150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 14 - 20 APRIL 1875
This week's many stories include the bizarre attempt to saw a man's head off in Peasley Cross, the cheeky Liverpool Road theft, the meeting of a temperance society in the Volunteer Hall, the very harsh sentences for stealing and the rearing supper held at the Fleece to celebrate the new Town Hall's roof being installed.
We begin on the 16th when in a curious case heard in St Helens Petty Sessions, John Clarke was charged with stealing a builder's hod that had briefly belonged to Robert Dagnall. He was a licensed broker with premises in Liverpool Road who sold second-hand goods. Clarke had sold Dagnall the brick carriers' hod for 2 shillings and the shop owner placed it at the front of his shop near the door.
That was his usual practice with newly acquired goods and almost immediately he was told that someone had stolen it. A chase occurred and when the thief was captured it was discovered that he was John Clarke, the man who had sold Dagnall the hod in the first place! The cheeky thief was committed to take his trial at the quarterly sessions at Kirkdale where he was sentenced to a stiff 18 months in prison. How Clarke had acquired the hod in the first place was not reported.
A couple of months ago I described how the Plough Hotel of Warrington Road in Prescot was organising a Grand Gala that would take place over 3 days in May. Athletics would be at the heart of the event which would include: "Various feats, such as Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling, Lancashire Wrestling, High Leap, Pole Jumping, Putting the Stones, Hammer Throwing, Picking up Stones and Eggs, one yard apart, Sack Racing, &c., &c., concluding each evening with a Grand Display of Fireworks."
On the 17th there was more news of the gala in the St Helens Newspaper. The organisers said they were now expecting as many as 50,000 people to attend, military bands would be in attendance with dances held each evening and the value of prizes had been raised to £100. A long list of well-known athletes who "may be expected" to attend was printed and the "Grand Display of Fireworks" had become a "gigantic pyrotechnic display".
Under the headline "Attempt To Saw A Man's Head Off", the Newspaper published this account of a shocking, unprovoked attack on a man at Peasley Cross Railway station: "On Saturday night a most extraordinary and unusual assault was committed at Peasley Cross, upon a young man named Samuel Wright, who is employed as a grinder at the Sutton Glass Works.
"It appears that on Saturday evening he had been in St. Helens, and amongst other purchases he made was one of a new felt hat, which he was wearing, having his cap in his pocket. He was returning homewards to Dark lane, Peasley Cross, about nine o’clock, and was just in the act of crossing the railway bridge at Peasley Cross station, when he was struck on the head by a sharp instrument from somebody behind, the force of the blow knocking him down.
"His assailant then commenced cutting at his neck with a handsaw, but as Wright recovered from his temporary unconsciousness he naturally resisted the violence that was being used to him. His adversary, however, kept sawing away, utterly regardless as to where his weapon took effect, the full extent of the injuries inflicted not being really known until after he had got home.
"He was then bleeding profusely from his head and neck, there being no less than three long incised wounds on the top and side of the head – the three almost forming a triangle – in inflicting one of which the assailant had actually sawn right through Wright's newly purchased hat. His coat was also cut and hacked right across the back, and there was also a cut across the top of the left knee.
"The wound in the neck was the most serious, being two or three inches long, and about two inches deep, but penetrating the flesh of the neck side-ways, and thus, fortunately missing the arteries. Dr. Griffith, of St. Helens, was at once sent for, and under his care, the patient is recovering as favourably as can be expected. The strangest part of the affair, however, is that Wright neither knows his assailant, nor can he devise any offence he can have given to anyone to cause them to commit such a cowardly assault upon him."
The only clue that the police had was that 15 minutes before the attack, a drunken man had been seen on the road between Sutton and Peasley Cross carrying a large saw in his hand and offering to fight strangers.
There were quite a few small private schools within the St Helens district, often occupying converted houses and charging something like £1 a term for each pupil. In the Newspaper a Miss Taylor was advertising her school in Salisbury Street in which she promised: "A sound English education imparted – terms moderate".
