c-averect with blood. There was a great gash in thi A throat, and the man, thongs his body was still warm, was dead. His left arm lay across this 2-rehead, indicating that he died in agony. Beard. and Scarlett hurriedly summoned a doctor wad a policeman, and also called u•-• Mr Pellett, sanLtary inspector. 

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The Haslingden Gazette. — 1903-09-19 (Haslingden, Lancashire, England)

Tilt WORLD'S COLD =MILDER.  For nearly two months he plodded on, advertising and answering advertisements but without " references " of any kind—save such as would have done him more harm than good —he failed to obtain employment ; and, by the end of that time, his money was exhausted. lie once more turned to the " society," but as he had gene off without informing his employers ,the sandwich-board proprietors) of the sudden change in Isis fortunes, the society would not again take him up and, in a shirt time, he was reduced to the direst straits. NiAV began one of those long " struggles to live." which none but ex-convicts who have turned their backs upon crime and really desire to earn an honest living know anything about. Isiisy professed much " sympathy" and a few—very few—afforded him temporary pecuni. say assistance. Ile was advised to go to the C. 0. S.; but that institution, he was told, was intended only for the " deserving " poor and " could do nothing for him." Ile was driven, after a week's tramping about the docks in search of work, to the workhouse ; but, even here, he met with the cold shoulder. The " casual wards " were indeed open to him.. and, for nearly two mon*s, he found a" night shelter" there. Turned out each morning niter having completed Isis allotted task of stone-breaking) he wandered about during the whole of that time without having anything to eat beyond what he might by chance pick up at a railway station by carrying the luggage of some passengers. Even this door woo soon closed against loin, as he was more than on looked upon as a " suspected person " by ti • railway officials. Poor fellow ! I shall never forget the la-t casion upon which I sow him. I had hu-sn,ss in Holborn one morning, and, in turning the corner of Cray's Inn Bond, I saw him standing over the grating of a coffee-house, from which a savoury smell of fried baton and egg* was emitted. He looked famished ; and, on clues. tioniug him, I found that he hod not tasted food for two days ! Taking him inside, I was amazed to see the voracity with which he ate thei breakfast laid before him. It was the last time I saw him, but not the lust tima I heard of him. About a fortnight later I learned from another ex-convict who had, himself, had some. "U 5 and downs," that Barton had committed suicide:  _ Are Week : Ix Drumm Vux." 

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The Sun. — 1865-04-19 (London, England)

The BOOS of the DAY and. EVERY ➢IAN'S BOOK. Just published, price is. 6d , by post, free, ls. Bd.,  REVELATION of QUACKS and QUACK F,Ry. By DETECTOR.  For notices of this starts ng work see the "Saturday Review" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ; the "Weekly D.spatch" of April it, "The Quacks and their Crimes;" "The Sun" of April 12, "'Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON. A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " siedical Circular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet The reader of "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, fraudulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, .and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which " Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr." Punch's" contemporai les, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to publish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their puffs and other particulars concerning them, n ••edfut to be known, will be found in the pamphl. t above referred to, which. is entitled " Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," and is to be had at the "Medical Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.C. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are sully set forth in " Revelations of Quacks at,el Qackery." And mark espeeally that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishe 1. The pamphlet iu question thus constitutes a regular Quack Directory, by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery." Its contents will astonish and amuse whi e they invoke your indignation and disgust. 01 course you do not want it on account of its warnings for you. own sake, but you doubtless do for that of the many simpletons with whom you must be acquainted, it your acquaintance is large. " Who are the Quacks that Punch' means ?" Consider what it is to he ab!e to answer t,,is question of the young and inexperienced, and, for charity's sake, if for no other. go and provide yourself with "Revelations of Quacks and Quackery," by Detector.—Punch, April 12. 

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The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1888-09-15 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

MYSTERIOUS FATALITY AT EASTHAM.  Considerable sensation was created at Eastham on Sunday morning by the body of an old man named Thomas Fair°lough (72), being found in a water tank. Deceased was employed by Mr. A. Tobin, of Eastham House, and shortly after eight o'clock on Sunday morning was missed from the premises. Enquiries resulted in the discovery of his body in the tank, which was capable of holding four feet of water. It the inquest subsequently held on the body by Mr. H. Churton, county coroner, the theory was instituted that the man went down a ladder to ascertain the depth of the water. The coroner in summing up said with regard to the state of the deceased's mind, it seemed he was a perfectly healthy, cheerful man who had never threatened to do anything to himself, but still they ha& heard lately of a number of cases very similar in character. Persons had committed suicide in various ways, never having shown the slightest disposition whatever to be mentally vitong. It is impossible to conceive the ides of this man not having committed the act of suicide, but the difficulty was as to the state 9f his mind. It was not possible, he thought, to return a verdict that he was accidentally drowned—it was almost absurd to entertain that idea. His impression was strongly that at the time deceased was not compos moats which he considered was the most charitable view they could take of tae case. 'The jury, however, returned an open , verdict of "Found drowned." The deceased was held in great respect in Esstham, where be had lived all his life. He was in the service of Mr. A. Tobin, of Eastham House, for over 20 years, and was greatly respected by that gentleman and all his family. The body of the deceased was interred with every mark of respect on Tuesday last in Eastham church yard, which was crowded by people anxious to pay their last respects to the deceased. The chief mourners who attended the funeral were Mrs. Fairdough, widow; James. Thomas, and John Fairclough, Bons ; Ellen Fairclough,danghter ; Mr. and Mrs. James McKay, son-in-law and daughter; Hrs. Collins, sister; Mrs. Edward Collins, niece; and several grandchildren. Others present at the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. A. Tobin and family and servants. The body was borne to the chureh by four of the deceased's fellow servants, and from the church to the graveside by his sonin•law, Mr. James McKay, and three grandsons, F. Fairclough, H. Fairclough, and Fred McKay. The funeral service was moat imvessively read by the Rev. F. Sanders, of Eastham. The funeral arrangements were in the hand. of Mr. Edward Worthington, of Bentham, who performed his duties in a manner that gave the greatest satishtetion. 

