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      Capt. Henry BAKER, Surveyor-General of the Riding Officers on the Coast of Kent and Sussex, is turn'd out of that Employ, and is succeeded by Tho. LAMBERT, of Sevenoaks, Esquire.

Source:  Post Boy ( 1695 ) ( London, England ), Thursday, January 15, 1713; Issue 2760.

      One Richard COLE a Gravesend Waterman, coming from thence on Thursday, took a Passenger's gun, which he had in the Boat, to fire at a duck in Limehouse-Reach;  he had no sooner pull'd the triger but the gun broke to pieces and tore his hand in such a miserable manner that he must be obliged to lose his hand if not his life.

Source:  Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer ( London, England ), Saturday, January 15, 1726; Issue 38.

      Preferments.  The Rev. Mr. R. FLETCHER presented to the Vicarage of Bobbing, in Kent, by William TINDALL, Esq.

Source:  Mist's Weekly Journal ( London, England ), Saturday, October 15, 1726; Issue 78.

Source:  Daily Courant ( London, England ), Saturday, June 15, 1734; Issue 5678.

      On Tuesday last the Lords of the Admiralty appointed Mr. AMBROSE to the Command of his Majesty's Ship the Greyhound, at Sheerness, when he was sworn, and received his Commission.

Source:  Daily Courant ( London, England ), Friday, March 29, 1734; Issue 5611.

      At the Florist's Feast held at Hythe in Kent the 31st past, William PILCHER, Gardener to Julius DEEDS, of Hythe, Esq; produc'd a Flower call'd the Concergis, which carried the first Prize, being a Silver Punch Ladle;  and Mr. John COLLMAN of Deal won the second Prize, being a China Bowl, by a Flower call'd the Windsor Cutting.

Source:  General Evening Post ( London, England ), Thursday, August 7, 1735; Issue 290.

      On Wednesday last at Rochester Assizes, Margaret WICKES was tried before Mr. Baron Thomson, for the murder of Lydia FAGG, an Infant about the Age of eighteen Months, Daughter of Mr. Thomas FAGG of Dover, and was capitally convicted.  It appear'd upon the Tryal, that the Creature took the Child out of a Bed in her Master's House, about Four o'Clock in the Morning, the 28th of May last, and carried it under Dover Castle, and threw it into the Sea and drowned it, to be reveng'd on her Mistress, with whom she had had some Words the Day before.

Source:  London Evening Post, Thursday, July 28, 1737; Issue 1514.

Source:  Daily Gazetteer ( London Edition ) Saturday, June 4, 1737; Issue 606.

Source:  London Evening Post ( London, England ), April 20, 1738; Issue 1628.

      Last Sessions at the Old Baily, the Court was pleased to make an Order, that Richard KEBLE ( tried for returning from Transportation and acquitted ) should be removed to the County Gaol for Surrey, to be tried there for the said Crime, and a Habeas Corpus is making out accordingly.  KEBLE has been nine Times in Newgate, five Times in the New Gaol, twice in Maidstone Gaol in Kent, and four Times transported.

Source:  Country Journal or The Craftsman ( London, England ), Saturday, June 4, 1743; Issue 884.

      On Tuesday last was committed to Maidstone Gaol, Sarah QUIDDENDEN, on the Oath of Edward HIGGENS, of a violent Suspicion of breaking open the House of the said Edward HIGGINS, and stealing thence one Cotton Gown, one black Petticoat and several other Things.

      AND On Wednesday was committed to the same Gaol, William JENNER, charged with breaking open a Shop in Cranbrook, and stealing two Pair of Mens Shoes.

Source:  General Advertiser ( 1744 ) ( London, England ), Tuesday, November 11, 1746; Issue 3758.

      Mr. Stephen COLESTON, is appointed a Surveyor of the Works at Sheerness, in the room of Mr. DYER, who has resign'd on Account of his ill State of Health.

      And Mr. STONEHOUSE is appointed a Master Builder in Chatham-Yard, and Overseer of the Boat-Builders, in the room of Mr. Samuel PENTON, who is preferr'd to Woolwich.

Source:  London Evening Post, Thursday, January 19, 1749; Issue 3311.

      Tuesday was committed to the New Gaol, Southwark, by John CopelanD, Esq; Sarah CONNELLY, on suspicion of concealing and harbouring Patrick CAVENAGH, after the Murder and Robbery of William SAXBY, late of Hadlow, Kent, well knowing that he committed the same, and partook of the Profit of the said Robbery, and for facilitating his Escape.

Source:  London Evening Post, Tuesday, January 23, 1753; Issue 3938.

      They write from Folkstone, that on Tuesday last were removed from the Town Jail there to Maidstone, by Hebeas Corpus, under a strong Guard of Dragoons, Solomon HARVEY the younger, Richard COCK, and William FAGG, charged on Oath with feloniously entering the Warehouse of Solomon HARVEY the elder, and carrying from thence a large Quantity of Callicoe and Linen, that was lately saved out of the Ship Justrow Rebecca, Capt. Jonas STARK, stranded at Folkestone aforementioned the 16th of January:  And it is said that many more will be committed for the same Frauds, and that the Merchants and Commissioners of the Insurance Office are determined to prosecute them with the utmost Rigour that the Law admits of.

Source:  London Gazetteer ( London, England ), Tuesday, February 7, 1749; Issue 56.

      The following Accident is related in the Canterbury Paper as Matter of Fact:  On Tuesday last as Farmer CRAFTS, of Dumpton in the Isle of Thanet, was ploughing with three horses, near the Clift at Broadstairs, in Company with his Son and a Boy, the fore Horse took Fright, and fell from the Clift into the Sea;  the other Horses were saved by their pulling back, and the Breaking of the Traces.  The Farmer's Son immediately mounted one of the Horses, went to the common Road to the Sea, and swam his Horse to the other, too hold of his Halter, and all got out safe, to the great Joy of the Father, who thought his Son and two Horses must inevitably be lost.  Though the Clift is reckon'd between 40 and 50 Feet high, the Horse was not hurt.

Source:  London Evening Post ( London, England ), Saturday, January 18, 1755; Issue 4243.

Source:  Public Advertiser ( London, England ), Tuesday, March 15, 1757; Issue 6984.

