Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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OES DOWN WiTH I:EMP~~·
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poignnncy Of tho terriblo diWtor tQ
E mpress of Ireland " bas been brought '
to It cnd ing people by the ...d · !.atil ' ol

Only the ruined "'1l11~ and -ita
tower remain of the hiatbr iOl\I churen .

b"'~ ''''''' ' ~ one r

8raYo, wbJch was d06t.royod <by fire - m
early hours of _ W.hit.-MtU.d~y : mOfDlDg.
Pa.rlshionera rega.rd vut:h. pathebC? mtc.reet .~e
ravages W_blOh tire~ ha.e wrought upon tho _
sacred e<ilfioe. wh ich meant 80 much lto them ~
in its mtimatc aijeooiation . with their joya )

R CC3. h ead of· tho Salvation .;.
m Can ada, who wa.s a .n a tive of Read.. nnd " h o was dro wnlild with his wife a.od

of his daughter. , Cap"'''' Ruth R:ees. . CUlllm lsslone r R ces W&8 eo ma.n of 'ability
fin g n t, for he r ooo fro m t he p aeition of a
. 11\\1 IHlIlder Rt .the R eadiniit B isouit Fac ..
. to be the head of the Salvation -fo.·rmy
o noa 'I h(:.r~ &I'C m any who remember
he Tl's idcd with hi s m oUle r in' Moun'

and oorrow,. whllo the
tonor of the church

. R e ndm g, an d lntor when be wu )
t\.t t he F lI.ct.or y.
H e WnB e ngaged

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Afl.('.f " ork ing ll..8 a II p ri vate &Oldi e r ~ ', Jfor
Army III Readmg he t hrew up his job.
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A S A S ,\ LV A TIONI ST I N ' READING.
One of t.h e bf' st lo yed \ m en m the S llh ·&tioJi
.~ ln I Y . l' o lll1Jli s~ ion or R oes is d C8Cl"ibod 8.S a
~:d\~lIo l\l .. t "h l) "n.s il;cnil ine in whn.t he prof{,· . . t~l \0 1)('. 11 e was one of the fi rst baLch
of ('ad c t.s t(l e n t Cr C0Il gr c,,:::s l-IalJ.
O ne of
th f" n ,\ as A lfr ed nil l t lc t,t , w ho WAS drowned
" hi'" hal.llt ng. 11 0 soe med to live to help
otilC'1 "I . ~,lId .1. lOf'ai S ah-ati on lst to '" ChT()ID..
i('iC')t Tt:IH {' 3C' lli at ivc . He see med \0 have '
nil l1l t crC!)t i ll hum«m ly that h e sa.cri..
I ll S t im e and energ y to h f;! lp the fallen

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THE VICAR ARRIVES.
It was about ha.lf.pMt

local Salva ..

\\ h c lI hn en m o tOi tbo poen ile nt {onn he
knelt for 9C \'crnl h o tll ~ before ho 'could &Be
h i" " ;> y t o H ('a ' e n, It was absolutely · dark,
nllJ a " oman offi ce r -p rayed '''' itlJ him until
hi' "A " t 11'C llght_

Lh,~ IJl c) Ullici.! o{ the p ubl lo against it.
A
iu.:', d S.Lha lioll iut who remember s these d&ys
t ol d the H Ch r oniclc " ~an that h o saw the
ol'(' (' a'- ed ' s face ~tr c:lI11ll~g with blood fr()m .a
\, OIJT:d cau sed by t he sto n es thro wn at him

fl oo r, wh :ch was grMlually bomg
thr own on tbo 56.fe,

The organ, a veO"tloo instrument.
The ()ld Jacobean pulpit.
A ve ry fin-e roof of the King a.nd

• unon hIS back u n tI l he #a.8 e xhau sted .

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drow ne d. "
M njor M orri s W,
described as '!l- slrong man and 8. good swim...

otyle of archilA>eture.
The bells, belonging 00 tbo

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Very fino alt&r fronl41s.
PI~OOP.w occupipd by Mr. Nicholl,
Very fine oak pane1lingJ given
by Mr. Nicholl in mem'9ry of

cent ury.

