T H E T I M E S , F R I D A Y , J U L Y 3 0 . 1 f) I r>. >Y T i


Died of Wounds. * K * * * * * » g ]


IRNER. * E N I N G


EN. "


>1 iimi and (dear. Tli,. in wall liianvii •■(.inldrii i\Uo


ii' nr nuKinn. l„i,.k all sn a« |„


miM\ ;\s "I'fiwtli all and i-apid'of


!. >iii'iiM lir all’ouvd !l.


■ Ilu- is ,urn\\-n for it.^ I.'l iillnwod to hlo^m, !l> r o h .u y . T lu ‘ l i i l i , . ol' very d\v;(i-f


.1 '^jolcos (hf .ui;i(lioli


I t - illlli tios hcloi’t' tiu.y .lunt l . iiiul S(M‘ titai. Iho’v w .iirr ill t lu' i-oot at iiiiv


.iitU'ii to hl(joii;i a^'aln ia


l i ’> iniiM l)f wall supplirii “ it niil phints. wiiii litjuid wi'II iis Ihmiio-


r«l n\{TiuMd. in Order i«k ad';- yidwi h, and it tiio


I imoil: '•Im'oIs an* p Iiu-IkmI 1 a-ual l \ 5>n?;ik out ;md I'lf't'iiily. iMany of tlie


-Oiled kiinls. as well as |[<'


Ideoni almost con-


Imoiyli iln* suininer and even linjo’nve as tlie


t'liddinp- llu* plants. Now I Ills work, and it should any longer,


l^omeinla*!' I 111* (inesl ld(»ssoms ar<*


Jiiddiiiy llio ]dants wliore | in and hloom.


|M ) VIOLX^ . •jned t ini(. to insert, the


| i i ' ie' and vi<ilas—in fact, el! it: u'oi in at any tinn* n1 nooi lh or so. 3)o not.


I-Mdiiu' slinols that liav(' .• now ill Idooni. d'ln* ( UUin'is are tin* small


1 he foil nd at t In* hjiso of lad that have not yet


|e only .iust showing hvids. |1 ■nyi'h of aliotit L^n., will root if insertod iu sandy


111 r(*i;id.iily mois t :ind. lie 1 igi'.t kind of shoot-s are d. pul a few of the plants


|h 1 he aid of a Httlo water pu-h up plenty of good


l \ I't )TS.


•, for ff)i-eiiiy as they be- »'ed should h(* separa(o<l -ejialilt0 them, stand tlieni. 'ovii” for a week or two, ■e I hem into 1 ho fruiting


I ! uiiners ouglit lo !>e fit g hy tile })iesent time, ;ind i-iideii to at ^mce, using-


| imy 'oil . made finite firtn. |m l ' i ( ‘]d iiml Fireside.")


\my\jsGTON. —♦ ♦ ♦—


-<>n SiOiirdiiy ovcniijo*.


Ih'ohejis. a populai* ovan- I'oiure f>n ' ‘d'ho risks and lyoiith.* Tliore was a liiflance presided over by are. On Stindny. Sister i'te<l ’he service.s at- tlie |i|'i*| and eolh*etlon,s W


111 of the Trust TTmds. WORKERS NOT TO


ENLIST. ------


of the jlo.jrd of -\gri-


erie- desires to draw the to the foIl<jwing


liat ha\ i‘ he(*n madt* Ity tin; I' l'arl nienls eoiicerned to |i ing dearth <»f agrienllural


hav* heeij issued to


I < 'ominaiidiug jii Chief {ind (manding l)islri<-t tiiat :— ' no one over reei'uitalde uoriong farm haililT of


|d carter, horseman, and in tin* e;ise of a large heafi stoeK'inan or yard- and necessary milkers


I'lii'-n. or men not of r<*- a t'<


■ ! r;i itied I o t;;ke their neans can hi* provided to


ouM nol l)o indneed t'» e>i* •at engine-drivei*s. hlaeU-


I tiers slionhl he left. as far i*\'ery (list i-iet.


■O': have heen given to |nol to I'.aise tpu'slions IM g old-age p(*n.sioners in |npoi-;oy increase of nn*ans


■ oin*r*s re-eniployinent on [age ofTahoiir arising mil ■ war. provided that there^ I desiia* to pay. on aeeoiint •ss than the proper rales


|. ho d(*sii‘e lo work in the ai(‘ offered employiiieut


lie graidecl a period of , 1 hat purpose.


••a t e o r l .AECE-COBrOHAl . AV IJEA'NETT .


Tlien, is ;i .strong- probability tliat,


l,ain;o-Corporal W'altoi- Dennot t , ot tho lyllli I'iast Lanca.sliire Hogimont, died


of wmimn on hospital sliip, I’j-ivato' AA . I’arkor, of Uu.ssidL-.sirc.’ot,


who ai-rivod boino on Alonday ovoniug, i.s iJio iiil'oi niani and .statos i liat lie wont lo si'o Dounet t on la.iard thu, ship. Ho was badly wonndod and in oonsidorable liain. and (lion doolarod lie was •■fiiiished." I’arkor ondcavoiired to bring- his oonifianion to a nioro, liopolAil fraiiio of mind liy tolling- him ho was hound I'or England. 'I'lio following- ilay niiotlu-r Clilhoroo