Source:  Gazetteer and London Daily Advertiser, Wednesday, January 10, 1759; Issue 5392.

      The following threatening and incendiary letter was, on Sunday the 2d instant, received by the London post, directed to Sir Richard BETENSON, of Bradbourn Place, near Sevenoaks, in the county of Kent, Bart., and containing the words and letters following, viz.' To' Sir Richd. Betteson' Bradburn near ' Sevn Oaks' Kent. Bradbourn, Aug. 1.'Sr :' Your Baily or Steward proper is a ' black gard sort of fellow to the Workmen and ' if You dont discharge him You may Look to' Your House being sett on fire if Stones will' not Burn You damned Sun of a hoare You' shall have Your throat cutt from Ear to Ear' except You lay 50L. under the Second tree' of Staples Nashes from his house at the frunt' of the Great Gates near the Rabbitt Warrin' on Wedsdy Morn next or on Friday Look to ' Your Self' Seven Oaks Morgains' farm.' from a fair Writer' August. 1. 1767.

Source:  London Evening Post, Saturday, August 8, 1767; Issue 6205.

Source:  Middlesex Journal or Chronicle of Liberty ( London, Engand ), Saturday, January 11, 1772; Issue 435.

      The King has been pleased to grant upon Francis COBB and John BAKER, Gentlemen, the present Wardens of the Pier of Margate in the County of Kent, and within the Liberty of the Cinque Ports, and to their Successors, His Royal Licence and Authority to hold a Market in the said Town of Margate on Wednesday and Saturday in every week.

Source:  London Gazette, Tuesday, May 13, 1777; Issue 11770.

      Extract of a letter from Canterbury, April 27. "Friday morning, about seven o'clock, a ball of fire, succeeded by a very loud clap of thunder, fell on a clover mill belonging to Mr. YOUNG, of Challock, which entirely consumed the mill, except about four feet of brick work."  About the same time, after a very severe clap of thunder, a fire-ball fell in a hop ground near this city, and shivered to pieces a number of poles.

Source:  General Evening Post ( London, England ), Tuesday, April 27, 1779; Issue 7072.

      Mr. William Wynne RYLAND, the person who committed the forgery on the East India Company, was taken at Margate on Thursday night, and will be brought to town this day for examination.

Source:  Parker's General Advertiser and Morning Intelligencer ( London, England), Saturday, April 5, 1783; Issue 2001.

      A few days since were seized by Mr. Henry ANDREWS, his Majesty's tide-surveyor at Folkestone, near one hundred half ankers of brandy and geneva, together with about eight hundred weight of tobacco, which were all safely secured in his Majesty's warehouse there.

Source:  World and Fashionable Advertiser ( London, England ), Friday, July 6, 1787; Issue 161.

      On Monday afternoon as Mr. Holmes, a shopkeeper at Dartford, in Kent, was coming to town, he was stopped on Blackheath, near Greenwich Park Wall, by two highwaymen, who robbed him of seven guineas, and a 20L. Bank Note.

Source:  The Times (London, England) > 1788 > April > 17, Issue Numb 1049. [SDY].

      Thursday morning William PASMORE was brought from Maidstone Gaol, and executed in Butt-lane, Deptford, on a temporary gallows, erected opposite the premises which he set on fire, pursuant to his sentence at the late Kent Assizes:  he was attended by the Deputy Sheriff of Kent, and a great number of Peace Officers.

Source:  World ( 1787 ) ( London, England ), Saturday, April 4, 1789; Issue 707.

      Friday the house of George GLENNEY, Esq. of Bromley-Hill, in Kent, was broke open, and robbed of a great quantity of plate, and other articles of value.

Source:  The Times (London, England), August 7, 1790, p. 3, Issue Numb. 1884. [SDY]

      EARL COWPER has let all his manor of Swalecliffe, which extends from Rill Gut to Hampton Rock, Whitstable, for the formation of Oyster Beds.

Source:  World ( 1787 ) ( London, England ), Friday, November 16, 1792; Issue 1836.

Source:  The Times (London, England), July 2, 1829, p. 3, Issue No. 13955. [SDY]

      A hog was lately killed by Daniel AMOS, of Moldash, in Kent;  which weighed sixty-six stone three pounds. -- The feet weighed only 3 pounds 14 and a half ounces.

Source:  Observer ( London, England ), Sunday, April 9, 1797; Issue 279.

      PECKHAMHURST WOOD, the property of Sir William GEARY, in the neighbourhood of Mereworth, Kent, was on Thursday set on fire, and burnt so furiously, as to consume near one thousand acres of wood.  A stop was put to its progress by a road which divided it.  The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by boys who were destroying wasps' nests, or by some gypsies who had been making fires in the wood to cook their victuals.

Source:  Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Monday, August 4, 1800; Issue 9735.

Source:  The Times (London, England), March 23, 1802, p. 2, Issue No. 5372 [SDY]

Source:  The Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Thursday, September 23, 1802; Issue 10404.

      On Wednesday, as a boy, three years of age, the son of H. EMPTAGE, mariner, of Margate, was playing at the fort on the East Cliffe, he fell backwards over the precipice, to the depth of 90 feet, and though he pitched upon the rocks, he received no other injury than a fracture of the left knee.

Source:  The Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Monday, August 6, 1804; Issue 10987.

      A few days’ since, the Gardener of Thomas MAY, Esq., of Littleburn Court, Kent, incautiously threw the clippings of a yew tree into the farm-yard, which were soon devoured by the hogs, and in the course of a few hours, 32 of them dropped down dead.  This is inserted merely as a caution to those who are ignorant of the poisonous quality of the yew tree.

Source:  Derby Mercury, Thursday, September 13, 1804, Issue No. 3779. [SDY]

      On Friday se’nnight, as Mr. ROBINSON, of Sydenham, in Kent, was returning home from town in a one-horse chaise, on his arriving at New Cross Turnpike on the Deptford Road, his horse took fright, and ran with great fury for a considerable distance.  Mr. ROBINSON at length leaped out of the chaise, and broke his leg in three places.  He was immediately, by his own desire, conveyed to his house in Sydenham.

