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FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE

... FIRE WORKHOUSE. SEVEN PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. A fire, hy which seven Uvea were lost, broke out on Thursday at Stafford Workhouse. The fire occurred in the old infirmary, wh»ch was occupied eleven persons, inclnding the Workhouse cook. An alarm was given ...

Published: Saturday 18 May 1901
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 321 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

iGSBRIDUB WORKHOUSE DIETAR?

... iGSBRIDUB WORKHOUSE . Common* Toostl.i'J, Mf• MiWmoy wked ‘further oon«i-lor» emmont «- di^ . J. Burn*: Tho pro,^ l Cunrdian. would involve ?soo tU Md f ”lK> Uoe* ...

Published: Saturday 17 August 1907
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 79 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE INMATES STRIKE

... WORKHOUSE INMATES STRIKE. •f ' • . On the ground that the porridge supplied for breakfast was sour, thirty able-bodied men Nottingham Workhouse Thursday declared strike. As they refused to any work, the police van was Sent Sot, and they were removed in ...

Published: Saturday 21 November 1908
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

VICTIMS OF WORKHOUSE HARPIES

... VICTIMS OF WORKHOUSE HARPIES. Remarkable nsraUimoa ban just been made large workhouse in the Mencbeeter datNci aa result official mto the ayatem known “trnokinjf.” The chief «snl|aits are the ward women, the pauper nwnatea who aenst perform Thaee women ...

Published: Saturday 27 June 1903
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 305 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE INMATE’S SUPPOSED

... WORKHOUSE INMATE’S SUPPOSED FORTUNE. With reference the report that old Irish lady in Hackney Workhouse was entitled a. fortune of £500.000. Father Dunn, a gipdiam the Hackney Union, and Chairman the Rebel Committee, informed representative of the -Catholic ...

Published: Saturday 31 December 1904
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 78 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

POPULAR SOMERSET WORKHOUSE-

... POPULAR SOMERSET WORKHOUSE- rm. xrAnvil workhouse been invaded by tramp* daring the l?m the visitor* depart each morning after receMaff the reffnlattou breakfast. tramp hitherto emving the bouse there are how six. The workhouse master says the tramps ...

Published: Saturday 28 October 1905
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SUICIDE AT NEWTON WORKHOUSE

... SUICIDE AT NEWTON WORKHOUSE. A determined case of suicide occurred at tte Newton Workhouse on Monday afternoon. Brenten, who is encaged attheUnion toreome bnUdlne alteration*, was honifled And to a lavatory the body of man suspended by cord from a projecting ...

Published: Saturday 10 January 1903
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE INMATES. OBJECT TO

... WORKHOUSE INMATES. OBJECT TO TINNED MEAT. On Sunday the wrakbooee officiaU provided meal tomed mmt, milk, and jam lor the iMtefan. Itom fatty refused to eat it. We mpeoiaHy meat, and one pauper, too gemmi “end wffl not eat it. Wo wwit BnggfcSst. We aim ...

Published: Saturday 21 January 1905
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A WORKHOUSE SC AND All

... WORKHOUSE SC AND All The sentence of an inmate of Birmingham workhouse to two months’ hard labour for assaulting tramp-master with a shovel has bad a curious sequel. Fifty inmates have signed a protest, which they assert that the tramp-master was an old ...

Published: Saturday 08 September 1900
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WORKHOUSE DIETARIES AN OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM,

... WORKHOUSE DIETARIES AN OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM, The Local Government Board have issued a memorandum replying various communications ■addressed to them by Boards of Guardians relative the Workhouse Regulation (Dietaries and Accounts) Order. With the explanations ...

Published: Saturday 23 February 1901
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 630 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

IRISH NAMES FOR WORKHOUSE CHILDREN

... IRISH NAMES FOR WORKHOUSE CHILDREN. proposal was made at North Dublin Guardians’ meeting on Wednesday that in all children christened in the institution, givdn Irirh names, such, names entered Irish characters and in the Irish form on the register. Mr ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1907
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 410 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A TOTNBS WORKHOUSE ASSAULT

... A TOTNBS WORKHOUSE ASSAULT. At Totnes Borough Polio© Court Tuesday, before Mr. F. T. Tucker (Mayor), and Mr. W. Condy, Jemima Townsend, a Dartmouth inmate of Totnes Workhouse, was charged with assaulting Sarah Pedriok, another inmate Saturday. She denied ...

Published: Saturday 04 May 1901
Newspaper: Totnes Weekly Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 450 | Page: 5 | Tags: none