The new St Helens Town Hall in what would become Corporation Street would not open until next year but its roof had now been installed. That was considered sufficient for a celebration and the Newspaper reported that a so-called "rearing supper" had been held at the Fleece Inn in Church Street. About 50 of the workers were treated to a substantial meal and the Town Clerk and some councillors were also present.
There was an advert published in the Prescot Reporter on the 17th for a male and female nurse for Whiston Workhouse. The man would take charge of the male imbecile ward and assist in the general wards of the male hospital. The duties of the female nurse were to run the female imbecile ward and assist generally throughout the hospital.
Typically, the male nurse was on a higher salary, which was just £25 per year, with the female nurse receiving £20. "Rations and apartments" would be free, said the advert, in other words meals and lodgings inside the workhouse would be provided.
On the 18th a new font and baptistery was consecrated at Holy Cross Church in St Helens, which was the gift of retired businessman, James Woodward.
At the end of 1873 a Catholic priest called Father Turner had formed a new temperance society in St Helens. It was called the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness and unusually, the association accepted two forms of pledge. As well as total abstinence, members could agree not to drink more than two pints of beer a day, as long as they were not consumed in a public house.
On the 19th the society held a meeting in the Volunteer Hall in which it was revealed that their membership had broken the 3,000 mark. Such meetings tended to mix entertainment with temperance talks and the attendees were treated to a concert and a play described as a "laughable farce".
Also on the 19th a man called Alfred Heap – who had caused the death of a woman through carrying out an abortion – was hung inside Kirkdale Gaol in Liverpool (pictured above). Or, as the St Helens Newspaper put it, the "wretched man was launched into eternity." The days of crowds turning a hanging outside a prison into a holiday had ended and only the executioner, reporters and prison officials were allowed to be present. It had been the second occasion that the man had caused a woman's death through conducting an abortion.
On the following day in the courtrooms adjacent to the prison, the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions took place and there were some very harsh sentences imposed for theft. Alice Hayes had only stolen a pair of boots and an apron from James Bromilow in Parr. She denied committing the offence but the 31-year-old was found guilty and, as she had several prior convictions, Alice was sentenced to seven years in prison.
And John Shinnings was convicted of breaking into the offices of the Ravenhead Colliery Company in Sutton and stealing what was described as a piece of print and a man's supper. Although they were valued at just sixpence, the 18-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include the cockfighting held on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed and there's a tragic accident in Rainford.
We begin on the 16th when in a curious case heard in St Helens Petty Sessions, John Clarke was charged with stealing a builder's hod that had briefly belonged to Robert Dagnall. He was a licensed broker with premises in Liverpool Road who sold second-hand goods. Clarke had sold Dagnall the brick carriers' hod for 2 shillings and the shop owner placed it at the front of his shop near the door.
That was his usual practice with newly acquired goods and almost immediately he was told that someone had stolen it. A chase occurred and when the thief was captured it was discovered that he was John Clarke, the man who had sold Dagnall the hod in the first place! The cheeky thief was committed to take his trial at the quarterly sessions at Kirkdale where he was sentenced to a stiff 18 months in prison. How Clarke had acquired the hod in the first place was not reported.
A couple of months ago I described how the Plough Hotel of Warrington Road in Prescot was organising a Grand Gala that would take place over 3 days in May. Athletics would be at the heart of the event which would include: "Various feats, such as Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling, Lancashire Wrestling, High Leap, Pole Jumping, Putting the Stones, Hammer Throwing, Picking up Stones and Eggs, one yard apart, Sack Racing, &c., &c., concluding each evening with a Grand Display of Fireworks."
On the 17th there was more news of the gala in the St Helens Newspaper. The organisers said they were now expecting as many as 50,000 people to attend, military bands would be in attendance with dances held each evening and the value of prizes had been raised to £100. A long list of well-known athletes who "may be expected" to attend was printed and the "Grand Display of Fireworks" had become a "gigantic pyrotechnic display".
Under the headline "Attempt To Saw A Man's Head Off", the Newspaper published this account of a shocking, unprovoked attack on a man at Peasley Cross Railway station: "On Saturday night a most extraordinary and unusual assault was committed at Peasley Cross, upon a young man named Samuel Wright, who is employed as a grinder at the Sutton Glass Works.