man, Trivalo A. A'ork, of AVilkiii, (old I’rivato I’arkor Doniiott. was doad and on prooooding- to tho ward whoro Donnolt was. I ho lai I or found (in.- hod oniply. anil as it romainod unnoonjiiod h|.. sm-jiii.sod l.am-od'orpoi’al Hoiinctt was doad, though ho mad(, no ompiirio.s and noilluM- .saw nor hoard aiird'hing- fart her. I,anro-(-'oi-]ini-al Doimott. was 27 yoars


of ago. and at tho ondiroak of the war was a woavor at (ho I’orong-h Alanu- fao(nriiig- Coiiifiany’s shod. At one linm ho was ompbiyod at the liilluird Hall. Ilo was well known at. Ear-row, I'ormorly rosiding- (horo and working- a(; iho I’l iniworks. Mrudi sympathy is I'olt. with, his wife, who is loft, with a.


ohild. r,aiu-o-t.'oi-poral Doniiott- wrote on


•Inly 2ii'l, and was woundod pridiably ahoiit (ho .Sill.


l ie wrote:— " I am


ipiito all right yot. ami 1 hoiio to keep so. Wo have liooii in the troncdios ncin-ly iw.i-, months now. and f am getting- weary of this war.


lated lio-\v tlic iiccideui .happened-.-After-. wards ho, went under an operation, from, wl i ich he never recovered. The parents an' ived to find him al ive, but he died a few .honrs hilor, early on Friday morn­ ing'. I t apxiea..r.s that tho cau.yi of tho accident was (hat. the liorsos attached t-o the g'uu carriage boi led, and the olticcr in chnrgo called for the men to .lump oH', which they did, getting' clear of the horses. 'I.Tie carriage, however, skidded and passed over deci.'ased’.s body, and so severelv cni.shed his stomach (hat all ho]M! had to he aliandiined. Hrivm- AYhitlaker was a. very brighit and inlol l igent young man.


l ie was


employed, bcfiire. ciilisl ing, in the iifliee of .Aressrs. I . Stnttard and Son.s’ A'ietoriii Spinning' Allll. He wa.s be­ tween 1!) ami 20 years of age. and close­ ly ntlachi'd to' tlie Hajiiist Sundny Sehool and Chapel ivhere the fiiuei-.d look pbu'i‘ nil \ \ ednesday.


Tw ic e Wounded. — ♦ ♦ ♦—


( 'LIT 11 I'iRl.1 E T E U 1MTOUiAI .S I.'OAIJ'; HOAIE.


'LTiere airivcil home on .Monday even­


ing I’l'ivnte AYilliam I’arker, of AVhalloy I'ond. a member i.'f (Im, Hh Ea.st Lanca­ shire Heg-im.ent, who has been tAvie,i wounded at (lie Dardanelles. Un the lirsi occasimi he w;i.- hit in the head by a bullet, but making a quick recovery at. Immnos he, was again jmt. into the firing line and aflera. f intnighf's further service was hit, in (lie chest, again not very .seriously. Thi.s was a,s reeeut ly as .Inly fith. He was at once, transferred li.t the hos])ilal ship "Dongola,” by which he came lo I'iiig'himl.


(.In this boat also was Laia-e-C'orporal AValtcr It ’s awful to ,soo DiMinctt, Hall-slrcet , who I’riv.ale Parker


your mates getting- howled over, .some woivndod, some kilh'd. It. will ho a sad Olitboroo. wbon tlioy g-ot to know all. [ ho])o, with the holji of (iod to inill .safoly tbrong-h.” Tbo loltr'i- ooniiiiuos in .similnr .strains. La.iioo-Corporal J)on- mdf: I'xprossing- bis Indiof (bat. it would not 1h‘ long- Iioforo !k‘ saw his rolativo.s ag'aiii.


Happenings at Gallipoli _— —


(•U.TMEl;(.M-; ••'J'KHKIEU'S" l.NTKIM'iSTr.Nti I/ItTTEH.


Writing- on duly r i l h to n. friend, (.'.irporal “ Hick ” Ormorod, of the


■ We are doing- excollenr. work o\it Itore. A'mi will Inivo heard of file work wo did on iho dth .Inno'. I t wa.s .a sig-ht, I can toll you, and wo .sliall never forgot, it. There was a, long- linmhni'dmont bofoi'o Iho oluirgo. A'on shmild have, .soon onr hoys—I'vory one oag-i'r to g-ot. at the I'urks. Anyhody wlio oonios bh:roug-ti this lot deserves I lu> A'.C. for wo are niulor lire all tho (iim>. Wo have boon liori'niiti' woi'ks without a ro.st. There i.s M


t'litheroe Territoritils with, the Afecli- loia-aneim Expedi t ionary iTorco', .says: ■


O such thing- as going- back two or ihroo miles to havi* a rest for one ]ihn-o


is as hot as allot her. You would l)(> surprised if you couhl


-<•0 our lads in tho ti-oiielios imiking ail 'orl.s of cakes mil of (ho flour di.shod out lo ihom, for they liavo. gait u.sod to liaking- hy I his. “AVo are having- n big- bombardmoiil (lay.


