Outrage in Harecastle Tunnel Aboard Train
Miss Eva Adelaide Goss of Stoke on Trent was attacked by a supposed lunatic aboard a second class compartment in Harecastle tunnel near Alsager. The assailant, a 30 year old worker, seized her, robbed her of valuables, and fled as the train emerged from the tunnel. A reward of 1000l was offered. The train’s driver and guard were suspended pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoke-on-Trent
North Staffordshire
Eva Adelaide Goss
W. H. Goss
Miss Goss
Alsager
Crewe
Stoke
Harecastle
Chatterley Station
Miss Gosa
Longport
Flynn
Cheddleton Asylum
Adelphi Coroner Opens Inquest Into Death of Frank Allen
At Westminster coroner's court John Troutbeck opened an inquiry into the death of Frank Allen 62 an engineer housed at the Caledonian Hotel Adelphi Strand who died at King's College Hospital from a head injury. Witnesses described a disturbance involving Jim Tate and claims Allen was struck with a hat or during a fall. The jury found death due to a head injury but could not determine when or by whom the blow was inflicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Troutbeck
Westminster
Frank Allen
Caledonian Hotel
Robertstreet
Adelphi Terrace
Strand
King’s College Hospital
Jim
Maria Tate
Allen
Allen H
Bremner
Frederick Tate
Fred Tate
Lea
Blackwell
Tate
Arrest at Dalston Charles Marchmont Richmond Charged
Charles Marchmont Richmond a 47 year old clerk with no home was charged at Clerkenwell on a warrant with embezzling 10s 6d from James Hicks of Hatton Garden. Detective Baxter described a dramatic arrest at Dalston junction after a pub encounter and said additional charges of forgery falsification larceny and bigamy were to be brought. The magistrate remanded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Marchmont Richmond
Clerkenwell
James Hicks
Hatton-garden
Holborn
Muggeridge
Therisoner
D’eyncourt
Leyton
Baxter
Richmond
Hicks
Gray’s Inn-Road
Unsound meat cases hit multiple dealers and firms
Vehicles of concern surround meat markets as several defendants face fines for selling or distributing unsound or unfit meat. Harry Youngman of Stoke Ash and Alfred Digby of Black Notley pay penalties for condemned carcases and bad beef. Arthur Lusby of Greenwich is fined for exposing unsound meat. Lipton and Co. face scrutiny over pork in sausages at Clayton Street. Court comments stress public health over company reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Youngman
Stoke Ash
Eye
Suffolk
Guildhall
Alfred Digby
Black Notley
Braintree
Arthur Wm. Lusby
Woolwich Road
Greenwich
London-street
Worship-street
Lipton and Co., Ltd
Commons
Carmichael
Clayton-street
City-road
Ricketts
Russell
Beck
Lipton’s
Corser
Robbing the Poor By Unjust Weighing Machines
James Nelson and Sons were summoned by Tower Hamlets justices for using two faulty weighing scales at shops in Bethnal Green and Bow. One scale had a knife hidden under it and the other altered fat weighed as a dozen. They claimed to be pay managers. fines were imposed on each summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nelson and Sons (Limited
London
Tower Hamlets
Green-street
Bethnal Green
Roman-road
Bow
Een
London Fires Report Severe Week Of Blazes Across City
The bulletin tallies 72 fires in seven days in London with 18 on Saturday, plus several serious outbreaks at Greenwich, Millwall, Peckham, Belgrave-square and other spots. Two women die after burns, major blazes at Duke street and egg merchants’ ground floor, and a long list of smaller fires across multiple wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresmaker
Blackheath-road
Greenwich
Oceano
Great Eastern Wharf
Millwall Dock
Downes Street
Peckham
M.H. Bampsfylde
Belgrave-square
St. Jude’s School
Wicklow-street
King’s-cross-road
Trebovir-road
Kensington
Hyje-road
Hoxton
Morpar
Draco-street
Larrimore-road
Walworth
Weston-street
Beauleu-villas
Seven Sisters-road
Gr. Prescot-street
Goodman's- Heida
Landor-road
Stockwell
Bye-hill-park
Hastings-street
Burton-crescent
Chandler’s
Lowder-street
Old Gravel-lane
East-street
Gun-street
Spicalfields
Yetta Cohen
Luces-Street
Commercial-road East
London Hospital
Ann Wilkie
Cable-street
London
Duke-street
