Tragedy of three children drowned in canal
SARAH WALTERS looks back at what was making the news 100 years ago
SANDBAGS – URGENT APPEAL To the Editor of the Manchester Evening News, a great necessity exists for a continuous and immense supply of sandbags for the use of our soldiers in the field.
The members of the North Manchester White Rose Club are making bags but have only a limited supply of materials, and will welcome any help that can be given towards the purchase of materials or for gifts of materials.
As the need is urgent it is felt the public only require to realise the circumstances in order to help.
Materials (canvas and string) should be sent to the Women’s Patriotic White Rose Club, 577, Rochdale Road, Manchester, and money to the hon. warden, Mrs Barton, 61, Great Cheetham-street, Manchester. Sincerely, Margaret Barton HER HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Janet Easson, a widowed Scottish lady, who lives in Egerton Road, Withington, is celebrating her hundredth birthday to-day (July 27).
Born in the year of Waterloo, at Tealing, near Dundee, Mrs. Easson lived in Scotland until about 20 years ago when, her husband having died shortly before that time, she came to Manchester, where her son, Mr. James Easson, is well known in city circles, and took up residence at Withington.
There she has remained in quiet retirement ever since.
Though her memory is not so good as it was a few years ago, she has retained all her faculties, and, having only needed the advice of a doctor once since she left Dundee, she enjoys such good health at the present time that she is entertaining one or two personal friends and relatives at a birthday party this evening.
Many messages of congratulations have been sent, including one from the Lord Mayor of
A shocking canal tragedy is reported this afternoon from the Newton districtt of Manchester Manchester, who sent the following telegram: “Heartiest congratulations and good wishes on attaining your hundredth birthday”. CANAL TRAGEDY A shocking canal tragedy is reported this afternoon from the Newton district of Manchester.
The three victims are Joseph Margorlis, aged six, of 432, Oldham Road, Manchester, Jacob Melrose, also aged six, of 261, Oldham Road, and Reuben Copatack, aged seven, of 243, Oldham Road, whose bodies were recovered from the Rochdale canal by the police.
The place where the lads were drowned is stated to be a favourite one for playing, and is much used by the children in the district.
There does not seem to be any ground for supposing that the lads went to the canal to bathe, for when they were pulled out of the water their bodies were fully clothed. TOBACCO FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS We venture to appeal to our readers to assist in increasing the fund which is in existence for the supply of tobacco and tobacco requisites for the 6,000 wounded soldiers who are in the 50military and Red Cross Hospitals in the Manchester and Salford Area.
A sum of about £30 a week is required.
Every penny contributed will be spent on tobacco.
There are no expenses. BOILER EXPLOSION AT BURY The bursting of a boiler at the works of Spencer, Curedale Limited, cotton waste manufacturers, Bury Grounds Works, Bury, resulted last night in four men being killed and five injured, while one, Patrick Halligan, of 15, Hornby-street, Bury, was missing.
The dead are George French, Charles Edward Crossley, Frederick F. Clark and Patrick Halligan.
How the explosion happened is not known.
Rescue work resumed at daylight this morning and shortly before 10 o’clock Patrick Halligan’s body was recovered.