Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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ARMSTRONG'S
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in ferro:oon"Ol'1tA1~

lOll CommIttee t o

Ca\ crshu.m brl<1a:oo
be rore lh e n." d ing Town Council ';' ~'
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W , Y A rm stl'Ong , in hi. repon:"
. I h.ve consid ered the questiOn'
for th e bridge in terrooocOn,.(. ...

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as ' lmiJnutte d b.y ldeaSni."';:' "I
MOl1 c h el anc\. Partnere . Ltd.,. ~
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t he q u e~t ion of meri ts. f.erro-cou. ..·11l\ S bee n exte nsively I16<ld on the
t for b ri dges of ll\r~c span, ' w .O'
in t.h e e MC of a bridge over tb"i
At Rome.
In England tho l&rg'll'~
in t h is material is that
ree,e ntlT
ot W orrington, nnd I believe ·
a :.,o a. bridge at KIlke nny in Ire:,,' ..
t I a m n ot fam lliAr with ' either
b rtd~ cs, ",:tho ugh I 8m famiUar'
flt h \' r 'l. o f s malle r spans which

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f;,lt, .. ractG ry.
Th e pa.r ticular merits
r r(),collcrcte ove r steel Or iron etruc .. I
n rt' <'COJ10 nlY In first cost ~nd in
m a m te n ance .
In the C&&e o'
n r slt,(' l st ru ct ut'(.;s it would be n-eoe8~
t,l paill t th em e \'cry three or' four
\ f tl1 <'y were to be properly main"Jlli st \\Ith rerro~ ncrete it m&7

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bo " ell to paint. them with ,; ,; .
a t com parnhv~ly long ini:erl S ]l ot nCC€66a.ry, in my opinion,
t o t he merits of steel or iron, as
' ,of the,e material. with much
r ... na n g than those before 10U &r6
bl' f' l~l'!(.l n;l o,'er the world .
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Only the p>inod '
&na "tb~ .j!o~~~~~ r lt~~',p
tower r oms-hi of tho ¥hiatoncal .::i
g ravo, wh104 Wa.& dOltroy,ed by

~&rly bours of
W bit·Monda1
l'arlsiuonero rogard wlth 'p.tj>etlo intoreot
,a,agoo wblob tire hoo wrougllt upon
6l\cred od l fi~, wh ich meant 119 muoh to ~em
HI ita intimaw B.l;sociation - Wlth tilell 10ys I
and sorrows" While the W1Llla
tower

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r etrlovablo da.ma.go hn.! been dODO to the In4 _
wrior of the church whloh hu:" .tood for I
oenturlC:5t.he
as chllrch
tho spiritual
,borne
0' ge.ner
'["omatn
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r8lll!-orc9,
but lL 1
tiona of the pa.rishion ora of Wargra"e. '1;he
pIJ.l"J8hJOnera .fo..llDd (I. reeP9wll ve chord of eym4 j
p&thy in therr heavy 10.. in the _ heart.
of the Vlsitore to the picturesque ' rive~ide
l'o.50rt, many, of whom d eaerted the river I to I
gazo IVlth Ollent inter...t upon the BOOn~ of I
d 0801BtJon. The sympathy of -tho VI81ton
6150 found expressIOn In their liberal oon4 1
trlb utions s.t the on tranoo to tho !ahuroh,
"here a charge wn,a made for the prh'ilege , q CIlO~ih!""
of wltll095iOK tho Boene of the oonfiagr a.tJon , ;
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VISitors hundred, ' of peoplo

journey. d

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\Ynr~rave by motor. cycle and foot from
Reading and district, tho VIllage boing full of
VJ9ltors" The serviOO6 at the ohurch woro I
largely attend ed on Su nday, and although ~oln~rk'lbliY
Suffragottes had been oond ucting m eeting! t
lD tho nOllithbourhood t h ore W8.a no reason to !
8U 8poct the
prceenoo of ~ihtan~ in the l

pariah.

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TlIE RESPECTIVE COSTS,
As i 0 t1\(' q ll f'tdlO ll of ~ost, I have gone \
ugh t h .... d l'fi l gnfl, and ha.ve
rll1\",\ (l1g 1\lIl Oun t6 J u smg

a.rrivoo 'at
o~

my

'''' I"O ·oo """"te ( M~"rs. L. G.

