Fatal Explosion At Old Kent Road Fireworks Tragedy
Coroner in London investigates Isabella Bartrope death after a fireworks box ignited in a washhouse. Witnesses cite illegal railway shipment and poor handling by Bricklayers Arms staff. Jury verdict blames loose practices and directors for insufficient safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Payne
City of London
Borough of Southwark
Dover
Old Kentford
Jasbella Bartrope
Hendra Road
Old Kent Road
Thomas Haff
Church
Margate
Directora
Johny Taylor
Surrey Place
Bartrope
Henry Bartrope
No. 4
Lower Eaton Street
Pim‘utu
John Fothergill
Witnean
Margete
Guy Fawkee
Thames
Cherch
H. F. Cherch
Isabella Bartrope
South Eastern Railway Company
Landor on Western Australia and colonial policy
The review discusses Charles Landor's Australasian travelogue and critique of Home Government ignorance on colonies. It praises timber exports to the Royal Navy, notes proposed Chinamen labor for a Singapore–Australia timber trade, and condemns penal settlement policies and Aborigine laws, urging measured, humane reform and careful governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Busaman
W. Lasdor
London
Bentley
Australasia
Landor
Western Australia
House of Lords
Hell
Earth
Adelaide
England
Royal Navy
Singapore
Lord Auckland
Admiralty
J. G. Ward
Hutt
Gateshead
Autobiographies and Prisoner Statements From Gaol
A Preston gaol chaplain reports extracts showing crime stems from bad parentage, ignorance, drink, and bad associations. Prisoners variously blame drunken fathers, neglect, labor hardship, and lingering habits, with vivid vignettes of family strain, poverty, and repeated relapses into drinking and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Gool
Pinson
Liverpool
Lancaster
Whit Monday
Bure
Walla
Preston House of Correction
Manchester
J. B
Naame
Wigan
RK. B
H. D
J. Lia
W.D
Parvey
J. T
Bolton
Blackburn
Evans
Book Review Praises Juvenile Library Addition
The review notes uncertain purpose at first but warm on revising views. It commends the book as well suited for youth with careful, judicious writing that engages without talking down to the young, calling it a welcome addition to the juvenile library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Exeter Hall
Colonies
Slike
Fremantle
Conncio
Rottnest
Rman
Ranaway
Laila
Sails
Stara
Agnes Strickland
London
Henry Qoiburn
Miss Strickland
Mary the Second
Mary
William
the Boyne
James II
Bantry Bay
James
Churchill
Lord Churchill
House of Commons
Marlboroughs
Ireland
Duke of Schomberg
Kirke
J. Harbord
Harbord
Kirk
Schemberg
William Iit
Schomberg
William Iie
Bentinck
Earl of Portland
Ravonne
Portland
Great Britain
King William
Lord Portland
Stabbing Case at Throwley Heads to Maidstone Assizes
Edward Spillett was examined after the fatal stabbing of Richard Cox at Throwley near Faversham. Witnesses described a sequence of fights at the Windmill public house on Wednesday evening, Cox being mortally wounded with a single edged knife. Cox’s dying declaration blamed Spillett, and Dr. Mundy linked the wounds to the knife. Spillett was committed for trial for willful murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Spillett
Richard Cox
Throwley
Faversham
Poore
Upper Scray
Surman
Hilton
Gosselin
N. J. Knatchball
Ship Inn
Daniel Rook
Labourer
Windmill
Charles Clinch
Spillett
Clinch
Cox
E'Ra
Spillet
Coz
George Epps
Throwley Green
Spilletts
Filmer
Julius Gaborian Shepherd
Jarman
Hhis
Mr. Jarman
George Mundy
Charing
Allundh
Richard Coz
Maidstone Assizes
Extraordinary Honeymoon Mystery Ends in Rekindled Love
A Glasgow couple’s tale begins with a quick marriage and a strained farewell after a party. The wife vanishes, years pass, a Perth advertisement clues the husband to a possible reunion, and a staged search leads to a months long false trail before a fortuitous reunion restores happiness and a second, brighter honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boca Hood Op Glascow
Glaagow
Hope
Perth
St Mirrin
Campi
Glasgow
Kuma
J. Edey
Scott
Edinburgh
North Bridge
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Falkirk
Linlithgow
Courant
Marsorous Tax IuPproveMenta
Ma‘jesty
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Star and Bellinis
Carey Street
Lincoln's Inn
Fetter Lane
Star and Bell Yards
Chancery Lane
Symonds Tan
Bell's
Bell’s
White's Alley
Lee's
Aporns Court
Regent Street
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W.S. Rutter
Barnes Green
Blackley
John Murphy
Liverpool Mercury
Chatham
Castor
Jane
C. Graham
Melville Hospital
Froxroy
Fairfield
Bow
Birmingham
Leadenbal Street
Cuanar Oy Mawstarga
W. Carter
Waterside
Wands Worth
James Powell
Wright
Battersea
Patience
Laire
Abraham Baker
Horesrscaget
Jane Gail
Bicknell
V Division
Literary Chronicle
Eayes
Michael Blake
Blake
Savage
Wilfalsmecer
Dietch
Isle of
Nettler
Arthur Wallbridge
John Ollivier
Saa
Lancence
Beira
Ionorasce
Alec
Pareg
Aravedigger
King's Ranch
Manx
Newsraven
Time
Archimedes
Revenor
Dexar
Nature
Cromwell
Alfred B. Richards
William Pickering
Richarde
Charles
Elizasrtz
Huntingdon
Cromwert
Crom
John Milton
Strafford
Crox
Richard
Hacketer
Henrietta
Dalila
Mercy
Justice
Richards
Horace Smith
Bis
Richard i
Mise Strickland
France
Shoe
Halland
Anne
Prince George
Nea
Burnett
Bishop Burnett
Tax Monrey Casixgt Lisasny
W. Brittain
T. S. Arthur
Evaorzan Ap Asiatic
William Bosk
T. C. Newby
Spain
Portugal
Oie
Mihmood Ghiznevi
Ghizses
Willen
Sir John Ross
Szizonx
Chelmsford
Justioe
Margaretting
Skinner
Megistrate
Chelmsford Chronicle
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