"It appears that on Saturday evening he had been in St. Helens, and amongst other purchases he made was one of a new felt hat, which he was wearing, having his cap in his pocket. He was returning homewards to Dark lane, Peasley Cross, about nine o’clock, and was just in the act of crossing the railway bridge at Peasley Cross station, when he was struck on the head by a sharp instrument from somebody behind, the force of the blow knocking him down.
"His assailant then commenced cutting at his neck with a handsaw, but as Wright recovered from his temporary unconsciousness he naturally resisted the violence that was being used to him. His adversary, however, kept sawing away, utterly regardless as to where his weapon took effect, the full extent of the injuries inflicted not being really known until after he had got home.
"He was then bleeding profusely from his head and neck, there being no less than three long incised wounds on the top and side of the head – the three almost forming a triangle – in inflicting one of which the assailant had actually sawn right through Wright's newly purchased hat. His coat was also cut and hacked right across the back, and there was also a cut across the top of the left knee.
"The wound in the neck was the most serious, being two or three inches long, and about two inches deep, but penetrating the flesh of the neck side-ways, and thus, fortunately missing the arteries. Dr. Griffith, of St. Helens, was at once sent for, and under his care, the patient is recovering as favourably as can be expected. The strangest part of the affair, however, is that Wright neither knows his assailant, nor can he devise any offence he can have given to anyone to cause them to commit such a cowardly assault upon him."
The only clue that the police had was that 15 minutes before the attack, a drunken man had been seen on the road between Sutton and Peasley Cross carrying a large saw in his hand and offering to fight strangers.
There were quite a few small private schools within the St Helens district, often occupying converted houses and charging something like £1 a term for each pupil. In the Newspaper a Miss Taylor was advertising her school in Salisbury Street in which she promised: "A sound English education imparted – terms moderate".
The new St Helens Town Hall in what would become Corporation Street would not open until next year but its roof had now been installed. That was considered sufficient for a celebration and the Newspaper reported that a so-called "rearing supper" had been held at the Fleece Inn in Church Street. About 50 of the workers were treated to a substantial meal and the Town Clerk and some councillors were also present.
There was an advert published in the Prescot Reporter on the 17th for a male and female nurse for Whiston Workhouse. The man would take charge of the male imbecile ward and assist in the general wards of the male hospital. The duties of the female nurse were to run the female imbecile ward and assist generally throughout the hospital.
Typically, the male nurse was on a higher salary, which was just £25 per year, with the female nurse receiving £20. "Rations and apartments" would be free, said the advert, in other words meals and lodgings inside the workhouse would be provided.
On the 18th a new font and baptistery was consecrated at Holy Cross Church in St Helens, which was the gift of retired businessman, James Woodward.
At the end of 1873 a Catholic priest called Father Turner had formed a new temperance society in St Helens. It was called the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness and unusually, the association accepted two forms of pledge. As well as total abstinence, members could agree not to drink more than two pints of beer a day, as long as they were not consumed in a public house.
On the 19th the society held a meeting in the Volunteer Hall in which it was revealed that their membership had broken the 3,000 mark. Such meetings tended to mix entertainment with temperance talks and the attendees were treated to a concert and a play described as a "laughable farce".
On the following day in the courtrooms adjacent to the prison, the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions took place and there were some very harsh sentences imposed for theft. Alice Hayes had only stolen a pair of boots and an apron from James Bromilow in Parr. She denied committing the offence but the 31-year-old was found guilty and, as she had several prior convictions, Alice was sentenced to seven years in prison.
And John Shinnings was convicted of breaking into the offices of the Ravenhead Colliery Company in Sutton and stealing what was described as a piece of print and a man's supper. Although they were valued at just sixpence, the 18-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include the cockfighting held on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed and there's a tragic accident in Rainford.
This week's many stories include the bizarre attempt to saw a man's head off in Peasley Cross, the cheeky Liverpool Road theft, the meeting of a temperance society in the Volunteer Hall, the very harsh sentences for stealing and the rearing supper held at the Fleece to celebrate the new Town Hall's roof being installed.