Motrehel

l u~d P a r t n e r s . L td ). C!\., t" rf'l h ,'\ m Road Bridge •.• '£ 19,985
n " 13oh 1111 R on d Bridge
£14.482
I deSi gn s (Mr. J J. Webster).Cn, (' I ~ h <\l1l Iloa<l Brid ge
£25.220
11" n ohlln R oad B rId ge
£2'2,148
' Tho(' Cor<'goJng figure.s nre fo r tho bridg.e.
ro ad wa.ys OTer so.me o nly. and Bre ei~

of

portion of t he a.ppron.ches,
o f CO U l'S€ , of nny land , easements

1\'e

any

CO IIl'wn s a ilon.
In -e:lcn estima.te I
incllHle d a.mounts whIc h should CO'foer
of w aiciling (road and river) and
11<.' '' , ltems which
do not appear in
'\-f' I:,r.;kr 's es t,l,mn te .
I ha.v.e also
ud ed s lIllllnr am ou n t s in e ach eetim&f...e

t he faclllg of the abutm ents and
stone, 1\8 I do n ot c onsider tha;b
\l lIfnc-l.'<.l , in such positions very

F erro-cu nc re te, if decide d upon"
permit of loc nl :nbour b elOg very I
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ui,ih sed. n,.... tb .s materI al cnn bl!
n lll p ulut..-d b y onl in al y bbour If proper4

5!1r><' llll t,e nde d by .. fe w .killed foreco m mi ttee , a fte r

rmolrong , ot

confe r ring witb

late r meeting,

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d cd to t h e coun cil '- '

.. ;r hat l h e bnd~<," be bU Ilt of ferro('.()I 'c r..: t-e wlih s uc h dah orn t ion in stone
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may d .... c i<l c.

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.. 'I hat the d eSig ns SU hllll tte d by L, G.
~ l a.nd Pa r tncrs be generally lip-

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Partners,

M o ucll-e l and

LW lIt ed

be c l1l 9loyed as eneineere 'for
th e l'o ll,(nlclioll of Ihe br;d_ upon the

cll~tO lll rH '

,t e r rlli; Rnd oonu ltioDB,

ex.oopt

tin t Jl () p art of t h e ir r e munere.tion sha.ll
b o paJ cl t Q th em u nt Il the bridge. have
lJ;,,01l co'n "l, [.00 nnd pT oved-to the satish f'fltl tl of [a.n 11Idepe uo p n t e ngmeer to be
s" l ec v~ d h :r th e corporation - to withsto.nd
the

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Gold
wero puttointo
the box.
moneynndWill8il.,er
bo dovoted
& fund
lor The
the
r ostoration of the ohurch, In addition to tho

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THE ALARM.
THE
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VICAR'S

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BRAVERY.

about half-pa!Jt two when! the

fire I m"m,orial.

di,coverod Dr. Halljday, of Eaotbourne' l
UI staying at \Vllrgrav e Court, which 18
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{)cc uplcd for throe m,ontbs by MUla

Deak~n. ,

arouacd by what. ho t hoyght to be ram. I
H o got Ull to .. hut the wmdo w a nd found do, troyod
that the Hou nd hc hoard W8.8 the craci.cwg of 1oo,u ,no., "~p'TI.tiI)O:
the wood of th o fabri C of tho church, from
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whIch fia.m os were :.s~ uin g MUlS Deakin was i
aroused , a. nd tc lc rhone mcasn.ge were sont ,
to· be
, lor tho fICO bngadea.
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to Hcnr-''::~C:O'''''-"
Th. vicar (tne Rev B S Batt)) and the but all the m."80nry
Rey .. H p" Ha.lo, of Quee~81a.nd, r 'Yho ~vnB " v.erv severely tried by
ASI!18tmg _a.t the church during WbJbmnbde . ! fire, and Will n eed the most
w,e ro prom), Uy on t;J1 e sccno. TlJe Vlcar, don· , before it can be con sidered
nm~. a 8!lOotmg J ao~et, col}ec~ all the ' ~u lar1y ~nolllfh &6 if for nn
MmmlaX or ~a..tent tiro' extmgu,.s~erB tha.t l over the arab ~t the
be co~ ld find In tho nolgh)Jou rh01'" to ex· , alld ovor tho east . d
tlnguleh tho flamos" Flam~ were leapmg ]
Win ow
W&8

around the safe. underneoth whioh iB t.h.
I'N,ting chamb or. Tho. vicar tri.d to open
the BaJe bu t he cou ld not do 110" Then the