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Rcocs eecapcd m 1896 t he fate he
h M nnw mc t. for h e \\~a.e to have eailed ita
th e IIl- fn t<!d Drummond CaEtle. but in rospon sp to a n ur gen t call h e speeded his planJI
alld ca m~ home from South Africa in an..

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memorial ' oorv lce for tho VICtltll8.

I CAVERSHAM PETTY
SA T u nD AV .- BefoTe Si r R. T. Hennon-'
H odg e. Bar t. 1m the chair), A. T. SimD·'.
Ch~rlc6 H. P almeri Esq,. R. F ...
Duff . Esq .. the R ev. R . H . Harl-Davi.,.

Ao n, Esq.,

a.nd \V . D . Wllliam s, E fq .

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tablets ·

damaged.
the church

ALBERT HA~L SERVIC,E.
In th ~ Albert H alf. on Friday next , at
, 7.30, Ge nert,l Bramwell Booth will oonduc~

Admiral Sir FroliC). Pewell, K. q M.G.,

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j<'OUND WOKING l\'r
TELEGRAPH POLE S,

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, death than ~he salmon mayonnaise
No
: douh~ the fish. was freeh when pur~has~.

Th,! Rov. R . M_ Bnnk~s-Jonee, curate ot

He did not thlDk there.wa.s. Bny re~ectlon SunD1l1~dale . wllO . hRs ~u~ t.retur n~ d frolD

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1n D~v{)""hlre. 1.'a.
~xporleIl~e or being
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nigbt Mr. Bankes.
Jones, k1~t bi.s ca.mll for n. walk. He lost
hiB way, a.nd.~red about in the d;uknes9
for aome gmdJng landma.rk.
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be met .. ]){)li~em ..n ·.. nd two otner men
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bridge. 'l'hl~ re'lue~t. 8.J'lpe&red to ralse
, the cO.'lstable e susPIClOne.. H e fpllowed
. ~ • • tranger, and asked him for hiS nam(
a~dr addr-ees.

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the drawing."room ws. on 6~e. HaviI", oent
for · tho fire brigad~, he eo.llOji up tho garden
n.n.nds-" and. gtabJemen~ wh,o succeeded in ~ett mg the fir o under oontro!.
Who!) .the
Windsor Fire ~rig.. d() arrived the fire WM
qwok)v oxtu~KU .. hed.
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The d~ o.wmg.room was Qwte burnt out

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Th o Salvat IOn A rm y H e adqu a r ters 10 Lon, don h ave recclved a cablegram snying:
" Ma.Jo r Mo rnR cllrr' cd; Comm wlo ne r Rees

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He had could not aee anything else to account for

a new laid legg and bread nnd butter for
his breakf",t.
The deceased ~d nothtn~ to drmk n.t home _
On
onda.~
attempt evenlOg he had a gla ss {)f ~er away from

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Tuesday mornmg a.bout to.?Q.

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He had nothing for hie 'lunch aa he did ca.used by Ithe salmon mayonna166 being
Dot feel equal to it . . On Tuesday even~ ! kept too long .
~ey .elp~~d l their
ing t~ deoeMed saw Dr: Cox who gave I deepest Bymp.&t~ Wlth the widow.1
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1 1Tne eruoner,
should like to J'oin ith
1m 8Om"e me l~Ule, an J . e
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very badly durlDg . t.h.e . u1s4t.
On Wed· t ~t 6XpreSfJlOn of 0pJnlon. _
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ne8day , witness .J.ooked after ,th,e dece ased' B . The coroner. aske d the Pr'!3B~ to make

fre€f

doctor .came again on FrldaY,,-mo~IDg at
8 a_m_ . The , deoe ased , was In pa.lD and
the paws got wors e "
IHer hueband