We begin on the 16th when in a curious case heard in St Helens Petty Sessions, John Clarke was charged with stealing a builder's hod that had briefly belonged to Robert Dagnall.
He was a licensed broker with premises in Liverpool Road who sold second-hand goods.
Clarke had sold Dagnall the brick carriers' hod for 2 shillings and the shop owner placed it at the front of his shop near the door.
That was his usual practice with newly acquired goods and almost immediately he was told that someone had stolen it.
A chase occurred and when the thief was captured it was discovered that he was John Clarke, the man who had sold Dagnall the hod in the first place!
The cheeky thief was committed to take his trial at the quarterly sessions at Kirkdale where he was sentenced to a stiff 18 months in prison. How Clarke had acquired the hod in the first place was not reported.
A couple of months ago I described how the Plough Hotel of Warrington Road in Prescot was organising a Grand Gala that would take place over 3 days in May. Athletics would be at the heart of the event which would include:
"Various feats, such as Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling, Lancashire Wrestling, High Leap, Pole Jumping, Putting the Stones, Hammer Throwing, Picking up Stones and Eggs, one yard apart, Sack Racing, &c., &c., concluding each evening with a Grand Display of Fireworks."
On the 17th there was more news of the gala in the St Helens Newspaper.
The organisers said they were now expecting as many as 50,000 people to attend, military bands would be in attendance with dances held each evening and the value of prizes had been raised to £100.
A long list of well-known athletes who "may be expected" to attend was printed and the "Grand Display of Fireworks" had become a "gigantic pyrotechnic display".
Under the headline "Attempt To Saw A Man's Head Off", the Newspaper published this account of a shocking, unprovoked attack on a man at Peasley Cross Railway station:
"On Saturday night a most extraordinary and unusual assault was committed at Peasley Cross, upon a young man named Samuel Wright, who is employed as a grinder at the Sutton Glass Works.
"It appears that on Saturday evening he had been in St. Helens, and amongst other purchases he made was one of a new felt hat, which he was wearing, having his cap in his pocket.
"He was returning homewards to Dark lane, Peasley Cross, about nine o’clock, and was just in the act of crossing the railway bridge at Peasley Cross station, when he was struck on the head by a sharp instrument from somebody behind, the force of the blow knocking him down.
"His assailant then commenced cutting at his neck with a handsaw, but as Wright recovered from his temporary unconsciousness he naturally resisted the violence that was being used to him.
"His adversary, however, kept sawing away, utterly regardless as to where his weapon took effect, the full extent of the injuries inflicted not being really known until after he had got home.
"He was then bleeding profusely from his head and neck, there being no less than three long incised wounds on the top and side of the head – the three almost forming a triangle – in inflicting one of which the assailant had actually sawn right through Wright's newly purchased hat.
"His coat was also cut and hacked right across the back, and there was also a cut across the top of the left knee.
"The wound in the neck was the most serious, being two or three inches long, and about two inches deep, but penetrating the flesh of the neck side-ways, and thus, fortunately missing the arteries.
"Dr. Griffith, of St. Helens, was at once sent for, and under his care, the patient is recovering as favourably as can be expected.
"The strangest part of the affair, however, is that Wright neither knows his assailant, nor can he devise any offence he can have given to anyone to cause them to commit such a cowardly assault upon him."
The only clue that the police had was that 15 minutes before the attack, a drunken man had been seen on the road between Sutton and Peasley Cross carrying a large saw in his hand and offering to fight strangers.
There were quite a few small private schools within the St Helens district, often occupying converted houses and charging something like £1 a term for each pupil.
In the Newspaper a Miss Taylor was advertising her school in Salisbury Street in which she promised: "A sound English education imparted – terms moderate".
The new St Helens Town Hall in what would become Corporation Street would not open until next year but its roof had now been installed.
That was considered sufficient for a celebration and the Newspaper reported that a so-called "rearing supper" had been held at the Fleece Inn in Church Street.
About 50 of the workers were treated to a substantial meal and the Town Clerk and some councillors were also present.