Article type: Incident
Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette. — 1893-05-27 (Brighouse, West Yorkshire, England)

BETrING, MURDER, SUICIDE.  An uncontrollable passim for betting has been the cause of a terrible drama in Paris. M. Coupe, a wine-sh-ip keeper in the Rue de la Glaciere, had within the last 18 months indulged in betting on horse races at the Mutual Betting establishments. Having spent all his savings, and on Sunday week, being on the brink of ruin, he coil ected all the money he coull to put it on a horse he had been told was sure to win. It was his last chance. and , he lost it. The horse on which he had risked everything was not even placed. M. Coupe on the Monday morning told one of his frietids it was probably the last, time he would see either him or his wife. During the week he repeated the same threat to several persons, and on Saturday morning the concierge noticed that at 8 o'clock his wineshop was not open. A report of firearms in M. Coupe's establishment was heard, and as the Police Commissary forced open the door another shot was fired. M. Coupe was found lying on the door with a bullet in his head. He was not dead, but expired some hours after he had been conveyed to the hospital. Madame Coupe had been killed by a pistol shot in the head. In a bedroom two children were found dead, each with a bullet in its head; the youngest child had been wounded, but was not dead, and the doctors at the hospital hope to be able save her life.  At Kingston-on-Thames Frederick Hamilton, a young labourer, has been fined 40s. or 14 days for stealing swans' eggs from a nest on the river Mole.  Cbarles and Joseph Gill, builders, have each had to pay £26 6s. at Thames, with 31 guineas costs, for using in the construction of buildings in Whitechapel mortar not made in conformity with the Metropolitan Building Act.  Foxes are so numerous in the Cumberland mountains that the shepherds have been burning lamps in the fields at night to scare them, and even then many lambs have been snatched up. The foxhounds have been out doing their best, and the Bleucathra pack killed their 43rd fx last week. An interesting personage has died in the East End in the Rev. Jacob Reinowite, who is declared by the Jewish Chronicle to have been the original of "Reb Shemuel," one of the finest of the charactere created by Mr. Zangaill. The rev, gentleman was a member of the Beth Din, and was popularly known as "Reb Yankele." During his residence in the East End for 17 years he was very popular, and was venerated as a man of great erudition. The merry twinkle in his eye betokened the possession of rich humour, and the old-fashioned Moshols which he was wont to relate, received additional charm fiom the manner of their telling.—Gioke.  L 

Article type: Incident
The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1893-08-19 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DROWNED IN SIGHT OF LAND.  IFruit; were  On Tuesday night towards ten o'clock a:boat with seven persons on board, belonging to Tory Island, was returning home from Ballynass, on the mainland, and when within a few yards of the shore of the island a sudden squall overtook the boat, and it dashed against the rocks and broke up. Patrick Ileraghin and Mary, his sister, were drowned, also Patrick Doohan and Denis Doohan, brothers. Margaret Doohan died from shock on hearing the news. The fatality has cast a gloom over the small community of Tory Island.  &MIME AT NORMANBY.—An inquest was held before Coroner J. T. Belk at Normanby on Tuesday on the body of Robert Turner, of 11, Clevelaud-street,lNprnianby, who was found lying dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor on Sunday morning, with an old knife lying by his side and a deep gash in his throat.—The jury found that deoeased had committed suicide by cutting his throat during a fit of temporary insanity. Tconor FLowka Snow.—The forty-ninth annual gathering of the Tudhoe Floral, Horticultural, and Industrial Society was hold on Wednesday in real tropical weather. Next year the Society will celebrate its jubilee, and of all its shows it was stated that Wednesday's was by far the best and successful from every standpoint. There was a large attendance, and there was a variety of entertaining items on the programme. This year there was an extra tent for poultry, &c, and balk in quality and quantity the entries were better than last year. There was especially a large entry in the rabbit classes. Flowers and fruits were far above the average, and several of the successful exhibitors in those classes hailed from Middlesbrough and its neighbourhood. The industrial classes were excellent both in quality and quantity. Altogether the secretary and committee of the Society have every reason to beproud and satisfied at the result of their labours. The music of tho afternoon was supplied by Smith's Newcastle Military Band. lr you value your wife's health see that the uses "BUNLIGIIT SOA.P."—ADvT. 

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