Source:  Hampshire Telegraph, Monday, September 9, 1805, Issue No. 309. [SDY]

Source:  Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, August 7, 1811, Issue No. 3317. [SDY]

      Upwards of 1,000 French prisoners have escaped from this country during the war, and so many persons have lately been detected in assisting in their escape, that those concerned have had a vehicle made for the conveyance of Frenchmen to avoid suspicion or detection, exactly resembling a covered cart used by calico-printers with strong doors at each end, but with seats in the inside to hold a number of men.

      One of them was detected about a week since in a very extraordinary way.  Some revenue officers went into a public-house near Canterbury, where two men were playing at cards whom they suspected to be Frenchmen on their way to escape from this country.  They communicated this to a magistrate, who informed them that at that hour of the night (about eight o'clock) the constable was generally intoxicated, and it would be of no use applying to him;  but advised them to procure the assistance of some of the military in the neighbourhood, which the officers accordingly did, and surrounded the house.  The landlord refused to open the door, saying it was too late.  The soldiers told him they were in search of deserters.

      A short time after two men came out of the back door, and the revenue officers suspecting they were two Frenchmen, secured them.  Another came out directly afterwards, whom the soldiers stopped;  he also was a Frenchman.  They were conveyed away in custody.

      This was a mere chance detection, as the two men whom the revenue officers had seen at cards in the public-house early in the evening, proved not Frenchmen, but tradesmen of the neighbourhood;  and while the officers were gone to the magistrate and after the military, a cart such as we have described arrived at the house with four Frenchmen.

      The fourth man, who was some time in coming out after the others, escaped into the London road, whither he knew the cart had returned, and overtook it, but the driver would not for a considerable time take him up, as he had only seen him in the night time, till he made him understand that he was connected with one Webb, the driver's employer.  It being ascertained that the three Frenchmen in custody had been brought there in a cart, pursuit was made, and it was overtaken, and the driver and the Frenchmen were taken into custody;  they were examined before a magistrate, when it appeared, from the confession of the driver, etc. that the four Frenchmen were officers, who had broke their parole from Ashby-de-la-Zouch.  The cart bad been fitted up with a seat to hold a number of Frenchmen.  He was employed by Mr. Webb to drive the cart.

      The Frenchmen only got out of the cart at night to avoid observation.  They stopped at bye places, and made fires under hedges.  At a place near Brentford, a woman connected with Webb made tea for them.  They stopped on Beckenham Common to rest the horse, about ten o'clock at night;  when a horse patrole passing at the time, suspected something to be wrong, but could not ascertain what.  He insisted on the driver moving off;  and when he was about putting the horse into the cart, an accident happened which nearly led to their discovery.  The Frenchmen all being at the back of the cart, the driver lost the balance, when he was putting in the horse, and the cart fell backwards, which caused the Frenchmen to scream violently;  but it is supposed the patrole had gone too far to hear the noise.

      Webb was apprehended, and examined before a magistrate in Kent, but he discharged him.  However, afterwards, the magistrate meeting with Webb in Maidstone, where he was attending the assize on a similar charge, he took him into custody.

Source:  Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the year 1812, vol. 54, No. 28, p. 41. [SDY]

Source:  The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. From July to December, 1812, Vol. 52 (being the fifth of a new series.) Part the Second. pp. 386-387. [SDY]

      Oct. 19 and 20. - The heavy gales did considerable damage in Kent.  At Folkstone, the quay, at the eastern part of the town, burst in several places.  Six houses, with Mr. Farley's storehouse, fell into the sea, with a tremendous crash;  and the next day Mr. Farley's dwelling-house was also swept away.  The loss to individuals, whose houses were destroyed, is estimated at upwards of 2000L.

Source:  The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. From July to December, 1812, Vol. 52 (being the fifth of a new series.) Part the Second. October, 1812. [SDY]

      At the last Assizes for the County of Kent, one Wm. HALL, a fisherman at Folkestone, was convicted before Lord Chief Justice ELLENBOROUGH, upon an indictment charging him with furnishing a boat to three French prisoners, who had broken their parole from Ashborne, in this county, to enable them to cross the Channel;  and for this offence HALL was, in the following Michaelmas Term, sentenced by the Court of King's Bench to 2 years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 50L.  These prisoners had travelled in post-chaises from Ashborne, and the post-boy, John EDWARDS, who had driven them to Folkestone from the Royal Oak at Ashford, kept by one James POTTS, was subpoenned to give evidence of the fact.  EDWARDS, however, thought fit not to obey the subpoena, for which contempt he was prosecuted, and by the Court of King's Bench has been sentenced, in addition to an imprisonment of two months which he has already undergone, to be further confined for the space of six calendar months in the county gaol of Maidstone.

Source:  The Derby Mercury ( Derby, England ), Thursday, March 4, 1813; Issue 4216.

      A few days since, the Rev. John Ash STURGIS, Curate of Snargate, was fully committed to Maidstone Gaol, for trial at the next Assizes for Kent on a charge of bigamy.  He was married about 12 months ago to Miss HOWLAND of Canterbury.

Source:  Ipswich Journal, Saturday, April 26, 1817; Issue 4180.

      At the late Quarter Sessions for the Western Division of Kent, held at Maidstone, John SMITH, Wm. VERE, William HADE, Richard TOMLINSON, William DAVIES, John THOMAS and Joseph BEADLE, were tried and convicted of stealing dead bodies from the burial grounds of Milton, and Plumstead, in that county. - The court sentenced the whole seven to be imprisoned for twelve months.

Source:  Trewman's Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser, Thursday, January 28, 1819; Issue 2785.

Source:  The Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Friday, December 19, 1823; Issue 17057.

      At Kent Winter Assizes on Thursday, George SHRUBSOLE was sentenced to suffer Death, for stealing 29 sheep.  Against H. BAKER, for a burglary, and stealing 80L. and wearing apparel;  J. BROWN, and R. GOSLING, for larceny, sentence of Death was recorded.

Source:  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc., Monday, December 20, 1824; Issue 1315.