I I I


i'C])Oi'(s died of wounds during the voyage, ami! I’rivate -Alw AAirk, o f \Yi lkia-s| reel . (.’litheroe. wiio wa.s


siilVeriiig' from a won ml in the a nn and was joit otv at -Malta. .A am her ITltheroe young- mail on lioard, was Private Hugh l.am-a.sfer, of Ualker-streot .


lie. came on l ie wa.s


wounded under the eye on . l ime -Ith, hut the wound c|iiiekly heal ing he wa.s sent hack to the, frontl and "'a.s hi t iu I he left arm (he first day.


lo Kiig-laml and is ia a Alanehostor hospita 1. Pi'ivaie I’arker told our lefiresenla-


tive. he look part in the, advance on . lunc I th. but on taking (he first- trench, busied himsel f in f ixing np a. machine gun ho h.-.d eharge of. The. work was iiTrihle and the fc“ hrave. Th(, Turks wore al l big mon of s ix foot, or more, but wei-<‘ not so good wkhi the bayonet as nnr mon. and lost heavi ly. The l ight ing bus gone beyond wnr, he .say.s. .-Ml the (Hifheroe men were, healthy and i-l'.eerfiil wlin he left, and h," ha.s been able to i-enssiii'c sniiie relatives con- "erning- several of the l ial tal ioi i . He counts himsel f extremely fortunate, to got Iiaok to Kiiglaud ami said he could .-i-ar'-elv believe' ho had an'ivod.


REST” m GALLIPOLI ------- --------------


"Kl l i l .Vt i LI .M: i s Till''. SAFEST SPOT." .V looal Toi-i'iuiiial ill t.billi]Kjli gives


now. and I hero will ho nii ndvanco sliorlly.


It has iioon on several hours It is a .spoctaolo to look over


Iho li-imo.h as a shell ‘gets homo.] Wo


voo logs and arms ti.V into tile air, and ilioy la.'ong- lo ■•lolmny’ Turk, as we i-alf him. Tim .IT-endi iiiad<> an ndvaneo this mmi iing nnd took throe Ironohos and iho lott Hank did (ho sumo. I’uillots ai-<i Hying- round jirotty briskly now so I have to keep well uiidor i-ovor. Hill


(*r<^


if diiosn't matter what, you do when one of the ’Jaek- .)(din.sons'' eoinos nlong, in bniri'.ss you altogolhor. 1 .saw one ill. p wlioro (horo were live lnd.s_and i t blow one to ]iiooos withont tonoliing (ho i-O'l. Yon iK'V'.'r know when iu is go­ ing- III ho your last minute, lint wo have li- iiiaho Iho host of it. Wo have oa]i- Inrod ahont. 100 ]ii-isonoi-.s tod a y , np till 0-00 | i .m.”


Brave Sabdeu L^acl KlUiKl )


l.V AHHKHSl iOT


- » « ♦ ------- \ . \ At'CTDE.NT


. \T I’arlionlars are now to hand of I.ho


ai-oidinlal doalh of one of (im most in-; inisiiig, young- roornits from Snlidon.


lie mol w-itli a, fatal acoidoiit \s hilsl out prai-lisiiig- with tho guns of tho I’oyal I'U'lil .\r(illoi-y, last Wi'dnosilay night,


at iih'i-sliot, and alfhmigh ,his l i fe h.-is not boon lost on, Iho linllloliohl, iio is worlliy of every praise for his on- thnsiasm and dovolion tn duty. .Uiiyor •Vnmld Wliiltakor, of Sec. 2, 2,ith Hivisionnl .Vnimiinil ion Colnmn, stationed at, Aldershot, enlisted on the 2nd of .lannary t.iris year. Mo rvas t,ho •bird son of .Ali’and Airs. \V . Whit biker ol I’adiham rond, Sahdon. who i-oooi\'od news on Thnr.sdny hisl that ho, was ''.orionsly ill Ihrougl-, an ao.-’idont. Tile jiai-oiits at onoc, iindoi look the


.innnioy to J.ondon in. o n b “r to see what was the matter. 'I’hoy wm’o, however,


prooodod hy (ho olde.st son. All'. Harry Whittaker, yarn agent , of Afanche.sfoy, who arrived lo find Hrivor Wl i i t take r in a had .state, i liongh coiisoion.s. H e re­


siiine inl<'i'o,s(iiig inirticulars of the l ight i i ig on tho Peninsula. Me says :— . \( the lU'osont l ime \\ c are in a su-called "rest, cam]) , '’ but are ge t t ing shelled mairly all the time. J.t i.s a ghasMy sensation when one jus t inis.sos you, but


it, I.s heUer than i f it hits .vou, at least I should think .'-o, . Existence out


liei'o is li(|uid liell if thcie i.s anything doing. .-Iinl f'oarfully monotonous if ihore isn't, so between (be. two you can see l l i ings arc not very joyful , a.s IJiave no doubt y<ai will know.


. . AV e are


-now waiting' to go oH to an island for about a week lo .liave a re.st, a.s we have been worked so bard. I t is i-allier fortunate (hat I am in time, for it. This Hies out. liero arc terrible now. I


lu'lieve t here wi're jione when welandod, but of coin-.s(' (be deiul bo<1ies would bring (lieni. an<l lliei'o are a fearful lot of (hose. 'Till' smel l iu Mn' firing l ine is somi'Mines awful , a.s ,von can' t go out into (he ojii'ii to liring any dead in after a (•barge, so tbey liave lo l ie tbci'i'. 'I'lii.s morning an enemy aeroplane


Hew over onr l ines and dropped Jiapei-s ill Engl isb. Ereiich ami Iml iaii , t i'lling n... to surri'iider. as all onr food snpjilie.s wer<s cat <dV, and Miat wc were already beaten. Tbey weii' bolding their arm.s o]n'n lo receive ns. and we wei'o not to bo afraid as they would treat ns well.


