Tuesday, 9 October 2018
MURDER - SUICIDE
Driver Ernest Earnshaw and his wife Amy Ethel were found dead in their lodging. Inquest verdict - Earnshaw murdered his wife and then committed suicide while his mind was deranged due to jealousy. Newton-le-Willows Cemetery:
RAILWAY ENGINEER'S GRAVE 1842
The spectacular burial slab of Peers Naylor, - Engineer at St Peter's, Newton-le-Willow. He died in 1842. His Epitaph is recorded in the Notes and Queries column in the Derbyshire Courier Jan 17, 1874:
HEAD OF DEAD BIRD
My favourite image from Newton-le-Willows Cemetery - the remains of a bird lying among the leaves on a grave. Monochrome is best, I think:
DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER
Cpl Bugler George Henshaw, 1st Vounteer. Bn, Manchester Regiment caught enteric fever in South Africa. Sent home. Spent months at Netley Hospital but never recovered. Died at Manchester Infirmary, after fourth Operation August 1902. Peel Green Cemetery https://bit.ly/2PIr7yF
PIGEON ON HEAD
Oh the indignity of a having a pigeon sat on my head - Sheffield Burngreave Cemetery Chapel:
KILLED BY FALLING STONE
Struck on the head by a large stone - Fred Keen is buried at Sheffield City Road Cemetery.
KILLED IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Pte Harold Boucher, 16th Bn Tank Corps is buried Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'Huile. Several comrades who died same day are buried close-by, marked by 1 regimental cross with their names. Boucher buried separately. Brother Tom died in horrific motor accident - Sheffield City Road Cem.
COLLIERY DEATH
Sheffield City Road Cemetery: Charles Moulds was killed at Rossington Main Colliery. Cause of death was a fractured skull. The death toll in the Yorkshire Coalfield was high in the 1960s as can be seen by looking at this link https://bit.ly/2wv2sFc
BODIES DONATED TO MEDICAL SCIENCE
A plaque honouring those who donated their bodies to medical science - Sheffield Burngreave Cemetery:
BROKEN TREE
John Fowler 1809 - 1859. This tabler was erected by his friends to record his many Virtues and their high regard for his Public and Private Character - He being Dead but Speaketh. Sheffield General Cemetery:
MARBLE WORKS OWNER'S MEMORIAL
Joseph Hadfield of the Marble Works, Sheffield was quite a man as recorded in a newspaper report. He is buried at Sheffield General Cemetery:
MOTHER & THREE DAUGHTERS KILLED IN BLITZ
On December 12, 1940, 74 Nether Edge Road took a direct hit. Susan Bielby (84) and her 3 daughters, Annie (45), Emily (51) and Millicent (54) were killed. Emily and Millicent were infant school headmistresses, while Annie was a costumier. [Sheffield General Cemetery, Yorkshire]
NICHOLSON MEMORIAL
The Nicholson family vault at Sheffield General Cemetery. Sheffield steel maker James Nicholson was interred here:
DECAPITATED BY TRAIN
Despite the newspaper report naming him as Henry, Railway worker Edward Millington was found dead on the line [decapitated] near Hooton Station. Doctor thought he had suffered from Apoplexy. Christ Church, Willaston @RWLDproject
TWO RUN DOWN BY TRAIN
Platelayers William Nield and Edward Allcock were run down and killed by a train just outside Chester Station. Nield was almost decapitated while Allcock was severely crushed and lived for 90 minutes before expiring - Christ Church, Willaston: @RWLDproject
Another Railway Guard Death
Richard Bradshaw died 20 June 1874 aged 26 years - the result of an accident sustained while in the execution of his duty as a Railway Guard at Horwich Junction [Preston Cemetery] @RWLDproject
Monday, 8 October 2018
TRAGIC DROWNING
Tragic memorial at St Peter's Church in Heysham of two sisters who drowned in full view of their Mother who could do nothing to save them. How awful that must have been - unthinkable!