      July 26.  James Harvey SADLER, aged 30, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Ann Eliza COURT at Hythe, his first wife, Ann, being alive.  Mr. PLATT conducting the prosecution, and Mr. ANDREWS the defence.  The prisoner had been a gentleman's servant, and in 1816 had married Ann HIDE, a woman in his own station, at the parish of Christchurch, Surrey, with whom he appeared to have lived on ill terms, but had had three children by her.  On the 17th of April last, he had married Ann Eliza COURT, a handsome young woman, of respectable parents, at Hythe, in this county, with whom he cohabited about a fortnight, and then left her, going to his first wife, under the pretence of looking after some property in London.  His stay being protracted longer than was expected, the unhappy young woman followed him to London, and found him domesticated with his first wife and family.  An eclaircissement¹ took place, to the misery of both women, and the second wife, by the advice of her friends, instituted this prosecution. - The case was clearly made out, and the prisoner found GUILTY. - Judgement postponed.  [Note from Michael Coomber:  This is NOT connected to our research, but we did try to find a newspaper report giving the Judgement and/or sentence, but to no avail.]

¹  E`clair´cisse`ment:  n. 1. The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood;  an explanation.  The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer. - Clarendon.  Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.  Etymology - French.  Date - 1667

Source:  The Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Thursday, July 28, 1825; Issue 17533.

      Wm. STARKS, yeoman, of Kent, ran a mile in Four Minutes Thursday for a wager - he comes appropiately from Wingham.

Source:  Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 4, 1826; Issue 3801.

CHRONOLOGY of the PRINCIPAL EVENTS DURING 1827.

      MAY 14.  Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD and William WAKEFIELD are brought up for judgment, and are sentenced to three years' imprisonment, the one in Newgate, the other in Lancaster Gaol.  (This is for the abduction of Miss TURNER.  Our previous posting on this is from Liverpool Mercury etc., dated Friday, August 17, 1827; Issue 847. Headed "Death of Mrs. WAKEFIELD (nee SIDNEY) (1827)".)

Source:  Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, January 5, 1828; Issue 3897.

      Margate, Sept. 17. - A melancholy accident happened last night, at Broadstairs.  Mr. ROGERS, of the firm of ROGERS, HORN, and Co., was with his wife in his own carriage, but for some reason not explained, he left his carriage, and put one of his horses into a buggy.  The horse took fright and ran off with great rapidity.  Mr. ROGERS was thrown out of the buggy on one side and his wife on the other.  His head went against a wall and he was instantly killed;  Mrs. ROGERS had one leg broken, and her knee was severely injured.  The melancholy event was soon known at Margate, and excited much commiseration.

Source:  Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, September 20, 1828; Issue 3934.

Abduction of Miss Turner.

      Mr. Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD, after being incarcerated for three years in Newgate, under a sentence of the Court of King's Bench, upon a conviction at Lancaster assizes, in 1827, for the abduction of Miss TURNER, an heiress, whom he carried from that county to France, under circumstances which obtained such notoriety at the time that they cannot be forgotten by our readers, was a few days ago discharged from prison, and took up his residence with his daughter and servants, at Green's Hotel, in Lincoln's Inn Fields. - Mr. WAKEFIELD's punishment will not end with his captivity;  neither should it.  His society will be, or ought to be, shunned by every respectable member of society. - Mr. William WAKEFIELD has also been liberated from Lancaster Castle, the term of his imprisonment for the misdemeanour of which he was convicted having expired.

Source:  The Liverpool Mercury, Friday, May 21, 1830; Issue 994.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT -- TUESDAY

      Mary DAVIS, an elderly woman, was indicted for stealing at Blackheath, Kent, on the 3rd. inst., two pairs of sheets, and other articles, the property of Mr. T. MARTIN.  The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to the treadmill at Maidstone Gaol for the space of one year.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Sunday, January 11, 1846; Issue 381.

SUMMER ASSIZES.
Home Circuit, Maidstone, Thursday, July 23.
( Before Mr. Baron Parke and a Common Jury. )

      William ALLPRESS, 30, was indicted for the manslaughter of Anne ALLPRESS, his wife.  Mr. HORNE prosecuted, and Mr. MELLOR defended the prisoner.  It appeared that the parties resided at Gillingham, and the deceased was very much addicted to drink.  On the night of the occurence in question she was at a public-house intoxicated, and the prisoner had an altercation with her, and according to the testimony of one witness he stuck her a violent blow on the eye, and also kicked her.  This statement was however contradicted by other witnesses, and it appeared that the deceased had fallen down some stairs, and the actual cause of death was by no means clearly made out.  The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

Source:  The Times, Friday, July 24, 1846; pg. 7; Issue 19297; col B.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT GREENWICH FAIR

      On Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, a serious accident occurred to a young woman named Catherine JOHNSON, aged twenty-two, residing in Cloth-fair, Smithfield.  The unfortunate young woman and a party of friends had proceeded to Greenwich for the purpose of enjoying the holidays, and in running down the Park, which was very slippery, she fell with great force upon the back of her head.  She was instantly seen by a medical man, who was called for assistance, and by his advise she was placed in a cab and conveyed with all speed to one of the Borough hospitals.  The poor creature had received so severe a concussion of the brain, that very faint hopes are entertained for her recovery.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Sunday, April 30, 1848; Issue 501.

A MILLER KILLED BY HIS OWN MILL SAILS.

      On Thursday an inquest was held on the body of John MARSHALL, aged 26, a journeyman miller in the employ of Mr. H. SOMERFORD, of Borstall Mill, Whitstable.  Mr. SOMERFORD stated that he saw the deceased at noon on Monday, and sent him a short distance on an errand;  about a quarter of an hour afterwards he found him lying insensible on some sacks near the door of the mill, his cap being close to the sweeps.  It was his impression that the deceased must have been struck on the head by the sails.  Deceased was found to have an extensive fracture nearly seven inches long at the base of the skull, and also about four ounces of blood extravasated on the surface of the brain.  Verdict, "Accidental death."  It appears that a man named CARR nearly lost his life a few years ago, and a cow was seriously injured at the same mill, owing to the dangerous lowness of the sails. - Cambridge Journal.