It is a bit rich, isii (. i t? There is no doubt (hat (lie liriiig l ine


is the .sa.fi'sl si iot . jirovided yon keep voiir head down and no sli'eH bursts on t be ii;ira|)et nenryon. ( If enm-se-, it yon jait. yciii' li(';nl nj> you ai'(' a. et'i'inln candiilaie for a bit of lead. One of the worst ihing's are bombs, wliicli we Mirnw ai each o!her over the- trenc-hes; Ihi'y make a misiy mess ot thing'.s when lhe,\ burst, but b'.rtiniately tbey can only be insi'd wlieii wc are vi'ry near cacli oilier. SI ill. wo are never inncli moi e than lift V


vanls away.


DRUNKENNESS. -------« « « . -------


At III!' Horeugli I’oMee Coiii-i ycsusrdny


ineming, before .Md. \Vtd|)|(. mid Mr. W. t. Grime, Jlnry .Aim Smmders, of no fi.M'd ahodo. was liia'd 2/0 or 7 days imprisonment for lining drunk in AViiallo.v-road. I’.S. l'o|ic ja-nved.


German Brutality.


UEV. T. D EN T ’S EXJ’EIMENCES AT AIEAIe L.


l i l t fN'DLETU.N CHOIR SERMONS. On Si imlay, at Griiulletoii Partsli


Church, two .sermons were iireaehed hy the Rev. Thomas Dent , Chaplain to the lii'iti.sh residenl.s in Jjihan. When the (.lemmas laj ituivd tliis


liii.s-sian ])ort they arre.sted Air. Deni , wi th some other male ISritisli siilijects and sent them in a. small si earn launch sevonly mi les hy sea In the. .little Ger­ man. port i f ALerael, where tor five days they, were iiii])i'isom'd imder coinli(ion.s of shocking- ernel ly in company wi th a large luimber o f Ihissians and Letts. Th.Ci jilace of iutorninent, wa.s a eliemical faelory, and (he ]irisoners were.-crowded together in (he warelmnse wi th a. lingli hell]) of evil .'irn'lling manure at one end. There was nothing but the eouerete Moor b-r them to sleep on, ami a few maai i ie .saeks with which to cover


tlieni.selves at ni.ght. 'Tlie food sup])lied was lueatable, eonsist i i ig-most ly of a kind of .sou]i made of g'roa.sy water iu which Jlaated eiilies o f bacon fat wi th portions of rind, served in dirty ve.ssels. 'ITie bread, made of potatoes, was mmild.y. In five day.s of this Ireatmout Air. Dent lo,st a .stomi iu weight .


were Mien sent to one of tho large por- niauent iiitei'iiie.iit camps at Parchim. Tlio journey occupied nciirl.A' three days. The iirisfiiici's were horded togothbr in intensely hot weather in horse- boxes, f i f iy men in each..


(T im E E ) ■‘The day before wi' enme out of the


trenches, (he Germans heg-an Mii'owing bomhs over Iho treiiehes. A t that place tliey wore only twenty-five, yaixls a])art. You can .see them coming' and i f you,are alert you can g e t , into a. place of safely Ik'Ioio they explode.”


, ,, ,|


Wiswell Men’s Experiences ----


--VN CNFOil.TUNATE AVHIT TUESDAY.


Private \V. .SiiiiMi, c.f Chruicl .Eold,


W'i.swell, who was wounded on •) line IMi, wri t ing liome on 'Inly 10th i-e.ys:— ' ’I shall never forget AVhit-'L’iU'sd-.iy. I t


] simply xionred down with i:un. , Tlio 1 watei' was almost nxi lo -oiir waists in ! I he trendies and i t Avas awful. I tliouylit i many a t ime aliout, the di i ldren walking and Iheir ,"hnn :fe,ast.’’ I l niadq.one


' think about, old England an.I what wo I were doing last year lit-‘his time. Un


'L'hey


I Mio .sanio night Ave had to advance onr I tronche.s 100 yiirds aml dig- ourselves in —this was ill, Iho oiien. Bnl lols wer'j Hying round like rain -iinl we lost a fe-wmen. I consider wo were lucky not to he wiped out . I liave lieliied to Iniry several men and i t ’.s a sad job, pm; I don’t like, hut someone’s got to do it. .Vlf. Lawrence, of Ihu-row, and I iiuvi' "waeked” liigelher since rlie st.irt. Private Smith i-cifeis lo several other local lads he saw in hospil-.d iit .Malia.