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p assed away at .20'dock Friday ..ft.!rnoon. play by
Ca!~ton alla'it. 18 t.hjs
0tmg ,
Dr . Cox and another d octor w ere coming
ou~ toll ' he ~yal f
that afternoon. and Dr~ cbx arrived just 1 ea.tre, ea mg,. a ~ I C P oe O r
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oommand of tho M;rQ ulo of DI ownabdlto,_ankd
On t.he lawn were found two poot-cards, after her husbnnd had brel-thed his fWlt. ment .the tw!" hl ou1e8 nl'Khtly ''':"T
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soon got, to war l{, t/ he H .en ..ey an
Wo· ncar tho .hOU8Q on one of wh ich w~ written'
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!,oorn..e mory,aamg y popu ar. In
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illl< ho./11 opg ine. g~t a plentlfu l sup ply of " Add,..,..<XI ~ A. qu;th. McK enna and
THE DECEASED':S OPINION.
Conquero Mr. Co.rlton W.al.laoo
wn.tRrl from .the TI!a~es BOWlDf( by Wargrava D eputat ion to the K inll _ I Polioe raid on
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tpoFoughly . human . and ~rlgmal
ChurCh, whIch adJOlD.8 the churc h y a rd. The women. Social P olitiea1 Union hoadqullrtora
'rho deceased tbought tlia.~1 the- salm()o whieh the lIltorest 18 8ustaine d
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riv o r 11f] a.bout 100 yards from tho churoh. and AIJ the G o vernmen t wantA I tc> kill OUT con~ oau8e d his illne S8, . boo&u!i& he- could not , It ~n~rns the adventurea of
the ~otte had to be brought over rthe s t ituti onal work militancy, m1.1frt, oontinue att ribute it to anything else.
He had a ~ aloy. w~t!l.
Fra8er~
churohyard wall. Th,oe o",eam • . of water A. quit h and Co., beware." 1 Too other , 00"; '1funpy" turn l ... t summer; but be tnen ~i~' ;ll1tmt!.
we re .1playm~?n t.h~ fire fr()m VariOUS pomb. tho words: "A proteet against the Cat &Dd thoug'ht it W&8 " tomato. I
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Wokin g-h am ~'Ire B~,gthdo ~ttackod th~d °H!~,0 Mou.., Aot and forciblo feeding ." Tho man·
The coroner a81100 the witness if ii w~ r~di:~';."rte~ tb~d~,
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tJBri~~d~~ l'Btt:mpt~ to ::: : tho tower; slon is tho property of t.he l Counw8 Bubna, h e r oviniQD that tbe ~al'mo~ ~asl the cause
tho hands of two .
whlCh was burn;ng fudously. The h~at !\>C. ~~':~~ndof w~: !t~edDo~~~'i'i. D~~l"'" ~! of deatb, and sbe 8al!i .l!Ihl\ did D{)t know. mvitee 00 accompany b~m, b.u t
gan to melt t he bell. m ' tho blu m/( mtcTlor
n h d ih h t tw a ,
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She had 08 much of the salmon m ..yon- do.. not o1plalo tbe object o( the
of tho oower. Gradually they were burnt off
B "bn "'! n~ OUt
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. n.. na'" &8 the deceaeed 'J _ Jt .wae OD one Aware of the · existenoo of .
tho })cam and fa lling were sma.shed to piece!!. I
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w ravc Ir a m menca.
big dish.
Witness tnought it was the ~reMurel
incite
O nl y tho ' faco or t he , clock l remain~ in ' the
pain which ' ca.used liis ' death-he could mand 0
t ower. The clock had only reoontly lio~n I l1HURCITES BEING CLOSED
not stamd it.
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r Ct;O~Btod , n.ud ?!'hon 'the I fire was at , 1ts l ,
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mayonnai8e I t¥r
helght tho hand. dr?pped down 00.5.25. For- i Ono effect of the recent attacko an ohurch.. was cooked. hi ..n
The thwg
tll.nat.ely there w... bttle wmd blowllllK, othc
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it! 00 be found in the · faot that ma~ a.re egg whicn he had pn
was Per. eoene
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W1S0 the t.a.k of tho firemen wou .d
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olosed exoep"' -d unng
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tl~~r th~efa.Ui~:.l~r ofOUUto roof 5&voo ! tho O.n. Monday the following n()j,ioo was ex·
walI! of the church, for it allowed the jlap1ea i ~blted .on the ~at.& of Mortimer ehurch::to coca e and , therefore prevented tht1 walla ,
~m~ 00 da3tardly o~trag".. by fr"""ted
from 6'e?n}<" buckled. E'ventu..Jly tho fire·' · cTlmu'"'l<! who . have ~o . ~e~&nI . for God or
m eu ot the fire under control,' and by ~r l man thIS. ohurch WIll I for, the pr~t
welllu<>cwd .ffortAJ .ucooed&<! in aaVin the I (tboul<h wlth the Irroat¥! Tegro!l . be kept
tow~,. Tho be;am. whiclt held the bellO otill , _~O«ld excep\ a\ tho hO~nJ 01 diVIDe Worrom~IIl', and lt 18 believe!! that the four
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eobd pWr6 of the tower did much to ' re&e~
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the fire. All tho ohurch furnitur~ w... f'mMORE RUMO~8.
pl .t~ly deotroyed. Th~ prGporty mclud~
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. RumGb ro were ourrent ~n MO"da
R ored03,. a memorial to th~ Jato Mr. that ·W altham Uld · Huretl chUlohe': .
B ?nd, whioh waa dedloa.t.ed 10 No~em~ been dootroyed, but the reporta we....
b.ll the archdeacon.
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6<'1)0 t hC'y TJ1.cn k ~ d God (o r t ho con- I
flJ ( nco in d eat.h tli "pln:-, cd by CommiMioner
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band partook of the sal~on {)!' M?nday
In reply .to. Mr. Brett, the doctor said
for lunch, ~Dd ag!,1D .nt .Bup~r . . WI.tnesa h-e did wt s""pcct heart trouble.
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had not felt tho shghtest ImdlBp06ltlOll. I hea.rt gnve up readily
There was how·
T,hey had BliPper on M.o nday ab?ut' nine 'l ever, no ·orga~i~ dise~9s,·
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n,eeensed first complamed on
The · CQroner in summing up .ai~ he