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fl oor. whIch was grad ually being consumed I
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b y tho nam .., gav e way, and he had to bc ..t
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n has ty retreat from hi. perilous ' POSItIon ! t'
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nnd abandon ~ ea.fe Although wa.Wr W8JI
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t.hrown on the ~fe, in order to cool It, aqd 1 1Th R
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th eroby preser.ve the docume nts the heat wa!
0 e v.
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80 m tense that the ufe was ge'tting roo bot. I Jlns recoJVthed JIloetMagee :"f·· ~:yn:),,",).hy

'IF WOMEN HAD

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and returned ' onl the 4tl" ;...- ' and it had been

Rtmm.

At Il bl)ul lh rre o 'clock on Whit:Monds1

Although

he

", u"s 6u frermg from S-c\ e re bruures no bones
IJ rokc lI, a nd h e ,\ (if:! not d etained.

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.nglno. through tJ!e vI\Jage. and

the

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un, 1know well .when I w~ a boy at Etan,

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Th. Triumph 4· h .p_
Motor mak e. an ideal
sideca r mount ..
avadabJe,

and

plenty,
fitted

with the Sturmey Arch er 3-Speed Gear,
any hill can be taken
successfully, smoothly
a nd quickly; DO need
to rush t o get over the
to ~. and on the fla.t B
r a re turn of speed can
bo en joyed.
Such I.l macLhe 18 8 cl eli~btio
bot.b drl\ er and J)aaeenger.
OATA LO GUE FREIC.

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brought ovor the ql) uroh.
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. tream, of water I Y eoterday tl,e diooooan arohitAlct vi.ited I
from various pomta.i WarftrBve to cqnsider ~ the ,. adviaability of
.ttaoked the centre .hormg up the ,walle 'with the view to en·
~f the ohurch, and the l""o.rgrA.ve and Hon. / eurinll .tI?eir safety, and~ with ~o im!"P08e of
loy Brig.de, attempted to .. ve the tower. """"rt&mlDg whether they could be pre·
be
Tbrce
wero playiniZ;_on the firo
Wokingh.m Fll'e Bngade

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-the beam, aud fallmg were rmash~ to"Pleoell"
Only the fAco of tho clock r~malJlS In the

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SUFFRAGmE THREATS
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recei ... ed &
On -the
t ower. Th<> clock h.a billy recently .been l~rl!'C number ·of scur,iloul J lettenl ~ from festival
r cnovo. ted, and when the fi re WM.at its ' !~p.thi5eri 'with -the" eu.fJ'rajlet:it:.e'" ca~ee. Ono
I.eight the hondo drorr.0d down , to. 5.25. ~or: I lbt~~_ .tated .that the .. next fl1urch to . 00 on. J ,!ne
Vicar of WaTgr&Ve

l unatcly the re w"" hit • wllld blowlDl!:. o\b8r·" do:.ot.roycd would ho St. M!:iY ' ~ in' the. BI,tt., [ OhlJI1<La rO'''''~:':I.:ii:,,''~~f!S:,~·
wiAe tho tAsk of the firemen \vould have ReadiJig Mr. ' Batty ..haa ,forwa.rded true, let
Dger
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Lf' on ove n more arduous TheTo is no doubt ) te'r to Captain Henctereon.
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& 'Bea8ide !'Jamp
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• hnt th e fnlling ,in of the roof savod th. , -On the other hand. I hundred.·bf lotion
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" n il s of tb(J church, for It ..nowoo. tho Sa.moll ' &eon I"OOeivea; exp'reeeing 8:JOlpathy
to 03C~pC, and. th e re foro, prevonted tho walls the vicar anp people of Wargrave i.p
[rolll hemp; bu cklod " Evontua.lly the -1ir~. destruction of th~ir church.
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with Fr~hwa.t.er, . lale 1:)f