U’ULIN'D.ED. -At Parc-liim,. the


iri'almeiif, thong-li unnecessarily severe, wa.s mild compared wi lh (hat at ALmui'I. Extreme hriitality, howi'ver. was shown to Russian ]irisoners. one. man, tor in­ stance, lieiiig eonliiied in a, dark cell for (w<'lvp days am! fed on hread and water. Mis ei'ime was that he had protest oil that


Mrs. Vales, of W'i.swell. --. lar lia.s four


l ieing a ch'rk lie was not jihysieally caiialdo of i indertakiiig .heavy manual labour in (he fields. When relea.sed from sol i lary eonfinenient this jmor fellow was raving mad. Air. Dent has seen Russian soldiers clublied to death by theii' German guards. I t wus jirob- aidy by the action o f the .Ynioiican .Andias.s'ador that Ai r Dent regained his liberty. H e i i'fnnu'd te England ahmit a month ago, and is still feel ing the


elVect.s of his hardships. In his two discourses he .sxioke most


most earnestly of the need for i>enilence, hut. expressed Mu; firm convict ion (hat though in (his war God is ])iiuisliiiig us for our iH'g'leet of Him, ye t l ie is with us since we arc; fighting- in a jus t cause. AAT may he punished, lint we shall not he de.sti'oyixl. TIio neglect uf God by (be German.s was far worse Mian any- I liiii.g we JiUA'c soeii among ourselvi's. AYe must make- our Avorship more of a reality, not only sl i igi i ig well witb our moutlis. but sing'iug and makiii.g melody in mir liearts. Too often we for.got' lo return tliaiiks. His own ]ii'cservat ion be attributed .solely to Mu; ])ra.yors olVori'd dai ly ITr liim in Grindle- (on'Chiireli and in' l l ie Cliurelies in the. AYosi. riidics wli'.'re be worked In lornier


years. Tile Choir gave excel lent rendeniig-.s


of (ho anthems ' ‘Thine, O Lord’' (Ivenlil and "The AYilderiiess " (Goss). In the latter Air. S. C'alverley was hoard lo ad- vanlag'e a.s a soloist : and the trio was well sung, ihe voices blciuliiig' dolig'lit- fully. There, were large citiigregalions and t ill' collect ions amounted to ovi'r ,C(1. I t is inteiesl i i ig to nolo that a. fornn'i' ineiimlii'iit of Griiidli'ton Iiore tho same name as llu' lireachi'r last 'Sundav, Mie Rev. Tlwinia.s Den t , a to n e t ime ' Header to the AYaddiiigicm Hospital .


Trench Humour.


CURl ’ORAL AV M ITES I H E ’S EXAAlPLl ' iS.


Coi'XKH'al E. A\-hiteside, son of Conn.


AV. AV. AVhiloside, of Chathurn-road, who is Avilh the- “ CuH's and Collar.s ’ on active, service in Franco, .send an inter- I'sliiig lel ler home from wliich avc are Xiermitied to take- extracts.


_ _ In a. recent Idle r he s a y s :— "We


iiavo had a fairly i-oiigh (ime_Mie.se last few days in the tronchos. AVe had no diig-oiils and therefore- lioped it would not, rain. I t ixi-frainod for a day or two, then one morning i t came and gaA'o us a ‘t-reat.’ AVo tried to iirolect nur.selvi's hy pul t ing ux> watevxiroof sheets but thej" did uol do much g-ood. I soon gaA'o up U-yiiig- to Ivi'i'j) dry then; ami erawlecl iat-e- a lii iy siqi which lesomlded a rahhit hole more Mum anything else. It; ki'iit rainii ig iu showera for about four hours and then \i e had to clean n;> the mes,s. "YTiii road a. lot about the Uri i ish


Tommy’s cheorfulncss and humoui' under dillieultie^s. I t omnes as i t Avere by eontrast. A'onr nerves arc so strung ii'p (iliat you hiugl; uproarously at t-lie lea.st Ihiiig. AA^e cleaned mir rilh'.s and then began cleaning up the mud. One rille got about a HjKulefnl of mud at it, and hal f tbe barrel gut cliokod ni>. I t doesn’t .sound at all aninsing bntAvc- sat down and langhod till one side.s- acliod— all, t'liat is, except Mu; unfortunate who owned the. rifle. AVo ho.ar good sample.s of natural humour occa-sionally. One- man asking an ofiieer to lend h im a 1 ranc t-o buy hread, wa.s asked, Don i. yoni- people now send you anything f iom homo?’ ‘Oh y e s , ’ .came the unhesital-^ ing reply. ‘They .send mo best re.spoct.s !’


sons .serving ill his Alajesly's forces, ri'ei'ived an iillicial intimation on Sun­ day, slating- that her son Private John A'a'ies ha.s lieeii s l ight ly wounded. Private A'ates has been ligliMng in France since (he war eummeneed. He is at t.ho 1st Siiutlu'i'ii General .llosihlid, Hirmiiigham. 'This is tin' .second, son of Ihe A'ate.s family to be wounded.


AVELIi AGAIN'. I’rivate -I. \V. l iridge, uf W'iswell,


who reeeivtvla wound in tli.e heuA'y figlit- iug at the. Dardanel les on June 4th, has n'turm'd to the ti-em-lu'S well again. .