~ngi n 08 t..hI ~:)Ugh the vlll e.ge, and ~ un·
The incendia.ries had pla.cod three cane of
,!-v0 ntcd eXCItemen t., IltOee, and , hastily drG8s· pc \r~l against the oak door conn60ting tho
10 9, rushe d to the chu rch ,. It was only when dra wmg-room with tho conservatory. , P ieoes
dawn ,broke bhat they reahsad t he fun ext<l~t of oandl... a box of mawhe., a solety p in
of tl1(~ do.m El. ge._ rI'he 'Vok lngham F_lredBrl- and a new prunin~ kDlfe wero al80 found in
g ade, )who recel\l~d th e .c all rate. Brr~v6 I m the drawlTIl{ -room.

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tbat da.y, and witnees cook;J it the same ca.use

SUPPOSED WORK OF THE
W ARG RAVE GANG.

orde r Ito cool it, aqs:l

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\ th e f ('(' t o f' t hf'l r J1.,c·ri C'(, T11 (' r.
L H-ut""" fi " f -C o lo !le! IT li l a.n, in a b rief ad-

o lher shi p#

mayonnaise_

work 1"hile the decensed 'ltayed .I n bed. ~t cle .., that It W88 tne 0plruon lof the
WitnellS did npt!llk% t~ .,jool![ of de~ ... od, i.l"ry that the salmon was qUite
wh~!l
and in ~he evening 8aw the _d octor, who Of· purc118&ed.
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dered hlDl 'brnndy and warm !water which
witneSB gave him:
He jbad a rather bad
"TOM SMITH, OF WINDSOR
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Witne ss · fetch ed the · doctor on
COUNTY .'1·'H EA'I'uIE.
OASTLE. "
Thursday morning and he 61lW tbe de.
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furnace. It. \VA S appa.rent thll.t.
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Treating the matt~ r as a huge joke,
wa, doomed . Vtllagor. a~d V!Bl00'" awaken· oon80rvaoory . The tot&1 loss , is estimated al cea.&<! .four tIm"" tlln~ ~)'. I
'!urse was
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the curnte said, "My name is Tom Smith
oct hom their .lumbcre . by the rattlo of the £ 200 O T £300.
calle d In, the latter st" ymg all Dlgh~ The
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h<':\rd thllt. RUl lI ba nd ,<; i n ;ti I U~' in Ole great
pI orf"''''"IOtl.
Sh e Cflnld alffi im ng ine soeing'
t ht· i .. h clr)Y('d lat o C 01l'-, r al. h i.!'> eyes shining.
! lr..ndi ng t.hat p r (1('(..""SlOn a. m id
t ho ringiTlJr .of
b e lls ;U1(1 J;ej· ing t lw .. ta fT C_'H~t l ng all their ,
1o!10r\' o( thf'! r bntt1 n.~ a 11(1 th cl r c r()wns at ...