Source:  The Times, Thursday, Feb. 01, 1849; pg. 6; Issue 20088; col C.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A PHYSICIAN

      At the Dover quarter session, on Saturday, William CASE, an elderly man, an M.D., residing at Margate, appeared before W. H. Henry BODKIN, Esq., recorder, to answer a charge of unlawfully and indecently assaulting a girl named Mary IMPETT, aged between 14 and 15, at Margate, in December last.  The prosecutrix had been placed under CASE's medical care, and the prisoner had committed the offence for which he stood charged, telling her it was neccessary.  The prosecutrix, a simple country girl, submitted to it, considering that as her mother had placed her under the prisoner's care, she was bound to consent.  The prisoner, she stated, repeated the offence on several occasions afterwards when she went for medicine.  On her mother learning what had passed, her parents went to the prisoner's house, and accused him of ruining their daughter, which he denied, telling them that he had not done anything wrong to her, and offered to make up the matter in a pecuniary manner.  This offer, however, was indignantly rejected by the parents, and the prisoner was committed to take his trial.  The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the recorder sentenced him to eighteen months' imprisonment in Dover gaol.  [Hope this report doesn't offend anyone, but we think there are IMPETT researchers on the list.  Norma & Mick Coomber.]

Source:  The Bristol Mercury ( Bristol, England ), Saturday, April 13, 1850; Issue 3134.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.
GREENWICH PETTY SESSIONS

      June 11.  GREENWICH, - James MENNIE, White Hart Tavern, Stockton-street, to Joshua MEADE.  ST. PAUL'S, DEPTFORD, - From William BRANSTON, deceased, Shipwrights' Arms, Friendly-street, New-Town, to Patience BRANSTON, widow.  William GEORGE, deceased, Black Horse, Lower-road, Deptford, to Susannah GEORGE, widow.  A license was granted to Mr. G. EBBAN;  the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Woolwich, for the year ensuing.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Sunday, June 19, 1853; Issue 769.

      At the sale of the late Judge TALFOURD's wines last week, at Messrs. Christie and Mason's a few lots of the vintage 1820 fetched the enormous price of £13 per dozen, they were understood to be purchased for Mr. QUARTERMAIN, of the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich.

Source:  The Aberdeen Journal ( Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, July 19, 1854; Issue 5558.

CHATHAM

      Thomas DAINES, sergeant of police, has been promoted to inspector, vice M'CLOUD, superannuated on a pension of £34 per annum;  and W. ROBERTS, police-constable, appointed sergeant.  The following have been superannuated:- Mr. John PARK, second-class clerk, on a pension of £250 per annum;  Mr. George CRESSY, third-class clerk, £177 per annum;  James RICH, master of the Hope lighter, £46 10s. per annum;  William MUDDLE, shipwright, £24 per annum.

Source:  The Morning Chronicle ( London, England ), Tuesday, May 29, 1855; Issue 27588.

      A shocking accident occurred on Monday to a young man named KNIGHT, employed at the storekeeper's department of Woolwich Arsenal.  It appears that while assisting in the removal of coals by the hydraulic machinery his leg by some means got entangled, and, being lifted up with the machinery, the flesh was torn from the limb in a frightful manner.  The sufferer was removed to the infirmary.

Source:  Reynolds's Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, August 28, 1864; Issue 733.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

      A contemporary ( Kebble's Gazette, St. John, Margate ) published, a few weeks ago, what it termed A Literary Curiosity, accompanied by the following introductory remarks: - We give a poem containing every letter of the English alphabet excepting E.  It is a question whether any other poem could be produced like it, as letter E is the most used vowel in the English language.

A country swain may rack his brain,
And tax his fancy's might;
And quiz in vain,
for it is plain,
That what I say is right.

      A correspondent of ours (H. B. Worth, author of Stray Leaves), replies: - NOW WHAT YOU SAY IS WRONG.  A zany, daft, might think it so;  But contrary to that I know, Quaint is your song, but lax of truth - Vain ground, St. John, pray scan this proof."

Source:  The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times ( London, England ), Saturday, April 25, 1874, pg. 267; Issue 659.

DIED

      The driver of the down goods train from London to Ramsgate, named BURLIN(G)SON, lost his life at Birchingford [probably meant to be Birchington] Station, on Thursday.  He attempted to alight before stopping the train, and fell between the tender and a truck, being killed in an instant.  [Note from Michael Coomber:  NOT connected to our research, but this is probably his death reference from FreeBMD: Death: John BURLINSON aged 28 Thanet, 2a, 518, March Qtr. 1877.]

Source:  Birmingham Daily Post, Saturday, February 3, 1877; Issue 5794.

MUNICIPAL AMENITIES.

      Mr. Edgar PICKERING and Alderman FAGG, were charged at Margate on Wednesday with assaulting Councillor MUNNS.  It appears Mr. PICKERING considered that his father had been insulted by the complainant, and he accordingly struck him in the street with a cane.  Alderman FAGG separated them, and it was alleged that he used unneccessary violence in so doing.  Mr. PICKERING was fined 1 shilling and costs, and the summons against Alderman FAGG was dismissed.  Yesterday Mr. Samuel MUNNS was bound over to keep the peace for three months towards Mr. Edgar PICKERING.  After leaving Court on Wednesday the defendant in the present case threatened to assault Mr. PICKERING.

Source:  Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, February 22, 1880; Issue 1944.

      One Shilling, post free 15 stamps, the American Pocket Timepiece ( Patented. ) Size of an ordinary watch;  in handsome chased oroide gold case;  steel work;  balanced action;  enamelled dial;  glass dome.  Each donates correct time, and is warranted for two years.  Caution:  To be procured only from the undersigned.  All orders executed by return post.  J. B. PILLINGER, 2, York Street, Ramsgate.

Source:  The Dundee Courier & Argus ( Dundee, Scotland ), Saturday, January 01, 1881; pg. [ 1 ] ; Issue 8567.

      The Tyrolean Music Box, Two Shillings; post free 27 stamps.  Eight Tunes. Size 7½ inches by 2½ inches.  In a strong, polished, Wood Case, with German Silver Fittings, simplified action, constructed on a new principle to play Operatic and Song, with the following Tunes:  -Home, Sweet Home,- Hold the Fort, - The Last Rose of Summer,- The Minstrel Boy, - Mollie Darling, - The Blue Danube Waltz,- My Love she's but a Lassie yet, - Meet me in the Lane, Love, - Perhaps she's on the Railway.  Two for 48 stamps.  J. B. PILLINGER, 2, York Street, Ramsgate.

Source:  The Dundee Courier & Argus ( Dundee, Scotland ), Saturday, January 01, 1881; pg. [ 1 ] ; Issue 8567.

