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AUDLEM CANAL TRAGEDY

... AUDLEM CANAL TRAGEDY A NIGHT OF POOR VISIBILITY At the inquest at Nantwich on Tuesday on Louis Brear 11linguae*, aged Sa, married. of Bridge Howe. Swanbarb, the Coroner I Mr. A. H. W. Wrallg) returned a verdict of adventure, death being due to asphyxia ...

Published: Saturday 08 February 1941
Newspaper: Crewe Chronicle
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 420 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

CHESTER CANAL RESCUE

... CHESTER CANAL RESCUE Boatman Saves Three-years-old Boy On Wednesday evening. Albert Clowes, a canal boatman, of Birmingham, saved the life of a little boy. who had fallen into the canal. Terence Pinlay, the three-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Finlay. ...

Published: Saturday 14 April 1945
Newspaper: Cheshire Observer
County: Cheshire, England
Type: | Words: 546 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KIEL CANAL GUARD

... KIEL CANAL GUARD Sylt, a narrow island 23 miles long, guards the approach to the Kiel Canal. Westerland aerodrome is on the west coast. The attack on Aalborg Aerodrome, in Northern Denmark, from which the Germans have been flying troops to Norway, is ...

Published: Wednesday 24 April 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 566 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WOMEN'S LEAOUE

... WOMEN'S LEAOUE. To memiiers of the Bethesda Baptist Women's League on Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Harwood described trio through the Panama Canal, which was received good company with appreciation. ...

Published: Friday 07 November 1941
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 28 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

LORRY'S CANAL PLUNGE

... t, Burnley, demolished railings bordering the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, and plunged into the canal itself. There were no personal injuries, and the wagon was later hauled out of the water salvage vehicle. «l« BARN FIRE TACKLED IN BLACK-OUT Members of the ...

Published: Saturday 21 October 1939
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 572 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WOMEN UNIONISTS

... WOMEN UNIONISTS Prizes a whist drive organised by Women Unionists in the Conservative Club last Thursday night were won by:—Ladies: 1, Mrs. Ingham; consolation, Mrs, Robinson. Gents: 1, Mrs. consolation, Mrs. Edmondson, FOR COMFORTS FUND An excellent ...

Published: Saturday 03 May 1941
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOMEN

... WOMEN The annual meeting of the Burnley branch the Electrical Association for Womeu was held last Wednesday. the absence Mre. Foster (the chairman) through indispostion, the chair was taken by Mre. Eloper, who gave an interesting detailed account of the ...

Published: Saturday 25 January 1941
Newspaper: Burnley Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 599 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WOMEN AS BARGEES

... WOMEN AS BARGEES To Be Trained On Wigan Boat The Ministry of War Transport is asking for women volunteers to man barges on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. A training scheme will be introduced on Monday, when the first four volunteers are due to arrive ...

Published: Saturday 27 January 1945
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 460 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SUEZ CANAL COMPANY’S PAYMENTS

... SUEZ CANAL COMPANY’S PAYMENTS •’AV.V.V.V.V.V.‘.V.V.V.V For such as pass upon the seas. and indeed for men and women * on their lawful occasions’ everywhere . the famous Player sailor represents an old and reliable friend to whom they instinctively ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1941
Newspaper: Liverpool Evening Express
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 119 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ANOTHER RESCUE FROM CANAL

... ANOTHER RESCUE FROM CANAL Non-Swiminer’s Bravery Although a non-swimmer, Joseph Robert Hill, aged 36 years, of 28 Basil Street, jumped into the canal near Moss Bridge last Saturday, waded threequarters of the way across and rescued from drowning Derek ...

Published: Saturday 27 June 1942
Newspaper: Rochdale Observer
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 1019 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

WOMEN WHO ARE ENVIED

... including tax. The United. States is now using enough man-hours and raw material war production to build a Panama Canal every day. And the Panama Canal took ten years to build. ...

Published: Friday 20 August 1943
Newspaper: Barnoldswick & Earby Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 227 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Women in Court

... Women in Court Charged together at Chorley, to-day. with stealing coal, value Is., from a barge moored near C&nal Wharfe. Botany. Chorley. July 20th Polly Scott (44), of Long-row, Botany. Chorley, was fined 20s. and ordered to pay ss, witnesses’ expens'-a ...

Published: Friday 25 July 1941
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 346 | Page: 4 | Tags: none