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chnrch WaB ablazo and droppmg m. Ind OAd,
t.he chu rch was afire fr9m ~nd U? en d . ~
fltllUce l htlvtng RpNlad WIth morodible rapid ·
Il.y Fork. of fl a m"" .ho t ull to a oorwlloor·
ablo hCl~ht, and , 10 th e word. of a .pOOtat~T,
t he mten or of the churell
likth0 a rhaglllhl{

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\ M rs_ IT !I1.Lry said sh o clOS'Cd h e r e yes that
' twt= ni n~ an d r.ou ld almost Imngine that she

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oJ). tbe telephone from Colobr{)o1!'e. T He
ordered it on Saturday" it arrived on

hc n. t, but the ont.ru:!<!I. w er e .not {AmA~ed.
I who w.reckcd Wo.rgrRve Churo~ may havo
rho W ar grnyc Flr~ B rIgade, u~ e r Cn.p· m~toroo"to WJn.dsor and &et fire to "Too
tam Pocock, With th~ll" !"1auual" arnved fiNlt, W tllows on the1r "':8 Y to London. "
and tackled the firo m lt. early stag~ . The
Bet~c.n.6 "nd 6 ()clock the he.dgardener ,
H onle y FIre Bflgllde, under Captam Boy· who hVM _Ul a lodge on tho ()Ppoe.te IUde of
m our, a.rrived witliin 16 plinules of ilie tho r oad. noticed smoko. oommg ~ from tho
r ccelpt ' of the caH- 35 a.m. -with their roof of •• The WiHOW8." and di..800vered tba.t

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salmon

The deceMed order; d it

E ..rly on Monday . morning tLl>
on tne fir~ who Bupplled ) t (Hea~, hear "cnmpmg~\lt hdhd~y
tiC llltenae that the safe wae g ett.mg red h qt . was ma.dn by Sufim.glste to burn down '·Th<> hom e.
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from the .JuryL
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- bad the c2:tro.9 rdmar y
Th o pariah reg'ste r was fortunatoly Baf~ ; Willows," a beautiful riverside mansion ne4\"
FIRST SYMPTOMS.
The jury returned .. verdict - that the r"",ted as a ,foreign
t he bmd m". we", curl ed up br. t he intonso Wind. or. Tho 'POlice think that the perO<>!lB
Aftor lunch on the Tuekday he wae sick. eau.;e of death '- was ptomaine {">isoning I .' At i"ll' o'elo'c k one

and san g' "Nc a rer. my G od , to Thoo."'
L IC'u t.(J uan t -Colonc.l Iltll a ry. o f th e bead.
q uu r k r s, 1l.1I0 h is w ife, w h o were paying II.
..... -'C'k·f' n o vi ~i t , m ade a f eeling .rofc re noo to

It i, a sl"'nge C<1 incidence

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thereby pr..ervo tho dooumen~., ~h. hea t

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of th9 dead. of w~lcb one of
mo~ nol.aWe '."aa that of Tf<'''!fa. J?a;lio.