DIED

      Thomas Burrows GRANT, an aged mariner, oppressed by the heat, went on to the rocks at Margate on Wednesday for fresh air.  He was seized with a fit, fell down, and was drowned.

Source:  Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc., ( Portsmouth, England ), Saturday, July 9, 1881; Issue 5106.

GREAT FIRE AT MARGATE

      On Saturday a most destructive fire occurred at Margate, with the result that the whole of the south side of Cecil Square has been gutted.  The fire broke out in the Assembly Rooms, occupied by Mr. H. E. DAVIES, captain of the Fire Brigade, well known as a favourite resort of George IV.  An electioneering meeting in support of Captain DAVIES' candidature for the Town Council had previously been held.  Flames were seen issuing from the Assembly Rooms' roof, which quickly spread, a strong wind blowing at the time.  The Royal Hotel adjoining, and a large ladies' school, belonging to Miss SMART, with four other large houses completed the square, one being the Vicarage, and two others occupied by Captain SWINFORD and Mr. COBB, head of the banking firm of COBB & Co., was speedily in flames.  The vicar and his family escaped only in night dresses and overcoats.  The Margate, Westgate, Broadstairs, and Ramsgate engines were soon on the spot.  One of the Ramsgate men, named BROOKMAN, fell from his ladder, and was so seriously injured that he had to be conveyed to the Cottage Hospital.  All the buildings and furniture and stock of the Assembly Rooms were insured.  The fire is supposed to have originated either in the billiard room or premises at the rear of the Assembly Rooms.  Fortunately no lives were lost, but the damage is believed to amount to £50,000 or £60,000, the greater part of which is covered by insurance.

Source:  The Newcastle Courant, etc., Friday November 3, 1882; Issue 10844.

GREAT FIRE AT MARGATE.
FORTY PERSONS HOMELESS.

      Soon after half-past eleven on Friday night, a most disastrous fire broke out in Margate.  The Royal Assembly Rooms, the vicarage, and four other houses adjoining, the whole forming one side of Cecil Square and portion of Cecil Street, were entirely destroyed.  The Margate fire brigade were quickly on the spot, and were subsequently assisted by brigades from Ramsgate, St. Peter's, and Broadstairs;  but their services were somewhat neutralised by insufficient supply of water.  One of Ramsgate brigade men, named BROOKMAN, fell from a ladder, and was so seriously injured that he had to be conveyed to the Cottage Hospital.  The fire is supposed to have originated in the billiard-room or premises at the rear of the Assembly Rooms.  The damage is estimated at about £60,000.  A telegram from Margate last evening states that several fresh outbreaks of fire occurred since the morning.  Coastguardsmen have demolished the tottering walls, which quite blocked Queen Street.  About forty people have been rendered homeless by the disaster, and have lost nearly everything except the clothing upon them.

Source:  The Belfast News-Letter ( Belfast, Ireland ), Monday, October 30, 1882; Issue 20996.

      Mrs. Georgina WELDON appeared at the Ramsgate Police-court on Monday to prosecute William James SIDNEY, of Hauberk road, Clapham-junction, on a charge of bigamy.  The information stated that on September 29, 1872, at the parish of Minister, Thanet, the defendant married one Mary Ann GOODERSON, his former wife being then alive.  Mrs. WELDON conducted the case in person, but had the legal assistance of Mr. Bromley BURROWS, and the defendant was not represented.  The case was adjourned until Tuesday week because of a slight discrepancy in the names in the certificates of marriage produced.  The bench stated that there was no case against Mr. SIDNEY.  On Mrs. WELDON applying for a remand the bench required Mr. SIDNEY to enter into a formal bail of £50 in himself and of two sureties.  Messrs. GATTI at once entered into the necessary recognisances on behalf of Mr. SIDNEY, who then left the court with his friends.

Source:  Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser ( Dublin, Ireland ),Wednesday, October 15, 1884; Issue N/A.

      Mrs. WELDON has been to Ramsgate prosecuting an ex-Irish Q.C. for bigamy, and a large number of magistrates assembled to see the fun.  Mr. SIDNEY or SYDNEY has married three wives, but he did not allow the proper legal "hiatus" to intervene between two of them, and though one lady has gone "over to the majority" some ten years ago, Mrs. WELDON is determined to have him locked up;  and although the Metropolitan magistrates evidently thought that there should be a "statue of limitations" even for bigamy, Mrs. WELDON was not of that opinion, and the case stands over to get some further evidence, as the spelling of "SIDNEY" and "SYDNEY" in the two marriage certificates did not correspond.  Mrs. WELDON says that if he had not been such a big fool he would have got out of the mess.

Source:  The Preston Guardian etc ( Preston, England ), Saturday, October 18, 1884; Issue 3744.

THE SMITHERMAN APPEAL CASE

      The committee of the SMITHERMAN DEFENCE FUND brought their labours to an end at Maidstone on Friday evening, when Mrs. Mary SMITHERMAN was publicly presented with the sum of 750 pounds, the protracted litigation between herself and the South Eastern Railway, - who, it will be remembered, was sued by her for damages consequent upon the death of her husband - having at length been brought to a close.  On Dec. 26th 1878 Henry SMITHERMAN, a journeyman painter, was killed at a level crossing at East Farleigh, being knocked down by an engine and tender which ran through the station in advance of an ordinary train, for which Mr. SMITHERMAN was a passenger.  The company was sued by Mrs. SMITHERMAN, and a jury at the Maidstone Assizes awarded her 900 pounds as damages.  The Divisional court, on appeal, set aside this verdict, and a protracted litigation followed, the poor widow's case being taken up by the working classes of the country.  Subsequently the matter was referred to Mr. BIRON, Q.C.. who awarded Mrs. SMITHERMAN 500 pounds damages, and a similar amount as costs, and the whole of the costs incurred by the widow having been paid, the balance of 750 pounds remained, which was on Friday evening handed over to her.

Source:  Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, October 19, 1884; Issue 2187.

      The sensational trial in which Wm. James SIDNEY, Barrister, Dublin, was arraigned on a charge of bigamy, was concluded at Ramsgate yesterday, and ended in the dismissal of the prisoner, against whom no case was found.