th0lyoung
, womtn)'.'a.nd in"
Â¥r:
will .
S~ppa~rd

mell Kot tho fire under control, and by their ,
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Cuddeodon on Bund.." and will
well,direct.d .ffort. su cceeded in Il&ving the l
SUNDAY SER~ICES.
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the pari<lh ... week ' l.t'
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tower. Th. beam which held the belLi
W,itJ\ re~ard to
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Tema.in6, and it IS' bc hev~ that the fo~r mentioned that
Mlld p~l'8 ot the tower did muoh to re8LSt gelebrated in '
the fire. All th. church furniture w.. oom· o'clock ""d th,>re .,.i11
plet<>\y do"uoyed. Tho property . included:
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outaide
KI:~:~~~~~~~~~1
R eredos, a memoriaJ to · the late Mr. I War~rav e and '-he_:p~')tr1' pt, !,'!1 b
B ond,
whioh : ';/as tdodioated
E'Â¥enin(!"
prayer
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by
th.e .rchdo.con.
.. . in Novomberj olylf
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Th. org.n, a very fino. instrument.
BHIGADE AGAIN
The old J aooh •• n pulPlt.
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A very nne- roof of tho King and Queen
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of &rOhlteat;ure.
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. The bells, bolongl.llK to the 8ovonteohth
cent.ury.
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Very fine altar frontals.
A pew occupied by Mr. Nicholl,
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Ve ry fme ollk panelling, given -It.at. year
by ',M r N lcholl in memory of b18 8On . •
Several
tablets
were
conaid~rably
damaged.

'l'h ..t the church w"'\ eet on fir"
gette& is app&rent from the d~IOO'v,'rv "
hammer ' and ' 8ev,eral Poaooards
found underneath the 1window
81de of the churoh
When the fire
the organ
i n~ tow '

found.

made
that

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and cominJC'.

Re-examined : ' IHor huaband knew she :Wall
I «oing
to tho <\""'" .t C.mbedey and iave

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pendin:g.
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to t)1<>.. Beooh thai it w. o hardIlY for them to pre)udR'e or pre-hea.r tho oaSo
if CIVOI'CD
pro(lccdinga wor~ p.onding"
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Tb o case w • • ,then adjournod to • data to
be su~~ently.1 fixed: ~. Clifro? ~tat;nff~
that hlS oll<jnt
gOlnl! Into hospital for ..:
operation irl a low ~aY8.
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whioh wa.s burnmg furJou!!lly . The heat be- ! E.ervod
PlIort of the' new' ohurbh .or whether
gan to' melt th~ be lls III the blazing intorJor l j~ would bo n ooe&8&ry to d~mol fah them.. . .

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The lltehOil of dx{ord CD~ , Gore) visited
rUlDS o n Wedneeda.y, and lex~ ba e~~~~"~j'}:~~~~~~
abo ut 100 yards £rom tho churoh. and I horror of tho deatruohon of t ho l)eautiful p

of the 'tower. Gradually they were burnt Olf

by hl ~ Side both

got to CamOOrloy .bout 10.30 p ,m. Sha '
nol miocon<\uet h • ....,IL that ni"h. witb
men-or one. There Wa.3 a child bam
her m.niiage, of which her Ji~,band
not the f.tller. He bad forgivon that . .

her the monoy to go,
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hose had
churchyard wall.
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was at · the .p icture palaco .t
On · t.'" o,·enin" of April 16th
com pany of another man in a
On March 18th .b. wont t~ tho
Drill Hall wJth & party m ft
o~e ?f th~ ' ID?n driving j and

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riv e r

"then ;in the 9OC~tV of a man £01' a
time in A. skle road, On Apnl
b er hUtiband w-a.s away on hi.

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of I.h o dnmago . T hc 'WoklOgham Fire Bri- ' Yl'ars advocAtod t heir enfrancQl~el)t. IUoh+
gade, wh o received t ho call la.te. B.rrived in I ~!1trage.e o.~? unBpoakably huryuhating 8!..ld
oomma.nd of tho Ma rq1ll8 of Dow~shlre 'a~
trcealn!r.
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VISIT OF THE BISHOP
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mgham ongmes got a. p lentlful aupply of
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won
eXCitement.
rose, nnd.
hastily
8lmply plaYing
the
all who
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in
g , tod
rushod
to the chaurch
It wall
only dreaeJ
when ) ~poeed
to t~ c mto
enfranchteement!
f of
wom~.Il'"
do.wn broke that thl':)' r onlis.ed the full extent "1;0 pecl"IOns hke mY.fe lf. ·who ~l"vo for many

