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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 22, 1864
Page
4
The article lauds the Lifeboat Institution raising £13,819 across coastal establishments as winter approaches. It frames the lifeboat as one of England’s proud inventions and urges substantial sympathy and support for its national lifesaving work during the perilous equinoctial gales.
Fire broke out Sunday morning at Pimlico Patent Wheel Works owned by Trollope and Sons. Firefighters from multiple brigades battled flames leaping through engine houses and stores, risking the Belgrave Works and Victoria Station area. By evening, roofs collapsed and the shaft threatened, with police guarding streets as water from Grosvenor Canal and Chelsea mains fought the blaze. The watchman reported no initial signs of smoldering.
At a weekly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board meeting the arm of Sir William Armstrong and Co was chosen to supply hydraulic and other machinery for the northern entrances to the Great Float at about £40,000. The purchase aims to cut manual labor and reduce ongoing costs.
The Wigan miners, about three to four thousand strong, gathered to demand higher wages from colliery owners. Delegates will decide the exact amount next Monday, with the principle of an advance unanimously adopted.
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