Reading Observer. July, 1914.

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PUNT
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~Dt.. aDd he tated the tour 'pol_ beroA tbe punts
.t.arted. The bre&k in one 01 t.M pole. wu about

TWO LtVES_ LO~T :-AT
PANG~UIu.l:E'. . _
:WEEDS IN
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T-H-~-Rl-VER: ' JURY'S

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four feet. from. t he top.
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TbO'o Corcmer 0 .... 10U make ~:r aUI'a-tloD . .
to ~ breakia,' of Ithe pole ?-Wttneu. There :.
..I...,.. a dana-o, 1D ldouble .puaLIDr-- If Obe pole
gete ,tuek .ad the 1i000or of the other pol.
on pU.lOr, .. great .stram II pat' o.the pole tbOl~
11 aiuck. The pole ma.,. .180 ,et UOOeT tb. punt a
little, aDd Lllat would break a.a,. pol.. There waa
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OUT

A HO.PE.LEa8 ' TASK:
atated tltlot b. ,....

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• t 7.00. The
The breaimg of -.. puut. pol• •i.i tbe IDltial c&uae
there weTe no &liM;
ArtifiCial relptratloll
t he lou or t wo hTU at Pancbourne OD Saturday
and t,b6 bodl81 were
and aceord lDr , to ~e evideD~ of e1"'-r,tof the tTq'edy t.be
Rate ef t b Tbtnra
the work of re.cU4 addll.lo!ll&1ly ddlicult The 1.'_'.'''"
rict,ml of the fatality wue Mw Dora Ja.m.e., ag~ lS, or m::leJ Vicarali: ~
Yorkalllftl, and
uDder wat::~:rero!"
Mr Thorn... Pnce LintJI, *IfId 25. a IOhdtor.
The JCoroner remark«l tb.&L
of B lchmOnd, SUJ'!"6Y.
eye th
h
bl
Id
o-e....!)CU
TheT ,..ere membe1'5 of a ."..rt,. who hired ·i;;,~:;;~-: I dou'b~.. 'r' ..
H..
..... b .d' c~_n
"""" "".ubl. 'to·
from Mr_ Cb.idsey at I Pan,bourne On ~
... ould ban been ab le to get to tbe
Clonung, and apent lbe Iwhole
day
mlln soone r and might po8Ilbly h .... e
nYer
It. .. ~ about. 7 1p 111. ,
both of them
'lhe afl.llu· lI(!emw t o
bMn &
of tho part.y. mcludn,c thep ure acc.ide nt
"
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,en.tloman, were rotu rDlng to their
The JU Q returned & 'rerdlct. of .. ACeident.&Jly
aad were ",tlilln a .tone'. throw of~
drowned, " and upreued t heir 1)" lnpa.t.by ..nth t.he
t.he la eeldeat ha~Qed. MlaJI Jame. and bel'fil.l'ed relat lvOi
Th~ .1'0 commended Mr
w",;e both PUlltJ 0i. t be other ocx:upa.n to L.a,a.rd fo r hll lIoble . cLlon.
punt ~ lDg .Mrs. B a naon. of Bull
Surl.
'l'be Coroner conc urred III the JUry I remark&.
tbe J:le I~hieb VI!I Jamea w6 Ullpl snapped,
SCANDA. L " OF THE WEEDS.
abe oat her balance .
In endea.'90unp,i to
The Ru W . F . JamN wed t he JU~ to add to
her.e.U &be eaug ht hold of Mr. bll~' leI. their 'ferdlet. .. ndc r as to t.be weedt In the "Yet'.
",It h the re.u lt. Lbs.t. both lady and ,entleman fen B e 6>&ld t bat "tbe1 ougbt to Uie tbl3 t.racedy to preInto the water. .They sank nnmedta.tel, and lin. vent future aCCident.. 111M
C...... '.rd nl'lnple .ho
HaneoD was un.ble t.o render tbem an1 . ssman ee,
-.. Y -h.vmc 0017 • paddle ... hlCh trU too &bort. t.o rea.ch mlgbt. be In dlfftcult.IM . AltbouCb the "Wienee
tUm
1
Wall 1)0t;. ~DC lwl't'C!, hIS abiorut. con'nctlon ....
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that. h ll NJlLer w .. drowned entiTely t brough the
RESCUER.
DROWNED
weeds,
When t he Thames ConserYatom bad power
BUTJh L.ya.rd, ~vc'r tbe f '''<lr: aDd obJocted to pnyate cuttin;- of
on tbo "erandah tbe Wet~:h, t.her ought. to be compelled bj the force'\II'blCli f~ea t.be or p&tbhc OpllftiOn to cloaf t.he weeda at rt&tM li qUlckl, d lyut1lli' te fl" !', so that It .hould. be Imposaible ror 'a ·P.6rtOn.
Be could aee){r .... ho 'll'U not a S'\II'lmmer t o be dnc,ed down. lato
of the water, a d eat h t rap.
to bring hun to . A Ju ro r remal'ked that. he W"t'Ote to ' the Thamea
Immo ....blo.. a.nd CO~'T ...Lot's on the aubJe<lL laat. yut, bu~ bot.hlbg
Ope-I. tba~ had
dODO.
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h ~ r·
wu on tbe Readml RqatLa
that the weeda wen

bod,.

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A Juro r
t ime.
Another Juror Bome yean 'Il80 one of t he strong"
elt nrtmmen on t he Thames D...T hore '\II'U drowned
.limply because be could DO~ ge~ ..way fro m lhe

w..do

The lUry thea. pa.ed tJ:1:e rider ..t out
and the Coroner undertooi to forward It to

Tb.JJ:lea IC oOIf!rvaoc1

POUlf LUX--"'-'

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LAYARD

C~&lMENDED,

D~RIBE

THE -WEEDS AS A
SCANDAL. - I
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KILLED BY

A 'TAXI.

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DRIVER EXONERATED\
INQUEST. ,

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from far a.JJd.

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lIeld by" Mr. R. S P, .rne
Mon,. fOr many
the J\U'7 oommeb<led Yr, L&1w!or
efforta to J'MCua t.he dro,rni.D.g- man and
The,. &1ao i.dded 'the topo..lul 1'Ko&'T to
of "AoddeDt.al death II _ ,
reaard ~f OOD1'lCUon that
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'of tbe Th.mea CODaena1ft thl. l'OltCh of the nyer
do""u.' A.t pf'elCnt they
DECREASED ENTRIES
public ~ a.. .c~Ddlll t.o the

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'{'be rUDer,l &rn.aiement.... tar t.he late 1I* Dora
JamM were av1'ied through by Heun. BHLu, Ltd1l
of Rca.dtDg , the f'ell*flII heini t&lten by ~otor
t:ra.Df!PC'I't. h61l"M on 1I0OOa,. eieDinc
quest. to Shipley ,
the ltrt.ument
on TuOlldt.t
the

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