Source:  Aberdeen Weekly Journal ( Aberdeen, Scotland ), Wednesday, October 22, 1884; Issue 9626.

RAMSGATE AMUSEMENTS.  NEW PIER PAVILION.

      The concerts for which this popular resort has now become famous are again in full swing, and drawing very largely.  BERTRAM, the noted campanologist, does big things;  and Tom PLEON, by his masterly manipulations of the banjo, is quite a host in himself;  while Bob GATES' stump orations create infinite amusement.  Miss Carrie WILSON, serio, also charms;  and the manager, John OVENDEN, sings some rollicking songs.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Saturday, August 1, 1885; Issue 2445.

GREENWICH.  IMPRISONMENT FOR CRUELTY.

      Robert MORRIS, one of the Blackheath donkey drivers, was summoned by Edwin CHANNING, an officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for cruelly torturing two donkeys. - The prisoner was seen beating the animals unmercifully with a thick stick. - BARNES, one of the court officials, said the prisoner's father and grandfather had been donkey drivers;  and Mr. BALGUY told the prisoner that his family having got so much out of them, he ought to be kind to them.  Such cruelty must be put a stop to, and he sentenced the prisoner to seven day's hard labour.

Source:  Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, June 27, 1886; Issue 2275.

      At Canterbury, early one morning last week, a Dover gentleman, named RUGG, who was on a visit to that city, made a desperate leap from the bedroom window of a house where he was staying.  He fell about forty feet, and broke a thigh and an arm, besides sustaining other injuries.  He was removed to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

Source:  Illustrated Police News etc ( London, England ), Saturday, October 30, 1886; Issue 1185.

PRESENTATION.

      On Monday evening, the 30th ult., at the Harp Music Hall, Ramsgate, the proprietor appeared on stage and presented the chairman, Mr. John OVENDEN, with a handsome diamond ring in recognition of his services for fourteen years in the capacity of chairman, and also his ability as a topical vocalist.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Saturday, October 9, 1886; Issue 2507.

THREE MEN DROWNED AT BROADSTAIRS.

      On Saturday morning three Broadstairs boatmen, named John HILLER, Charles BAKER, and Joshua KENNY, put off in a punt to assist a barge into Broadstairs.  They had got only a hundred yards out when a huge wave struck and capsized the boat.  The Kingsgate surf-boat went out to render assistance, but all the three men had disappeared.  Yesterday, morning the bodies of HILLER and BAKER were washed ashore at Kingsgate.  [N.B.  From FreeBMD:-Death of John Andrew HILLER aged 54, March Qtr. 1887, Thanet, 2a, 562.  Charles Thomas BAKER aged 32 ( same reference ).  Joshua Caleb KENNY aged 23 ( same reference ).]

Source:  Aberdeen Weekly Journal ( Aberdeen,Scotland ),Monday, February 14, 1887; Issue 9987.

RAMSGATE. - HARP-BY-THE-SANDS.
Proprietress, E. CARR.

      Grand Company, Aug. 15th, and during the Week: - Carl HERZ, the King of Cards;  Harry RANDALL, First-class Vocal Comedian;  BROS. EDGAR, Instrumental Niggers [sic];  Marie LE BLANC, the celebrated Serio;  Frances COVENTRY, Serio and Dancer;  SISTERS KENT, Duettist;  John OVENDEN, Topical Vocalist.  The most Popular Resort in Ramsgate.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Saturday, August 13, 1887; Issue 2551.

PRESENTATON.

      The Harp Music Hall, Ramsgate was crowded on Friday last week, the occasion being the fourteen annual benefit of the worthy manager, Mr. J. OVENDEN, who has made himself generally liked and respected for his courtesy and business ability.  He was presented by the proprietress, Miss E. CARR, with a substantial token of esteem in the shape of a magnificent gold buckle ring set with diamonds.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Saturday, October 15, 1887; Issue 2560.

      At the Ramsgate Petty Sessions, on Monday, seven local bakers were charged with selling bread otherwise than by weight.  The bread sold to the constable who proved the cases was shown to be from one to four ounces short of the standard weight, and it was sold from Two and One-half pence to Three pence.  Fines varying from 20 shillings to 30 shillings, with costs, were imposed.

Source:  Reynold's Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, September 4, 1887; Issue 1934.

      MR. JOHN OVENDEN the Ramsgate Comedian, will commence a long Provincial Tour Oct. 7th, by the Man on the Spot.  Vento's, Portsmouth:  York, Southampton;  Days', Birmingham;  Varieties, Leeds;  Oxford, Middlesborough;  Thornton's, Shields and Sunderland;  Gaiety, Glasgow;  People's, Newcastle;  and Empire, Hull.  Sole Agents, Oliver and Healey, 44, Waterloo-road, S.E.

Source:  The Era ( London, England ), Saturday, August 10, 1889; Issue 2655.

SHOCKING DEATH

      A young man named SETTERFIELD, while working in a flour mill lately erected at Ashford, Kent, became entangled in the machinery on Thurday, and was whirled rapidly round, substaining such injuries that he died almost immediately.

      The mill was still in the hands of the contractors, who were putting in the plant.

Source:  Lloyds Weekly Newspaper ( London, England ), Sunday, January 11, 1891; Issue 2512.

BERKELEY, Gloucestershire.

      In the police court, on Tuesday, before Lord Fitzhardinge and Colonel J. H. Granville Browne, James SHOEBRIDGE, and Elizabeth SHOEBRIDGE, his wife, who said they came from Kent, and were travelling with a dancing doll, were charged, the former with assaulting and beating John FREEMAN, of the Plough Inn, and with wilfully damaging his window to the extent of 3 shillings and 6 pence, on Saturday last, and the latter with being drunk and disorderly, on the same day.  The prisoners entered the Plough Inn, and without any provocation the male prisoner knocked down the landlord, who was in a weak state of health, and smashed the window with his dancing-doll apparatus.  He was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, for the assault, and 14 days' imprisonment, with hard labourer, for the malicious injury.  The female prisoner was sentenced to 10 days' imprisonment, with hard labour.  [N.B.  Not connected to our research, but have checked the 1891 census and James is in H. M. Prison, St. Nicholas, Gloucestershire.  His surname is spelt SHOOBRIDGE, he's aged 41, born in Tenterden, Kent, and his occupation is shown as General Labourer.]

