Whitehaven Gazette Thursday, April 22, 1897 Local & General News Items

Local & General News Items

Whitehaven Gazette - Thursday, April 22, 1897

Article Index Local & General News Items Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 4 of 6 LOCAL AND GENERAL ITEMS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At Wetherby, yesterday, the second day of the steeple-chase meeting, ' Balcary ', the property of MR. ROBERT JEFFERSON, Rosehill, won the Yorkshire Half-Bred Steeplechase Plate, value £35.  LIEUTENANT BURNS-LINDOW's 'Pull Devil Pull Baker', ridden by the owner, finished third in the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars' St. Patrick's Challenge Cup.  For the Regimental Challenge Cup, MR. BURNS-LINDOW rode LORD GARNOCK's 'Butterfly', securing second place. The inquiry into the death of MISS POSTLETHWAITE who died from burns received at MRS. NIXON's confectionary establishment, was resumed yesterday (Wednesday), before MR. GORDON FALCON, coroner, when a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.  The remains of the young lady were interred on Good Friday.  At the funeral there was a large attendance, and many wreaths were sent.  Much sympathy has been expressed for MR. and MRS. POSTLETHWAITE in their bereavement. Despite the inclemency of the weather, and the fact that Jupiter Pluvius has been holding high revels of late, the fishing at Ennerdale is decidedly good, and the fish in fine condition.  On Monday, MR. J. W. WILSON, of Tivoli, a most entusiastic fisherman, caught five splended trout.  The largest, after giving a full seven minutes sport, was eventually landed and found to weigh two pounds.  MR. W. PEILE, jun., of Croft Hill, was also successful in landing ten fish of average weight, five of them drawing the scales at just under or over the half-pound.  Considering all things, the catches of the last few days have been very satisfactory. Last week, members of the Cumberland County Council Mining Class, and a few friends, numbering altogether fifteen, visited the Ashington Colliery, Northumberland, said to be the largest and best equipped in the North of England, as may be judged from the fact that the output is 4,300 tons per day of ten hours.  Amongst those who went were MESSRS. J. MACDONALD (the teacher of the class), Maryport;   A. SCOULAR, Milne, Penrice, and PARKER, St. Helens Colliery, Workington;   W. MOORE,  C. GREGORY,   J. WARD,   B. COWIE, jun., and PALMER, Whitehaven. The party travelled in a L. & N.W. saloon, but shortly after leaving Newcastle for Ashington this vehicle jumped the rails, and the passengers had to be accommodated in another carriage.  On arrival at the colliery, the party was received by MR. E. O. SOUTHERN, the manager, who was formerly at the Whitehaven Collieries when LORD LONSDALE carried them on.  MR. SOUTHERN made arrangements whereby the visitors saw everything that was worth seeing both above and below ground, and they have returned from the east to Whitehaven considerably wiser men, and with a firm intent, if they ever get the chance, to make things "hum" in a similar way in this locality. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` << Prev - Next >>

 

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