Berkshire Chronicle Reading 08-1914

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e Ylllages' l ls f •• llng the
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Rd dln ,o" position ~~ an Imp
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fl lorialS have tie.,"
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call at any moment.
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food
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Ca ptaln , Lesll. WII.or, M.P .,
appeal.d
Ito R eaqi ng p 30 pl e to jAhow eou~aDe . in the
black hours whic~ must inevitably be beforo
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Arnol'g."1the largest distributors of comthe grocers and provision
and a hurnedly .' convene<l
th6 R eading ~
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held. this ,( esd"'h)
Hall , to <1IS .uso t e qU " ","UU .l:

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R eading on Tu.,;,und erstand, of
for '- the ~
CMe ~f .an emergency.

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Thl-e h€ nutqu~rter8
Rcglmon fi, at
Butt-8, R ..:adw g, Yeo
h e.v lquartc rs of the
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the occu pnnt8 to be I'llnrly
the statim1 as Boon as nOSSI. IJIO'.
ono ~ee mc.d to be Dow(\k~,'~
in! to our r epresentative,'
h l>ll.l'd the mo tor -car. t. " he ~~I~~lion
u11ou t ! a. quarter '[>t'Hst fiv e,

.R r.Dfi<ling about 6.30.
Tbey
9 o'clock.
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Th e coffee, Horlick'.
0f'lte r refreshment.
rY M:.C·4 t e n t wo rkers) at
ly a.D~ re c i uted .

Ou ts i<le t he Drill Hall
m rning! n. 1arge, n umVer of ,
th e majority of t hem in
a isc mble d to (\sce ~ tain
would b e, nntl as the 'movllin,1t
cl!owd a ssumed larg e
lAt t h e entrance t h e l'O'LIOWI ~!I:

!,os lcd:Ho<v.lq unrtor
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hospa"'l
of injuri es

stones were "''''''.'''"""u

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tho mobilizatioh of .•-.~ _r ," '" j.f." I' ~~:"'~J 8 1,'1
Speci~l IRe se~ve and
the county of Berk~
d3ybrcak to-mor row :~~j;~~i;~~ I.

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She I added -thai tho I '
were nev or

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, Nellie Breoks aloe, corr I"m,ied.
Edward Brook.., I hu.oand of

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days cherry

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Dr. Gandy ,attended .
to tho hospital ·the next

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H" told her

h e Rsd just hung up the cherry bMket And
stepped back 19 get on I.$> Ithe l.dder.

pro- Brooks. d.ho Kave ovidenOO.

lil·<>t·ne,rn<.ou meet- · The chairman said the Benoh hod
and grMt drILl oCattention : to l· the CJl.5O.
pte appwoo th .. t it wa. "six Of one and '
c¥':8 d0200 of ' the other." J'They would.
tH"U' 'lore,
bind both l?arties oVf'r in the
.£10 10 - keep tho !l.ace .. nd · be
tho . 'behaviour for 12 ' months, leach side
R. ,110 . p"';r .i"" own coots.
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Harry Carter, R08e Cottage, Checke ndOD. '" labourer, said on J;"Il{ 15th he wo.
workinli with the deceasefll![ They were
pieking'1 fruit fro.:J ladder,s. The ,ltulder.• '
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.,,,re quite high enou!\,h ,for the '; work.
were told to.J.<.eell ~D (peir I+ id?rs and
to .ten off on -/.0.' :t he branch..,. He
SATURDAY.- Bofore F. .' Parfitt Esq. enw th" dC<leaSed o~ i.hJo ladder '-and od
;n;t ;.t; .... I . (iD tbe ohair) and G. R. J""1<,,on, Esq.
the branoh picking cherri"". He 'heard ' l .
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AFTER IMAGINARY OBJECTS,ground. The f~1l wail I. aboot 2lI '
John Cobbett, of DO . Jlx\.i ..
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Witness ran to hi"" and turned him
on to hi8 back. ~he ' dec.aBed comto ;.... y it W,_.!. true th..! he
Bt. M.r~'. Butt., Rea<ling,
about his' book 'and. hi. neck. Dr,

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'Laura , Brooks, daull'hter of tho I... t wit- "eiillp,foJ'ed

ness, oorrobora.ted.
Goddard.' and the

fJ che rry

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to Bay t.hat w itncea got Mrs.
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on to ·th.· grpund: they Rot her down .
the af· : DeBe 'was told Itha-t Mre. Grdard wo.e 8wear·

ILl!,~:p<ltIb' o.\f~" . ~gipa'7 objooto.

Ihe "luoky t icket" bi-

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w en t mto cnmp 011
low, ''''-era r ccnllt;d t o
h o Irs of MO llday mOTn in g,
a lm otor-cnr fl'om L ondo n d
caInJ), The o ffi cio l d
lu1d -tho orde rl y sorg.cn nt
' 'l~'l e serg e:tnts VI&itcd each

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Key : AU the ' men were gIven ,
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