USED TO SHELLS NOW - ♦ ♦ ♦ -------


I’l'ivale Wilfred Gai'iiei', son of Mr. W. E. Garni'r, of Lowi'i-gate, writes on


•Inly lOlli, from Galli]ioli lo liis iiarent.s eom-ei-ning the work of tin; WilhiM-o(' 'ri'i'i'itoTials, as fol lows:— " Wb'. have boon in th.e firing (rom-hes for three days hut wort'


■ht. The 'Turks were vi'i'y quiet amt


w<> had no liause for alarm. I liavi' had my b;ipM.sm of firi'. I am ivi'itiiig on 'Sunday, and onr artillery are shelling- the Tui'ks’ jiosit ioii.s. W'e are now get t ing usi'd to Mu' sln'lls whist I ing over our heads, hut t-lii' fir.st day w<'.. landed w<'i-(' coiistaiilly ducking onr heads for fear of gcli iag' hil. I mi't one id' my old iiiale.s the other day, Hugh Lan- easler. I fe had jusl enim' oul of hos)iital, having lieen woumh'd wi lh shrapnel. l i e had only been back a day Avhen hi' was wnnnded again in tho arm. .so he Is in hosiiilal again. (Private- Eaiieasler is now in Ei lglaud.) W'e get pretty fail- food out here, hut X


’i'‘'d.v of hard


hiseuit.s. AVe also got somi'- Hour ye.sterday, and I made a jam jnidding, for I am get t ing (lalle used lo eooking now.”


H o r s e - I a i f a i T i i — ♦ ♦ ♦ -


THE a v u r e ; o f HMSSARS IX Fl iAXCE.


Sergeaiit Kii ihh. of (he -1(11 Ijancers,


who formerly was groom for Air. 11. I’roeli'r, of liarkertield. AVorston, and who has been on active service since (he milhreak of -hostilitie.s. in a cheerful letter to Air. AY. Crook, of VA'^ellgale.


say.s:— ‘‘T am st i l l Mie .same old .Iviiibh, a.s


game as ever. Aly Jlegiiiu'iit ha.s been out heJ'o since the lieg-iiining-of (lie war and AVO have heoii in everylhing, I (hill!.-— Ypic.s, Xenve Cha]ielJe, etc. W'e are more l ike iiifaiil-j-y than eaA'alry. W'e A'cry seldom .see onr hor.ses, and .1 can t-.'iryou I shall he jol ly glad wlien l-ho war is oA'or. AI iire-seiit we are with tlio trenehi's just in front- of


-----------.


Ti l ings are a hit quiet ju.sf- now hut we are expect ing a hot attack before, long. A\''o liaA’e lu'i'ii digging trenches for miles hack, in case we have to relire-. 'I’liey say there are .some mi ll ions of Germans iu front of ns. l iy the way, I am a full-blown .sorgi'anl now. I was promoted last Scjilomber, af ler Miat great and glorious I'etreat of ours.


I


thought t-he Germans were going (o pu.sii ns hack into the sea- then. AAb; iiiul to retire at Ihe rato of forty mi les a, day then. 'Talk about loading a fa.st life, it wasn't in i t .”


Jam Pot Covers TIMES ” OEFICII


AT THE


ROAD TRAGEDY near Wtialley.


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OSAYALHTAYISTLE AIAN’8 SAH .. DEATH.


IXaiJE'ST STORY OF sV AA'AGON'E'l'TE PARTY.


The story of an accident near


W'halley Ava.s (<dd the. CoroiU'r (Air. H. ■\. l laslewood) at an inquest at (.Tiiii'eh l.’oliei' Slal ioi i , on Ei'iday afternoon, touching- the death of James liroreton (ti7), 1‘2, Geoi'g'e-.stri'et, Oswaldtwistle, which occ.iii'i-cd on W'ediie.sday night . Air. F. Rowlands. Ai-erington, r(']a'e-


si'iiti'd the relal ivcs; .Mr. .A. I{ead, lila'-kl ii ini . walchcil tlu-. pi-ui-ei'ding-s on behalf of the landlord of a pul)li(--hoii.se from which a wagc-iii'lte X


walked Ip or 20 yards lo the wagonette


jand got inside. Tho driver wa.s not in lu.s opinion l it to bo in charge. -HeAva.s


jdiaink, and Aviliu'ss liaiulod him over io .a eonstahle.


Mr. Backhouse : Did you give- i l ie


eoustablo iustnictioils to kick IJic dnvor ’.s ankles all the way to AYhalley? Si'i-geant Chiiiey said he did nol thiiik


Alr. .Backhini.se liad a right to x'nt (hat question.


argue. Serg'i'aiit ( hiiiey .said he did not give


ihe Inslriii-tions Mr. Bai-khousi* su"-- gc.sled.


Si'-rgeaiil ( Iiiney said then; wa.s no tar ..........


In 1 nrllier_ niiswi'i* to AI r, linekhonse, on (lint road, hut it wa.s per-


Inqis slippery Ihrongh a rei-enl shower. Me did not know how (he driver got his Idai-k eye. niul he did not se<' hini struck in the face. By a •luryiiian : The deceased did not.


aiiiK'a-r to him to he soher. -Air. Backlioiisc i-alled \A ill iam Scifo-


’arty -starled ;


ami -Air. H. l iaekhouse, lilaekhiirn, ap- ])eared for W illiam SehoHeld. of !), Alasoii-sl rei't. .Aci-riiig'loii. wagonetli' driver. Thomas lirerelim. moiihh'r, I’eiidle-


strect, Aceriiiglmi, brother of (he de- eea.si'd. said hi' and his lirothiCr wi'iit with a party froiu ( Iswaldtwistle to AA'addiiigtoii liy wagonette on Saturday July I7(li. .All went well ti ll after (hey left Olitheree at lea o'clock, ami at that, timi' he did not (liiiik any im-mher of (he iiarty was the worse for drink.