There was an advert published in the Prescot Reporter on the 17th for a male and female nurse for Whiston Workhouse.
The man would take charge of the male imbecile ward and assist in the general wards of the male hospital.
The duties of the female nurse were to run the female imbecile ward and assist generally throughout the hospital.
Typically, the male nurse was on a higher salary, which was just £25 per year, with the female nurse receiving £20.
"Rations and apartments" would be free, said the advert, in other words meals and lodgings inside the workhouse would be provided.
On the 18th a new font and baptistery was consecrated at Holy Cross Church in St Helens, which was the gift of retired businessman, James Woodward.
At the end of 1873 a Catholic priest called Father Turner had formed a new temperance society in St Helens.
It was called the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness and unusually, the association accepted two forms of pledge.
As well as total abstinence, members could agree not to drink more than two pints of beer a day, as long as they were not consumed in a public house.
On the 19th the society held a meeting in the Volunteer Hall in which it was revealed that their membership had broken the 3,000 mark.
Such meetings tended to mix entertainment with temperance talks and the attendees were treated to a concert and a play described as a "laughable farce".
Also on the 19th a man called Alfred Heap – who had caused the death of a woman through carrying out an abortion – was hung inside Kirkdale Gaol in Liverpool (pictured above).
Or, as the St Helens Newspaper put it, the "wretched man was launched into eternity."
The days of crowds turning a hanging outside a prison into a holiday had ended and only the executioner, reporters and prison officials were allowed to be present.
It had been the second occasion that the man had caused a woman's death through conducting an abortion.
On the following day in the courtrooms adjacent to the prison, the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions took place and there were some very harsh sentences imposed for theft.
Alice Hayes had only stolen a pair of boots and an apron from James Bromilow in Parr. She denied committing the offence but the 31-year-old was found guilty and, as she had several prior convictions, Alice was sentenced to seven years in prison.
And John Shinnings was convicted of breaking into the offices of the Ravenhead Colliery Company in Sutton and stealing what was described as a piece of print and a man's supper.
Although they were valued at just sixpence, the 18-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include the cockfighting held on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed and there's a tragic accident in Rainford.
We begin on the 16th when in a curious case heard in St Helens Petty Sessions, John Clarke was charged with stealing a builder's hod that had briefly belonged to Robert Dagnall.
He was a licensed broker with premises in Liverpool Road who sold second-hand goods.
Clarke had sold Dagnall the brick carriers' hod for 2 shillings and the shop owner placed it at the front of his shop near the door.
That was his usual practice with newly acquired goods and almost immediately he was told that someone had stolen it.
A chase occurred and when the thief was captured it was discovered that he was John Clarke, the man who had sold Dagnall the hod in the first place!
The cheeky thief was committed to take his trial at the quarterly sessions at Kirkdale where he was sentenced to a stiff 18 months in prison. How Clarke had acquired the hod in the first place was not reported.
A couple of months ago I described how the Plough Hotel of Warrington Road in Prescot was organising a Grand Gala that would take place over 3 days in May. Athletics would be at the heart of the event which would include:
"Various feats, such as Cumberland and Westmoreland Wrestling, Lancashire Wrestling, High Leap, Pole Jumping, Putting the Stones, Hammer Throwing, Picking up Stones and Eggs, one yard apart, Sack Racing, &c., &c., concluding each evening with a Grand Display of Fireworks."
On the 17th there was more news of the gala in the St Helens Newspaper.
The organisers said they were now expecting as many as 50,000 people to attend, military bands would be in attendance with dances held each evening and the value of prizes had been raised to £100.
A long list of well-known athletes who "may be expected" to attend was printed and the "Grand Display of Fireworks" had become a "gigantic pyrotechnic display".
Under the headline "Attempt To Saw A Man's Head Off", the Newspaper published this account of a shocking, unprovoked attack on a man at Peasley Cross Railway station:
"On Saturday night a most extraordinary and unusual assault was committed at Peasley Cross, upon a young man named Samuel Wright, who is employed as a grinder at the Sutton Glass Works.
