Archive for the ‘Newspapers’ Category
Yarmouth General News
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JANUARY 1886 …
The South Western Railway company now has a steamer leaving Yarmouth, on Mondays [...]
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THE ITEMS BELOW ARE EXTRACTED FROM EARLY COPIES OF ISLE OF WIGHT NEWSPAPERS.
26 MARCH 1863 .. FATAL OCCURRENCE
We regret to find from a telegram received yesterday, that Mr BROWN, master of the collier “Samson” of Cowes, was drowned whilst off Eastbourne. How the affair happened, we are not informed. The unfortunate man leaves a wife, just waiting [...]
Accident Reports
Interesting snippets to enhance your family history.
Below are items I have found in the local newspapers, that give details of accidents, which only resulted in injury rather being fatal. These are only brief details, in most case more information is available, this is denoted by a succession of dots……
12/08/1854 – CORNEY, his wife, severely [...]