AA'-lii'ii i hey reaela'd AA’iswi'll l-here wa.s a. distiirhanee aimmgst- tile- party.


TIk'


wagoi ielte was stoxi|ied, and sevi'ral of (he ]iassi'iig('is got out. AA'Iii'ii |H'aee was i-estorcd, most id' the jia.ssi'iigers gut hack inti- Mi<' wag-gmictti'. liut- deceased could not. have doin' so, though wiliicss did not miss his hrolhi'r.


„ _ .1111- Me heald


fii'jd. 9, M.asmi-stieet, Accrington, who snid he Inn! heen ii lici'iiscd ilriver for ovt'i' ‘20 years, and had worked for Air. l .oid for 14 years. During- the wliole 20 years Jie liiu] hi'en driving lie hinl laid no I'cmplainI againsi Iiimi Af ter ihe qiiarri'lling on tin- rnnd In' drOA'e on ngnin. Me. had goiii' a few yards, wln'Ji a man mi the front (old him to jiiiU nj>, hut he had not. seen deeen.st'd in the mad. A


The Ciii-oni'i- snid they did not need to


!il! A it ness eoirsidered himself


cnimlih' of driving his liorso.s, and wanted to get on Mie front wi l l i 'Sorgt. Ohiiiey. but a eoiistahle .struck him in. the. (*y(*j Jind took liiin to \Vh;ilIt‘ypol ico- xlotioii. TV iliii'-ss said he wa.s ipiite sillier al the time of (ho accident.. Ho had had eight glasses of beer all day. Me did aof hi'.-ir (juiaii say, “ Pul l nji,


you are going- to knock .somenin' down.” Me had lii'en dea.f lor ahout 20 years. •lames .Atkinsoa AA'llson, 1 roniinmger,


'I'-hi' lir-st he


kuiCAV of all aeeidi'iit. was whi'ii the wag'imctte stiquH'd a


.soiin'oiie liad heeii kmii-ked down, and it proved to he. his lirother. Dr. Eo.x. peliee surgeon, who made a


post-moi'lcm e.xaminat iim, said he formed the opinion froiu the state of the heart, that ih'ath was due In emhoHsm, set uj> by the aceldent:. hi I he aurieic (here was a hiige clot of Idnod. -losL'lih AA'illiimi Quiiiii, Afouk-street, .Ai-ering'lim. who had a seat im the front,


of tile wagorie.lte, said lie warm'd Mil' driver that he was going to ran over a


man, and lUiotliei' man scaled near him got liiild of the i-i'ias, .saying. "You will have lo ])ull uii or you will murder the cl ia] ) / '


'I'hi' middle hoi-.se kimeked rolioA'cil last-


down Ihe deceased. AA'itiU'Ss, eoiitinii)ng, said he was


sui'xn'i.sed oa "oiiig hack to find (hat the nitin who hail heen knocked down was o ae i i f their own party. AA'lien he called out to the driver lhat hi; was going (o knoi-'k somi'hody down he eould not say whclln'r the driver heard him in- not. Si l t ing on one s ide he did not get into 'cbnVi'ersation with the dirivet- aiuli] did not form any opinioa as lo his (■.oiiilitiim 'III.-' Cn r ono r : I s i t s fael th a t the


]ioIii*e, Sergi.'aat- (. 'l ii ltey 1. ih i i ik if M'a.s, a sk e d ,vou to ta k e th e p a r t y h om e . '— A'es. And (In; )iar(y ohjeeted ?— A cs. I s it a faci. (hat (he sergeaiit (nok the


jiarty to AA'halley. ami aunt her ofiieer took them on lo Claytoii-le-Aliiors?—


A'e.s. By Air. I’owhimI : AA'hen lie first saw decoa,sed ho was in i.he middh'-ot thi-


Toad. and he h.ul his left hand raised and. might, have lu'i'U making n sign tor (he driA'er to sto]). I t was very dark. Br Mr. Baekhonse : I f (he road was {ar s];raye-.l lie did not. think ihe .horses


eolild hirive lii'on pulled "P Minugli they we.i'O only going at a nice (rot. Xothiug' had hi'i'ii said to the driver as in a man having gone -iin iu fi-ont, so lhat Mu; driver would have no reason to aiiliei- pate anyone hi'iiig in front of him on


the road. AA'm. Heavy AA'addingtoii, laliourer,


Holly-sirei 't , ( Iswaldlwisth'., who alsn- rode’im (he front of (he waggojiette. ■sail! he ealled (he driver's alteaiiim to the fact that there was a nnm iiil I'rniit about to he run over. Me did not know wl-ether the drivi'f was trying to pull iij) or not. AA'itness smiti-hed the reins, and t-lfe horses sli'iiped .shortly aCter- wards. lint, had goiii' .s-onu; dislani'e afb'r knoeking the man down. By Mr. I'Owland : AA'heii he saw the


man in the road he would he lb yards away. Mad he been ihe, driver ho- woiihl have made a big e.tVnrt to savi' (he mail. AA'itiu'ss did not lake hold ot reins till the man had been knocked


down. The horses stoiijied very soon afti'i- witness g-n( hold -:-f Mie rein.s. lull the man had lieen knocked down Mien. By All-. Baekh'mise : T’he driver might


have heen trying to pull u]i. He did not know whether the road at tho par­ ticular ]i()int . was tar sx>rny<'d, Init i t wa.s slip])('ry. P.S; Ghiiiey, stationed ut- AA'halley,


said at 10-4b.p.iu. oii.i lnly 17(h, he .saw a. ])ar(y i f iiioii squabbling- in the road al AA'l.swelt. 'Iheu they al l with the ox- i-i'iitioM of deceased, who had walked ahead, in t-hi' directioii of AA'ha,lle5', got Iiai-k into the wngonotte.


