Freshwater is now the area known better as the public gardesn. It was once a heavily industrialized area, with the gas works and Montgomery's Nova Scotia iron Works foundry (ten ralway locomotives were built there). Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS >From Jay Underwood and Railfare*DC Books "Ghost Tracks": http://www.railfare.net/Ghost%20Tracks.html "From Folly to Fortune": http://www.railfare.net/FromFollyToFortune.html "Built for War": http://www.railfare.net/builtforwar.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Doherty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:27 AM Subject: [NS-L] Moriarty - The Halifax Citizen 7 Feb 1865 > An article in the above paper reads that the body of Michael Moriarty was > found drowned in the water at the wharf beside the Gas Works, Freshwater, > where he was employed as a night fireman. There was no reference as to who > his family might be other than to say his family depended on him for > support. The accident apparently happened on Saturday 4 Feb. > > There was also an article in the Halifax Sun and Advertiser on Monday 6 > Feb referring to the same person. again no mention of family > > Would anybody out there have any idea who this Michael Moriarty was ??? > or where the Gas Works, Freshwater was ?? Thanks > > Pat > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message