The Carnarvon Castle pub in Liverpool’s Tarleton Street was the scene of a dreadful suicide in 1894 when a man shot himself in front of horrified drinkers. On the afternoon of 26th September 1894 a 22 year old man named Charles Wood, who lodged in Oxford Street, went into the Carnarvon Castle. After ordering refreshment […]
Boys Drown in River Ribble Tragedy
A notable memorial seen on the left when entering Anfield cemetery from Priory Road is that of a boy who drowned in the River Ribble in 1892. Edward John Jones was a sixteen year old scholar at St Johns College in Grimsargh near Preston. He was the son of an architect and the family home […]
THE LOSS OF THE ELIZABETH BUCKHAM
A tragedy occurred on 26th November 1866 when the Elizabeth Buckham and her cargo was lost in Liverpool Bay, leading to the deaths of all on board as well as two people on the shore. The Elizabeth Buckham was built in Whitehaven in 1837 and weighed 242 tons. Initially she sailed between England and Australia, […]
JOHN WEIGHTMAN – LIVERPOOL’S GRAND ARCHITECT
Some of Liverpool’s finest municipal buildings were designed by Corporation architect John Weightman, who doesn’t even have a wikipedia page and whose grave is a sorry state in Toxteth Park cemetery. Born in London in 1798, John Weightman came to Liverpool at the age of 26 to take up a position as a draughtsman for […]
THE GARONNE DISASTER OF 1868
A Liverpool bound ship sank off the coast of Cornwall in 1868, leading to the loss of nineteen lives including the captain and fifteen passengers. On Thursday 21st May that year the 499 tonne steamer Garonne sailed from Bordeaux in France for Liverpool. The vessel belonged to Liverpool company James Moss & Co and was […]
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