:n~ n~\;n;3~~aJh!~::re. AIJ~~ghu·wa~'':'~

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M , t.he Salvat ien Army Hall , st.
Bu tt-. R eadi n g. O P) S unday tho con gr o.gll.tjon

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' wbicb witncRs prepare!!, ~ It jWa& .made of

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by the flam ... gavo wahi.aod hil had to

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Salvationist
\ \ I.J.rt.,! IJI~~ ~ l t.a t lon s. In cverv thillg I.H) took 10
h.a nd 11 d i!i plaYNI the gr cn.~ t sincority .
D r iga lor P en )" of t he Sal va t io n Army
}l('a<iq unrl()rs Rt.1.fF, hat'! known Commisa ioner
Jkc.s for 32 ycars, and he 6poke 10 cuJogistio
t erms of !.h o Can n.d.ia.n c.h ie f.
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is one of t he fin est m C1l in the 8&1·
va. t!on. A I-m v ," t he Dr ip,'adior rem a rJuxl. "He
IS a. ma n of th e peo rle , first a nd (wemos'.
H e " a.3 a. hal{cr in I1untlcv and - Palmer·.
b l5("U lt. fac td ry a t Re nd lD ~ wh en a.a a youngm.ll. l i h e came in contact w!t h t ho Salvation
Ar m y
H e th r"'" up his p osit,\on theTa 8,·n d
b('t.;a me a. ca pt.a in; c \'c n t ullll y Ola.tryinA' Cap ..
t,IlJl1 Huth n n hing t.o n. who h M been web a
he l,) to hun JIl h is w ork.
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, "JI e has he ld posil ions of tho highest im ...
po r tnncc lin m nny pa.rts of t ho world with
qlllt C u llu-- tt n l !'U('CCSB. 'V h en onc rome mool"S
t hat lus educa tJ<H1 \\ 3Ji of the poor e6t thia
npl lointmc tlt 3.-'l h{' ad of the t.r n. in.i.n", colloge
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C' la l'ton iR nl l t he mo re rc markable . But
,h !) nlw;1\;\ la boured intc:-llcctu a Hy A8 w en ;&I
) 11 t ho f'oc l a l and r l! h ~ l o us \'i o rk or his ca.U·

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memOrial ~ a forme.l' vicar, I

for ite otone traoory, whiol! seemo to
t.act; an ala~tcr reredos, ,. - gi~t
church, ~nd lOme lin<> oak - pano11mg
tho baJ;lt"'tr)t ue· de.troyed. 80 alB{) are

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BY MAN."
Tne widow eliid lIer bushand .was
Iy .. nealthy Inap .
On . Monday

ho oould find in tho neighbourhood , to ox- and ovor tho ... t windo~ romain in JI(l6ition.
tingUlsh t ho flam~ •. Flames 'wore , leaping :
.
,
around t he .afe unde rneath which is tho ,
.
h eaU tlK chambel:. The vicar tTied to opon , OUTRAGE
the safe but he oould not do . &0. Thon tho i
•

t h e r JllLs tim!. t.ook p lace ill lleaWll-Q' JU t.b8
d 'l ,)'.'; o f t h e S fllv ation A r m y owin.g to

€ hri y

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ternoon. '

ossushng a. t tho church dunnJL 'Vh.ltsunttde, fire, an~ WIll need th~ most carefW ~eatm~nt it.
None of those people had been -af~ 1 enoeJ
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';. ,
Y I
we re promptly on thc sceue. Tho VIcar, don· before It cun be consu:wred Mf(l &gatn. Smt
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b
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I
ning a .hooting jacket. ' collect<:d , .11 the gulo.r1v .en()ugh, .. if for an omon, the cr<>soe. f'fCtedth' ~l were·;A1me.~rs, ;,0J ~~ ,~fa _ I Dr. ?ox.' It w<>uld •. ~f eou",e, be ·1better
Mltllmo. x or pate nt firo e xtingu18hers that over tho arclt at the entranco to tho chancel 0
e .
ege.
n
fl.
er
u~ , to put It In an loo·hoD&e.
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IXJ UR ED IN READING STREETS.
-.. T it., df\a lh of C<>mm issionc.r Rcee. recalls

R EADING T R IRUTES .

