Note: The Rootsweb Mailing Lists will be shut down on April 6, 2023. (More info)
RootsWeb.com Mailing Lists
Total: 1/1
    1. [ENG-WESTMORLAND] PENRITH HERALD, JUNE 27, 1874 / SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG MAN
    2. Barb Ontario Canada
    3. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG MAN. – A serious accident befel a young man named WILLIAM BORROWDALE, twenty years of age, belonging to Penrith, near Lazonby, on Monday. He was engaged in winding up stone from a quarry by means of a travelling crane; and when in the act of lifting a heavy weight, the chain gave a sudden jerk, and losing his hold of the handle, he was struck a violent blow with it, which precipitated him into the bed of the quarry, a distance of twenty feet. He fell upon his head; and when picked up was quite insensible. The top of his head was much cut,, and he lies in a precarious state. _______________ Barb, Ontario, Canada.

    04/15/2014 04:22:41