Stamford Street
Eagle-street
Holborn
Lavender-hill
Colt-street
Limehouse
Childers-street
Deptford
Mnida-vale
St. Leonards-street
Bromley
Teningson-street
Silverthorne-road
Battersea
Sandy's-row
Spitalfields
Newington-green Road
Furzedale Parade
Mitcham Lane
Streatham
the Grove
Hammersmith
Moat Farm Offers Flood In Following Clavering Crime Scene
Since Hubert Cowley took ownership of Moat farm at Clavering near Swindon the property has drawn over 400 offers to rent or buy. A letter from a woman seeks rental with garden party access weekly while another advertises various medical services and hair products tied to the site’s tragic memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Cowley
Blunsdon
Swindon
Clavering
Dougall
Tralee
Two Croydon Men Charged With Assault and Robbery
Louis Lebelowsky of Dorothy Villas and Simon Zimmel of Surrey Street faced remand in Croydon on Monday for alleged assault on Peace Pollocove a Russian woman and robbery of 71 pounds 15 shillings. Pollocove claimed Lebelowsky’s wife offered her money to stay silent. During remand four women claiming to be wives disrupted the custody transfer and were removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Lebelowsky
Dorothy Villas
Cavendish-road
Simon Zimmel
Surrey-street
Croydon
Paris
England
Two Poplar guardians charged for travel expenses and acquitted
District auditor charged two Poplar lady guardians with claiming travel allowances for Caterham and visiting Darenth and Margate, arguing guardian boards handle the estates they oversee. Acquitted in Birmingham Assizes. two boatmen Plant and Coggins acquitted of Jones’s manslaughter on the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surenaraen
Caterham
Boar
Darenth
Margate
Birmingham
Plant and Coggins
Jones
Home Markets Report From Corn to Cattle and Produce
Market notes from Mark Lane and Covent Garden cover corn, wheat, and foreign sorts with steady prices. Beef, mutton, poultry, and fish show quiet demand. cattle arrivals remain similar to last week while lambs soften on cold weather. colonial and dairy goods move with mixed firmness and high stock levels.
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Mark Lane
Duluth
Walla Walla
Pillsbury’s Best
Iron Duke
Feeney
Black Sea
Downtegg
United States
Canada
Deptford
Liverpool
Smithfield
Fowls
Yorkshire
Essex
Boston
Surrey
Sussex
Billingsgate
Brill
London
Ceylon
Jara
Muscatel
Normandy
Brittany
North Wilts
F.o.b
Tworwett
Kyieur
Ahe
Landslip halts London and Brighton line near East Grinstead
A serious landslip on the London and Brighton Railway between East Grinstead and Horsted Keynes damaged the permanent way after heavy rain and frost loosened soil. Traffic was stopped on both lines as the embankment gave way near the Horsted Keynes end shortly after a Brighton to East Grinstead service passed. In a separate case at Guildhall, Henry Richard Kemp was committed for trial for assaulting his wife by stabbing her with a shoemaker's knife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London and Brighton
East Grinstead
Horsted Keynes
Brighton
Chaewoman
Guildhall
Henry Richard Kemp
Prince Arthur Avenue
Bow
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Adelphi
Dalston
London Fires
Barnsbury
Thurspar
Cornelia Street
Albert Edward Duke
Whitechapel-road
Station-road
Woolwich
King’s-road
Chelsea
Orbarn-road
Fulham
Balham Highroad
Hercules-road
Lambeth-road
Arthur Blake
Mary Blake
Huston Road
Victor Bradley Stephenson
Brown’s
Bur-ington-arcade
New North-road
Wellington Road
Stoke Newington
the Moat Farm
Lockyer
Ckyer
James Murdock
Hamburg
Arnin
Ee Creo
the Home Markets
Saturpar
Coventgarden
Valencia
Denia
Jaffa
Hebrons
Lincoln
Blacklands
Middlesbrough
Cumberland
G.m. Brands
Eagh
Amalmont
Quicksilver
Bravee
Wallsend
Hetton
Stone
Ginger
Stone’s
Ruby
Dulcetto
Fissore Percett
Talking Machines
Asclumbia
Columbia
X P
Berners’ Cinematograph
David Day
Messrs
Francis, Day
Hunter
B.O
Vampola CO
Berners-St
Oxan
THE
Phono Exchange
Berners- ST
Ord-St
London, W
Eresting
RNERS
Oxford ST
Hackney Furnishing CO
H.F.C
Pisces
Hackney Furnishing
Lea Pave
Hackney
Hall
Mare-Stree
Grove
Furniments
Tow
N.E
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