fhe'
for . M'-!II"'.' l':Jj~,, _•••_u
young children.
..
~ Id
. The in'lUeet:W88 e . on

day.
It appeared to witneBs to be perDr.
Sandford &rid Meroon, WDO died ' ill
It WW! .. 41b
'
~ome £1', 500 hia been "P.ent 'in mor~ ·reoent
Bhoulders;'
. DANGER 9F i ISH.
Vory charaol<lristically ho explains away
tlmet! on momo"al"
al\ o.f which at e
.
~.
.
;
the faots. We do not exocll in tho . art&dcstr{)yed by the .fire. A r{)w of fine soonel off It ..t the .College on
The coJ ll<!r, It 18 :,ot .. WISe thmg to oooking and daneiRg, Jor ' inetanoe. as well ...
column •• oeparatil\lI: . the nave. fToni the oouth Tbe mayonn~lBe was made Jlp . of .eggs. keep 8al
mayon.nal8e fQr three daYB. mueio-hecauoe t<>th'lJ" · nation. havo tempor&<·
the wood of the fabric of the church . fro~ 8._1 8 10, ~l!'a1Il8 standmg.- Tho l tower, .a bca.u- lettuce and cucumber.
80 far as W1tn~
Dr.
x: -It 18 madvU3a.ble.
F ish 89 ' tly beaten us ut 't hem; 'a nd then we ba.vt:
whlch flamos we re ;",uing. MUla Doakm waS 1lf1l1 square red·brlck embattled litr~otul'l!' knew, no onl' elso .W88 . affeeteq.
~It··, .. rule will nol keep , well, even if cOoked; .ulked.
,t\rouSNl, and telephone m easo.go W(lro scnt beheved to ~ ~hzabet~an.. but by some a.ttn· nC6S took the remams on Bf!oturday lUto , it is far more dangerous than Dutcher's
fQr tho firo brigados.
.
, butod to Henry VIII_ a tlma, ha.a not f&),len; the oellar. put a damp -clothl ove,r it, a:Q.d meat.
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It is almost: time that the festival was a.gaa:
The vi ..r lUi. Rev. B. S. Batty) ,and th,e but all the rna"?nry of the 9burcb bll;" been left it covered over all." . Bund~y.
On I A jw-yman: Do you thin}. that p~Uinl! beld at ReadinJr.
.
R e ~ .H_ P _ Ha le, of Q ueem~lll.nd. who )VRS very Bc ve r'?Jy trJOO by the ~eroeneas .of tho Monday at lunch - Beven people partook of I a. c ~oth o ...er it 'Would ma.ke an ~tJJer.
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as

~w() when tho

was dlscoverod. Dr. ~alhd.y, of Ealllbourno,
who t. ,taYlOg at War",r"o Court, whlOh 10
occupied for throe month. by M,S8 Deak in ,
wa. arou""d by what he t.holJEht to he ram.
Ho got up to. shut tho wmoow and found
that the sound he heard wa.' the crackin g of

....L1 t! Commi SS IOn e r R ces u sed to s.y

grc ntc:<It

T

oak

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tlon aec<>mplioh<ill It wu
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tiue .old open-work
rOOf king ' .. nd Queen .potIu... had
aah<iil; Some of - the •
the fire '1& in dOOrd""
where. ihe/ h&d-' falleo
k b1
ell'
. d
Jemab.:n _y , ;;d -Pkeoebve
~'ifs a ~~F~ six~~tin 8a
tury~ ifh' full ' . b t ~ I(
and ;'~': " m'elted r:. br~k:~:
6l1ed-with painted glaoo at ..

THE ALARM.

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\
suc('es"c!i

sooI}e. of j

Gold and " Iver were put inoo the box. T~e
monoy will 1>0 devoted to a (un.d for t 0
ro.loratiOn of the church, In a~dltlOn ~ the
VllilOOrs hundreds of people Journeye
00
W&r~ravo by,"",ooor, eycle and foot from
Reading and d;'tri~t, tho villago bem!! full of
VISItors
Tho ecrvlcee at the chutch w e re
largely attended on Sund ay, and allllO.ugh
~u(fNlgette8 ha.d boon conducting mectlDgs
In tho DOighbourhood there was no r~a.son to
''''I'''ot th o prceence of mihtant. in the
parish

a,

two

" nh }w·r (!\lh(' r nnd m ot her on b'O ard.
J r (' 1':1 0
P;\I0 fl cque nt visiu. t.o R e a.diDg
and ' ''I'' ill th o t o\\ 1l n ot long ago. Ho was
1l.!11 n llg ... t
t il l' 160 Sa h·"ti on A r mv delegates
who \ \ ' \ 'IC ("Om lO g o.er to Eng land f or the
[lI hlrn
a
tlon
ai Congrcsl
.J un, e.
.
,

bv tho c row d .