"It appears that on Saturday evening he had been in St. Helens, and amongst other purchases he made was one of a new felt hat, which he was wearing, having his cap in his pocket.
"He was returning homewards to Dark lane, Peasley Cross, about nine o’clock, and was just in the act of crossing the railway bridge at Peasley Cross station, when he was struck on the head by a sharp instrument from somebody behind, the force of the blow knocking him down.
"His assailant then commenced cutting at his neck with a handsaw, but as Wright recovered from his temporary unconsciousness he naturally resisted the violence that was being used to him.
"His adversary, however, kept sawing away, utterly regardless as to where his weapon took effect, the full extent of the injuries inflicted not being really known until after he had got home.
"He was then bleeding profusely from his head and neck, there being no less than three long incised wounds on the top and side of the head – the three almost forming a triangle – in inflicting one of which the assailant had actually sawn right through Wright's newly purchased hat.
"His coat was also cut and hacked right across the back, and there was also a cut across the top of the left knee.
"The wound in the neck was the most serious, being two or three inches long, and about two inches deep, but penetrating the flesh of the neck side-ways, and thus, fortunately missing the arteries.
"Dr. Griffith, of St. Helens, was at once sent for, and under his care, the patient is recovering as favourably as can be expected.
"The strangest part of the affair, however, is that Wright neither knows his assailant, nor can he devise any offence he can have given to anyone to cause them to commit such a cowardly assault upon him."
The only clue that the police had was that 15 minutes before the attack, a drunken man had been seen on the road between Sutton and Peasley Cross carrying a large saw in his hand and offering to fight strangers.
There were quite a few small private schools within the St Helens district, often occupying converted houses and charging something like £1 a term for each pupil.
In the Newspaper a Miss Taylor was advertising her school in Salisbury Street in which she promised: "A sound English education imparted – terms moderate".
The new St Helens Town Hall in what would become Corporation Street would not open until next year but its roof had now been installed.
That was considered sufficient for a celebration and the Newspaper reported that a so-called "rearing supper" had been held at the Fleece Inn in Church Street.
About 50 of the workers were treated to a substantial meal and the Town Clerk and some councillors were also present.
There was an advert published in the Prescot Reporter on the 17th for a male and female nurse for Whiston Workhouse.
The man would take charge of the male imbecile ward and assist in the general wards of the male hospital.
The duties of the female nurse were to run the female imbecile ward and assist generally throughout the hospital.
Typically, the male nurse was on a higher salary, which was just £25 per year, with the female nurse receiving £20.
"Rations and apartments" would be free, said the advert, in other words meals and lodgings inside the workhouse would be provided.
On the 18th a new font and baptistery was consecrated at Holy Cross Church in St Helens, which was the gift of retired businessman, James Woodward.
At the end of 1873 a Catholic priest called Father Turner had formed a new temperance society in St Helens.
It was called the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness and unusually, the association accepted two forms of pledge.
As well as total abstinence, members could agree not to drink more than two pints of beer a day, as long as they were not consumed in a public house.
On the 19th the society held a meeting in the Volunteer Hall in which it was revealed that their membership had broken the 3,000 mark.
Such meetings tended to mix entertainment with temperance talks and the attendees were treated to a concert and a play described as a "laughable farce".
Or, as the St Helens Newspaper put it, the "wretched man was launched into eternity."
The days of crowds turning a hanging outside a prison into a holiday had ended and only the executioner, reporters and prison officials were allowed to be present.
It had been the second occasion that the man had caused a woman's death through conducting an abortion.
On the following day in the courtrooms adjacent to the prison, the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions took place and there were some very harsh sentences imposed for theft.
Alice Hayes had only stolen a pair of boots and an apron from James Bromilow in Parr. She denied committing the offence but the 31-year-old was found guilty and, as she had several prior convictions, Alice was sentenced to seven years in prison.
And John Shinnings was convicted of breaking into the offices of the Ravenhead Colliery Company in Sutton and stealing what was described as a piece of print and a man's supper.
Although they were valued at just sixpence, the 18-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include the cockfighting held on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed and there's a tragic accident in Rainford.