If it happened, it was in the news.
Berkshire Chronicle – Saturday 06 June 1835 HENLEY. On Sunday afternoon, during Service, a fire broke out in the thatch of a stable adjoining the Ferry Boat public-house at Medmenham, which was destroyed, with its contents—a stump of hay caught fire, but was speedily extinguished. The fire is supposed to have been caused by lightning. […]
South Wales Daily Post – Wednesday 01 January 1930 front 69 CHILDREN PERISH IN PAISLEY CINEMA PANIC INFANTS CRUSHED TO DEATH IN STAMPEDE OF TERROR Cry of “Fire” Causes Wild Rush For Picture Hall Doors CHILDREN’S LEAP FROM BALCONY Worst Disaster in History of British Cinema Industry PAISLEY, the Scottish cotton town where yesterday occurred […]
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette – Tuesday 06 September 1887 DESTRUCTION OF THE EXETER THEATRE ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE THE DEAD LAID OUT IN ROWS AGONISING SCENES Last night, Exeter’s new Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire. Like its immediate predecessor, it succumbed to flames, but the circumstances of this destruction were far more tragic than […]
Sun (London) – Tuesday 02 January 1810 NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Arrived his Majesty’s ship Shannon, of 36 guns, Capt. Broke, from Basque Roads; on the night of the 27th inst. a ship was discovered at some distance to be on fire, then about 8 leagues to the westward of Ushant; the Shannon immediately stood […]
Market Rasen Weekly Mail – Saturday 06 March 1875 LINCOLNSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. The Commission for holding these Assizes will be opened on Thursday, the 11th instant. The following is a calendar of the prisoners awaiting their trial: William Kirkby, 18, farm servant, for committing an unnatural offence, at Appleby, on the 23rd July, 1874. Elizabeth […]
Pictorial Times – Saturday 06 March 1847 CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Fatal Collision in the River. A collision, involving what is supposed to be the loss of seven lives, happened early on Sunday morning in the river, off Old Haven, about two miles below Tilbury Fort. The vessel which is lost appears to have been the […]