Source:  The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Saturday, March 28, 1891; Issue 13377.

THE DOVER CLIFF MYSTERY

      The girl ADDERLEY continues in about the same condition.  She is still unable to recognise anyone or to understand what is said to her.  Yesterday was the twentieth day she has remained unconscious.  The medical officer at the hospital is of opinion now that the girl's condition must be due to some severe shock.  When admitted she had a bruise on her forehead and a broken ankle.

Source:  Daily News ( London, England ), Thursday, August 26, 1897; Issue 16042.

TWO PLATELAYERS CUT TO PIECES

      On Friday while a gang of platelayers were at work on the South-Eastern Railway between Tonbridge and Hildenborough, two of them, named GOLDSMITH and UPTON, in order to avoid an up train, got on the opposite metals, not seeing an approaching train, which cut both men to pieces.

Source:  The Ipswich Journal, Friday, April 8, 1898; Issue 9648.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
A LARGE SUM FOR CHARITIES.

      By his will of 18th May, 1896, with a codicil of the 19th October, 1898, Mr. Francis HEATHCOAT, of 1, Belmont-villas, Margate, who died on 10th March last, aged 77 years, bequeathed to the Railway Benevolent Institution, in Seymour-street, £1,000;  to the Voluntary Schools of the Dane, of Holy Trinity and of St. John, Margate, £1,000 each;  to the Margate Cottage Hospital and the Margate Branch of St. John Ambulance Association, £500 each;  to the Margate Creche and the Buller Court Charity, in the parish of St. John, Margate, £200 each:  and to the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary, at Margate, £10,000.

      After making some personal bequests, the testator left the residue of his estate in trust for such charitable institutions, including those already named in his will, as the executors may choose.  The testator's personal estate has been valued at £38,635, 7 shillings and 9 pence, and the amount available for charitable purposes will, apparently, be between £25,000 and £30,000.

Source:  Daily News ( London, England ), Friday, April 14, 1899; Issue 16553.

OXFORD CITY COURT
Friday.  Before the Deputy-Mayor ( Alderman Gray )
A WELL-MERITED SENTENCE.

      Albert COULES, labourer, of 3, Church Fields, Margate, was charged on a warrant for bastardy arrears amounting to £7 16s. ( Seven Pounds Sixteen Shillings ).  The prisoner offered to take charge of the child if the complainant would forego her claim for the arrears.  The Deputy Mayor: "A pretty fellow you are to have charge of a child."  The complainant refused to assent to the prisoner's offer.  The Deputy Mayor said the prisoner had treated the complainant in a diabolical manner, and he would be sentenced to the longest term of imprisonment which they had power to give, viz., three calendar months with hard labour.

Source:  Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, April 15, 1899; Issue 7622.

FATAL WALL COLLAPSE AT MARGATE STATION

      Four men were killed at Margate West Station yesterday morning while engaged on the railway extension works there.  They were demolishing a concrete abutment wall about 12ft. in height, when it collapsed and buried them underneath.  Three, named RUSS, PEALL, and GOLDFINCH, were killed instantly, but the fourth, WHITMARSH, was still living when the ambulance men and doctors arrived.  He was taken to the cottage hospital where he died shortly after admission.  A gang of steel workers who happened to be working on a new covered way at the station helped to extricate the dead bodies from the heavy mass of masonry.  George MOBBS, a ganger, who was superintending the work, was severely injured about the head.  The dead men were all residents of Margate or the neighbourhood, and two of them were married.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 19, 1914; pg. 5; Issue 40475; col C.

FALL OVER A CLIFF

      John SUNLEY, aged 42, of Faversham, was found by a constable at the foot of the cliffs at Pegwell Bay at midnight on Monday night with cuts about the head and a bruised shoulder, but still alive.  He had fallen from a height of 40 feet.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 06, 1919; pg. 7; Issue 42171; col B.

MINORS' MARRIAGE - RAMSGATE CONSPIRACY CHARGE.

      At Ramsgate yesterday, Joan STUDD, or SLADDEN, 27, of Danes Cliffe House, St. Lawrence, and her brother Horace SLADDEN, 19, were charged with conspiring to bring about a marriage between Henry William POLLEY and Christiana May SLADDEN, both minors, by means of a forged form of consent.  It was stated that when arrested the woman defendant said, "the boy told me his mother was away and did not mind me signing her name.  My cook also signed.  POLLEY and my sister May came up and asked me to do it, and I did it out of kindness."  The defendants were remanded on bail.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 21, 1921; pg. 7; Issue 42700; col E.

      As a motor-coach travelling from Ramsgate to Canterbury yesterday was passing through Monkton, a motor-cycle and sidecar containing three young men came out of a side road and dashed into it.  Joseph FRYATT, of Margate, who was driving the motor-cycle, was killed, and Reginald SCOTT, who was in the side-car, was taken to hospital suffering from injuries to the head.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 13, 1925; pg.9; Issue 44012; col E.

      A man and a woman were killed and three other persons injured in a motoring accident at Sarre, Kent, on the main road between Canterbury and Margate.  Five persons were travelling in a family party to Herne Bay, when the car, which was driven by Mr. Arthur Richard JONES, a hosier, of High-street, Margate, came into collision with a telephone pole.  Mrs. Maria JONES, mother of the driver, and Mr. Albert Edward VINCE, his brother-in-law, of Sittingbourne, were killed.  The injured persons were the driver, Mrs. Daisy VINCE, wife of the man killed, and Miss Hilda JONES, sister of the driver.  After receiving medical attention they were able to proceed to their homes.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 21, 1927; pg. 16; Issue 44744; col D.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

      Mr. William James WEBB, of Chislehurst, Kent, a former Mayor of Chatham, left £65,395.  He left £500 to the Mayor of Chatham to pay 250 sums of £2 each to such needy persons as he shall think fit within 12 months of receipt thereof.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 21st, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51544; col B.

MINER KILLED

      Mr. Ian HOOPER, aged 45, of Rawdon Road, Ramsgate, Kent, a miner, was killed in a surface accident at Betteshanger Colliery yeserday.

Source:  The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 19, 1977; pg 3; Issue 59956; col A.