TOPICS OF THE DAY. The City of London and Mr Chamberlain, it was exceedingly fitting that the heart of the great Empire should publicly recognise the vast services which have been rendered to that Empire by the Colonial Secretary. … Read More
DEATH OF THE QUEEN – Born May 24th, 1819; Died January 22nd, 1901, Reigned 63 Years, and 7 Months. She is dead. Queen Victoria, the great and the good, brightest example of womanly nobility and Queenly virtue, has passed … Read More
Dr. Green, Coroner, held an inquest Eckington yesterday into the death of John Holmes, care-taker of the Eckington Council School, who was found suspended from a rope in the boys’ room Saturday. His Father, Jermyn Holmes, an ex-policeman, said the … Read More
A shocking murder was committed on Saturday afternoon at Brackenfield Village, Derbyshire. Mr. Thomas Limb, the tenant of the Lindsay-lane Farm, went to a local fair and left the homestead in charge of his housekeeper, Miss Lizzie Boot, aged … Read More
A most lamentable affair took place on the Plumbley Colliery premises, belonging to Messrs. J. and G. Wells, Limited, on Saturday evening, whereby four persons lost their lives. About seven o’clock on Saturday night it was rumoured that some children … Read More
The Forth bridge was formally opened on Tuesday by the Prince of Wales. Leaving Dalmeny house, the residence of Lord Rose, at II o’clock, party joined the royal train at the Forth British Station in a quarter of an hour. … Read More
The inhabitants of the usually peaceful neighbourhood Eckington were raised to a pitch of great excitement yesterday morning when the news was noised abroad that a horrible wife murder had been committed within a few miles of their doors, and … Read More
HOLBROOK TRAGEDY – A YOUTH’S REMORSE – Taunts and Fear of Exposure A distressing case of suicide has occurred at Holbrook, Walter Wainwright, aged 18, shooting himself with a gun. He lived with his parents in New street, Holbrook. and … Read More
ON SATURDAY, Earl Spencer, after being sworn in as Lord-Lieutenant, transacted some business at Dublin Castle, and about 6 pm. rode home, attended by an aide- de-camp, to the Viceregal Lodge. The Chief Secretary and Under Secretary, who were … Read More
Edinburgh Evening News – Wednesday 16 July 1873 At the Derbyshire Assizes, yesterday, before Mr Justice Pollock, Benjamin Hudson, aged 24, a collier, was indicted for the wilful murder of his wife, Eliza Hudson, at Handley, near Eckington, Derbyshire, on … Read More