Huge Donations Fuel Muller's Orphan Project Across Britain
A critical review details funds received by the Scriptural Knowledge Institution led by Muller. It notes over 500000 raised through prayer and faith for orphan houses missions and schools worldwide. Gifts include legacies of 5000 and 1000 pounds and numerous anonymous donations from diverse regions and sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley-down
Mr. Muller
Cod
Great Britain
Muller
W. R
London
Irigation Canal Company
Somersetshire
Honduras
Inquest Opens Into The Stowmarket Explosion Tragedy
The inquest resumed led by coroner Mr F B Marriott with War Office attorney Mr Clode and Captain Majendie. Crown chemists will analyze gun cotton samples. testimony recalled workers including John Thomas who warned of unsafe heat and foreman’s safety concerns. Manager Mr Trotman, amid ruins, saved two men before a second blast shattered another, as twenty one tons stood on site with ten tons sent away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Marriott
Clode
War Office
Home Secretary
Majendie
John Thomas
Trotman
Prentice
Gun Cotton Explosions At Works Fuel Safety Hearings
Proceedings reveal factors in past explosions at a gun cotton works including heat risks and near proximity to a railway. Testimony notes four tons more gun cotton than allowed, impure explosive cotton entering the plant, and experiments on ignition in damp storage. Adjournment set and relief fund exceeds 1200 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Younghusband
Royal Gunpowder Works
Waltham Abbey
Lst
Younghusband
Eustace Prentice
Patent Safety Gun-Cotton Company (Limited
England
Stowmarket
Dreadful Calamities From Crime Accidents and Lightning
A chaotic roundup reports deaths from hydrophobia after a cat bite, self-inflicted shooting, forgery punishment, a found dead solicitor, and a hospital accident ward case. Yachting fatalities near Plymouth, drowning in Bathing, and multiple lightning deaths across Manchester Abney Grange Wear Valley. Fire devastates Leicester factory injuring workers. A jealous stabbing at Devil’s Jumps and a grim diet of accidents dominate the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Berry
Mossley
Nash
Royston
Cambridgeshire
Downing College
Cambridge
Edinburgh
William Hamilton Thompson
Invernesshire
Camden Road
Moorgate Street
Farringdon Street
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Greville
Guy’s Hospital
Appleby
Guernsey
le Gouffre
Plymouth
Hay
Morice Town
Welch
Lucks
Hope Cove
David Smith
Brixton
Shaldon
Teignmouth
Edward Hopkins
Ramsgate
Solent
Hopgood
Chatham
Henry Nye
Sun Pier
Nye
Avon
Leicester
Talbot Lane
Russell and Davisthorpe
Surrey
Rodway
Carington
Wear Valley
Newcastle
Knavesmire
Hamsterley
Matthew Wilkinson
Mrs. Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
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