West Cumberland News 14 Feb. 1959 14 Feb. 1959 News | 14 Feb. 1959 News |
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CUNNING GANG ______ MET THEIR MATCH. Believed to be conducted by the same gang of thieves who recently blew open a safe in Woolworth’s Store, Carlisle, a fortnight ago and got away with £1,000, a second raid was made last weekend. This time thw West Cumberland Farmers ’ egg packing station was singled out, but the tough safe foiled the thieves. Three windows were shattered and furniture extensively damaged after the raiders used explosives in an attempt to open a large safe inside the general office of the egg packing station, at Harraby Green, on Friday night. The office looked as if it was visited by a tornado. Outside, jagged pieces of glass were strewn over the lawn. The break-in was discovered at 12-5 a.m. by a patrolling constable. The intruders had gained access by breaking a small hole in a ground floor cloakroom window, thus getting at the catch. GOT NO MONEY. Overcoats and other articles of clothing had been taken from the cloakroom and piled around the office safe to muffle the blast. The safe seems, however, more formidable than the intruders anticipated and only the outer compartment was blasted off. The inner compartment containing money was intact and the raiders got no profit. “OUTSIDE” GANG. Carlisle C. I. D. are pursuing investigations. They are convinced that the gang responsible are from “outside” the city and are experts in using gelignite for safe breaking purposes. _____________ Jack, ILEY (38), lorry driver, Craika Road, Dearham, pleaded guilty at Maryport yesterday to being a servant of Wimpey and Co., and stealing (1) a gallon of engine oil, value 5s; (2) two bags of cement, value 12s 6d; (3) 10cwt of coal, value £2 14s, the property of the N. C. B., from Stables Ghyll, Pica. All the offences were committed between March 17 and January 2. After hearing evidence the Magistrates fined him a total of £10. It was said he had given the oil and coal away and had sold the cement for 10s. _______________ Archibald ARMSTRONG (59), labourer, Ennerdale Road, Maryport, was charged with receiving from ILEY three bags of coal, valued at 9s 8d, knowing them to have been stolen. He pleaded not guilty, but the Magistrates found against him and fined him £2. ________________ FLIES TO INJURED SON IN HOLLAND Mrs. N. MARR of 28 Brick Row, Northside, Workington, on Wednesday flew to Holland to see her 19 year old son, Leading Aircraftsman Samuel MARR, who is lying seriously ill in a Dutch Civilian hospital following a road accident. She left by train on Tuesday for London, where she met officials of the Service Hospital Welfare Department, who had a monoplane ready to fly her across the North Sea to Weert. The flight was arranged by Mr. Fred PEART, M. P., for Workington, who approached the Air Ministry within an hour of learning of the accident. Leading Aircraftsman MARR is the eldest of six children. He joined the Royal Air Force on a nine year engagement in July of last year. Since November he has been stationed at Eindhoven. _______________ MARYPORT MAN CHASED BY CONSTABLE. ____________ Joseph GRAHAM (54), labourer, Main Road, Fothergill, pleaded guilty at Maryport Court yesterday to stealing coal, valued at 8s 6d, the property of the N. C. B. from Risehow Colliery, Flimby. Supt. R. HOGG said P. C. TYSON was suspicious of a man looking along the colliery yard at 11 a.m. on January 16. The man ran down the lane towards Fothergill, but P. C. TYSON chased and caught him. GRAHAM denied being there for coal, the constable found four large lumps in the lane and went back to GRAHAM with them. He then said: “There were just four lumps, that’s fair enough.” GRAHAM had nothing to say in Court and was fined £2. _________________ SUBMARINE TO GET The nuclear reactor to be fitted into the Navy’s first atomic powered ______ There was a slight accident at Workington on Saturday when a motor cyclist, ______ NO LIGHTS. There were no lights on a car parked at Walls Road, Salterbeck, on the _________ “I NEVER NOTICED.” A van was parked in a “No waiting” zone in Oxford Street, Workington, for At Workington Court on Wednesday Thomas Whitfield FOSTER (28), lorry driver, “I never noticed the signs,” he said. _________________ NO SPUTNIK Whitehaven people who assembled at vantage points on Sunday night in the __________ CHIMNEY BLAZE. Egremont firemen extinguished a chimney fire at 12 Windrigg Close, on __________ NOISY MOTOR BOATS. The possibility of making a by-law to prohibit the use of noisy water boats ___________ COAL OUTPUT. Last weeks output for Cumberland was 20,800 tons, 900 tons less than the ______________ Two coasting steamers, both regular visitors to Whitehaven and owned by On Saturday the ss Annaghmore lost her rudder when leaving Ayr for Belfast MOTOR CYCLIST RAN Monday produced Workington’s foggiest morning for a long time and there were The most serious occurred to Mr. Hugh PARRY of 9 Bell Street, Workington. ________________ Cockermouth Magistrates on Monday were Mr. R. L. WYLLIE (chairman). Miss. E. _________________ TO RHODESIA FOR WEDDING. Father Christopher TOPPING, O. S. B., of the Church of Our Lady and St. Father TOPPING, who at one time taught at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire, ____________ FIFTH CONVICTION A 25 year old labourer, Dennis BRACKEN, of 78 Wastwater Avenue, Westfield, It was stated that BRACKEN had four previous convictions for drunkenness. ______________ WORKINGTON WILL PRESS Although it has been reported that Ennerdale Rural Council has decided to Workington Council agreed at its monthly meeting that a letter be sent ____________ SHEFFIELD CUMBRIANS. The Sheffield Branch of the Cumberland and Westmorland Association held Mrs. MAXFIELD, president, thanked Mr. WILD for a pleasant evening. |
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