'I'ho wag-on-


<4 to had only gone about GO yard.s. when he heard someone call out. He went and found deeeiisi'd lying in Iho road on his hai-k. He examined him and found


that no hones wore hrokon, and axi- pai'ently he- wins only eiit nu tho -nose. Ho gqi; the ' man to his . feet and he


M.arkel-jilace, ( 'Iitliei-oe, a special i-on- sialdi', said il lieeaini' in-i-e.ssaiy for liim, througli. all ohsivucllmi liy a, vehicle ill Irimt. ol a liei'iiseil house, to find Se.ho- tield, who hiqqieiu'd to he driver. He saw him at 9-20 p.m. on Saturday, and 1 hough the nmii inul Inq] something- to drink, he wns quite rajiahle of looking lifter his wngoneite. Seveni l other witnesses who hnd .seen


i Si-hqfii'ld )ii'inr to Ihe in-i-ideiit .sxioko as to his .sobriety. 'I'he Coronei- said if Mie jury were


sat isfied that I lie driver Schofield wa.s gui l ty of sneh i-ulpahle iiegligciiee a.s to make him er-imimilly res]i(msilile for (he death of the deceased (hey would returii a verdii-l of manslaiightci- agal iisl him. I )n t ho other hainl i f they coiishlcied that I lioiig]i ho mig'lit. have heen gui l ty of,slight neg'ligi'iici'still that it wa.s not sucli culiiidih' iiegligein-e as to reiider him ei-iminally resjionsible they would I'l'lurn a veidii-l of aeeidental death. '.rile jury ret ii ed and after lb miiiiiUvs'


ahsi'in-e Mie Eoremaa lirought in a A'or- dict of ‘‘.-Vi-eidenlal death,” Init th.onght the driver deserving of oensiire, and the ('oroner said the jnry'.s oxiinion was that if he had taken more care, the accident to the d(-eeti.--ed miglit not have, li.-qipeiied


BLACKBURN RESIDENT’S GRATITUDE.


-------♦ ♦ ♦ ------- I’liri-ly oat of gratilmle. and wilh (lie


uisli that Olliers may ])rolit hy his ex- |i(-rieaei-. a, j-esident of our iielghboiii-iiig


towii. Bhu-.kbnra. .-ml lioriscs the ]uibli- i-atioii of the fo!lo\\-iag. On l''('hrnai-y 2iid. 191-1. .Air. AA'. AA'oiids,


of 41. tiai-ri.son Stri-i't. Blai-kbnra, said :- -• I was ill for sixlei-n weeks v itli Kidney disi'a.sc. and at one time il u-as tlionght I shonld not live.


I think il was lieing


exposed In all sorts of weather lha.t was the eansi- of my kidney complaint. Tlic pain and snifering I cndmi-d was almost imle.scrihalili'. "The wa,t(-r wi'.s in a terriiili- stale, ami


then' wa.s a .scalding pain when 1 .soiig-ht relief. Afv fi-i-t and legs w-ere ha.dly swollen with water, so much so that 1 i-oiild not stand on them. .Al;v i-yes we:-c pntl'ed up. " t was vi ; V we.-'.U. and i-onid si-ari-cly


drag my liml.'s a-fti'i- me. 1 did not. seem lo make miii-h imjirovcmeut under (he doi-tor's treatment, .-mil having read a,


grt-al deal about Doan s baeka.ebe kidney pills I decided to try (hem. I felt much better with (he lirst bo.v. and as I kept on with the medieine a.Il tin- wati-r w hich had collected in my system was gradually drained awa.y, and the swellings subsided. ‘- Tbe pains in my back went a,wa.y too.


and by llie time I bad taken si.v Ito.xes of the pills I wrs eiircd. It is twelve montlis siiieo my citre. and I liave been in excellent liealth ever sini-e.


It is a pleasure to


s]teak for sai-b a spli-adid modk-iae as Doan's pills. (Signed) " AA'. AA'ood.s.” On March 3rd, 1915 - cucr twelve mouths


later—Iilr. Woods said :—” I look upon my cure as a permanent one, hut I usually have a box of Doan’s pills by me. and take a dose or two when I feel I need them.” Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills t-elievo


eongesliim .-iiid inflainmation of the kid­ neys, and promote a free flow front tho hladder, so that the urie acid ]ioison which ean.ses rluaimatism, backaelie. gi-avol, ui-inai-y disoi-ders, tind so inanj- other eomplahits is flushed out of the system. Pi U-e 2/9 a box. (i lio.xcs l.‘l/9 ; of .all


dealers, ot- from l''ostei--AleClellun Co., 8, AA'eils St.. Oxford St., London. A


A ’'.


Don’t ask for baeknehe kidney pills— iisk distinctly lor Doan's backache kidney pills, the same .as Mr. AA'oods had.


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