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Cap- ~ . Thoro U3 very
hrst, u Qn a.t the bur.nmg of'1~,i~:h-b·~-~;h.;";{
The tho ch~roh68 In tho ' JJ
S the)
OY4 I1yrecaGb<?JlIJ
are
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recmpt of the on1l- 35 • .m,-with their ! to. tho church cam. from an outolde d18'
sllm,mer, By that ume the roof of tho , tnct.
If tho womeh of Wargra.ve had
c hurch W AS abla7.c an.d dlr opping in" Indeed '. c~u.l(ht them they would have 1bOOn - tbrn to
t,\-w church was a fi re from end to end, t.h~' IP!ecos.,H I. .
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f'l 1l1l108 haVing 81?r ca.d with incrodible
rapid- ) The Ix>hoo ha.ve dJl~"covered ~r~ bomb3 10
l ly
Fork s of Ham es shot uri to Q. conelder- I tho. church. all of y.rruch had Enplod~.
Tho
rtble h eight . and, m the wordg of B. sPectator, police aro undcrs~ to be foJlowmg up a
tho tntcrior of the churoh wa.s like a raging c'uo:
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fUI naoo. It wa8 apparent t hat t-be church \Blahop Welldon, Dean of ManchCftter
W fl.!! doomed.
Vllln.ge~ aoo visitors, awakon- l pn Tuesda.y: "Suoh an outra~l&6
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od from th(ur elumoof8, by t he rattle of the I~Jt of Wargrave Church. whn: ",I
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under
man ual: aTrJv&d
early sta.ges.
under
Capta.inof
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•J a IlJl' H \\'(1 dB. ]f) y<car6 of age, was cycliDg'
(11.1\\ 11 B rill w:cli: Hill whe n h e lost 000- ;t l'o l ' o f his tll\.c!ll n c t hro ugh t h e brake
bloC'k o eCO Ul Ill d l ~ !lIacc d.. floe ran tnto •
wall and I r OIl 'CIICC , and Wl\B rendered
ull co ll sciou s. Se c allL Sc otch cr obtained
th e am bu lance a lld co nv cy oo hi m to t.he

HO.I a l Berl,s h iro E o-pI ta !.

~rra!lll"4 !.h~t. ~, ~.ould 11'0 to her ,mQthjr'!
. ~~~l>. ~~a at 1!rlmpton·.' du~l!,gAhe ' ~im.e,- :..on the Eng'
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' sh. returned (rom Readmit · by (,h. ·- train
' """ching W ollingiton College at 6.15. and Irol
into a IU()tor-oarl driven bv one of tho men
who was .tayinil at h~r, .house all tho Sun·
<jt\y _afternoon. ~be .got home about 8.45 th&t
, ni!!'f\t, and WIl8 In bed at 10: She remem.
, ,be.re<J Mr J ame! J ohn8, ",Iso enga.gOO at th&
MylulD, seeing her one clay in "April, but she

BI·jgade

wnOOr fro m th e Thamo~ fl owing by Wargravo

mCYCLI<: lW.\'f\ AWAY WITH

! to Overton' for the day to viait hi8 si\\t:et-,

Tho paT'sh reg·.ter WI\6 fortunately safe; w:r!.>t oJ
e oountry,
tho bindlnll'S were curled up by tho intense ' ow ~or~1 readmg:
he nt, but the entn08 wor.e not damaged.
I Itdh Y~!l JD ho~rlble
']'~ Wa.rgra\'c Firo
lam Pocock, With Loolr
8.nd l.ackl&l the firo in
lIeoley arrived
Flt·o Brlga.de,
mOlJr,
withm

reepect of har oondue~ except the inci«ent

01 May 3rd. . When they hll<l been m.oried
&DoU' th~ montils her hu.b.nd cGmplaiDed
of hor II'Olng to diincllII
often, He ueiJaU:v
lert for. hi ... wprk: a t 6.30 a. m •• and r etllrned
about S',p"': m. 0" May 2nd .<lof""dant wont

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Her huob.nd h&<\, nothinpJ to oomplain, of