come U> our help now we
I

~f the v",ltoro l
-. EX'I'EN'I' OF ,THE DAMAGE.
Al so (oll nd OX preeBIOn m Jtbc u liberal cohn. j Tho.peCia.J. oorrespo~dont' of l uThe Times,"
tnbu ilolll! a t tlw ent rance to the cp~rc , . deacl"lbi . t!~ dam. e
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was
wh o~ a c~n.rge W&8 mado for the prlvll.eg e unti thifflre had b.!'rnt .
.
of wltneanng the Beono of the conflagra tion. 1L'p~atioJl could be

\ \:1 <:

and th o \\ cak.
R(,(,fll! in (! Ill,,! com -cr sion , a

'~~~~~~'~ Il:~lf~l':':'

011

th~. ho.arts, oum
pictureeque nver'51do. done r'

dcool ..tlOn. The oY~l1pathy

~ J.I: H h'~ tA>I, 1\11 (1 t hl'l hil\' O tw o &<J ns a.nd
(l,\1Ig b t~' r~ . One d lwg ltCT, Captai n Ruth R oee,

I t !(1I1l_~ f

oto<>d for,

gazo with nlent interMt upon the

tho .Arm )' T rai n mg C olle ge at

Ill nr rie·d Cn.ptai n Ru t h Babington

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whioh haa

hoavy , 10 •• m

of tho visito rs to the

C la p lon , (U1(1 h e beca mo 0110 of t~c inos\
su('{'(',-:: fu l of offi cer s',
.
:
lI t' /l llo bel-o III ch rugc of the Arm y i ~9rk
in Sl;lI lh ldri cll, S \\(:d{J n and Cana da (twice).
ILnd \\ a.... (o r n t lmo p r ir.cl pal o f th e ClaptoQ
Tr :m ll!l ~

oow. r

r osorl, many' of whom , d ....rted tho rlyor 00 moat gr~teful"

tilL'

n ntl

and

ocn t ur lCS a.s tho spiritual home of genorationa of t.he pa..riahiononl of Wargrave. The
parishioners found 8. reapomuv!" chord of lIym~ 1

F act{)ry u nder Mr. Wobb, Uld

\\as h eld III much TC' pect. wlule there .

walls

remain tho church .maf be reetored. but ~· 1
retn e vo.blo damageAlas been done to the tn·

I

were

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II Road

En,,;;'...

Bear \

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ADDRESS TO
. The addreae to
eented to-da.y.

The address, ·

with I

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Ntcto "

~",._

•.."._..,.

.

/;to

neithe r my correct name nor
If I told you oorrecLly you
would be none'- the wiser." ...

'o.ddMOO"

.. You must cODl e to the' Btation with
me," said the co1;c.e man, - f ( and make yoUl'
.,

explanations t lere ,

and

in spite of •

protest Mr. B a nk,es·JQnee W8& b,ken three
.a '\ mile. to the ])()lio~ station. The re ne dis·
In ['Overed tha.t the const.a.b:e suspected .lu,
. WQ.8 0. foreian spy induiring for a bridge
' which might b e in danger _of b e! ng b lown
up.

The

oergeant·in-ch.rge was also told

that the curate had been looking at tele ..
' grapb pol... very RuspicioUBly.
further

It wa.

sta.ted that for a foreigner the

curate'a &ccent wns remarkably good.
Being an Engli shman nnd a graduate
of an English ' University, thiIJ remark
naturally caused Mr. BR.nkes·Jonps l\ good
He was detained fot

: deal of amusement.

hou .... for inqwri"l' and then Iiber-

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INKPEN