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Topic: Old (1908) Newspaper look up please Completed (Read 218 times)
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rapsy
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Colliery Labourer Poisoned
Does anyone know the local paper that would cover Garforth in 1908, and have access to it?
My Greatgrandfather, Thomas Malkin, died age 55 at New Hold, Garforth from eating mussels.
The death certificate shows that the informant was ?? Haworth Deputy Coroner for Honor of Pontefract. Inquest held 19th August 1908.
Might the newspaper have more details?
Rapsy.
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West Riding Yorks. Rhodes,( Burn & Kippax) Revis, Hunter, (Kippax) Malkin (Garforth) Colby, (Aberford) Speight, Lund, (Methley)
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rapsy
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Hi Jon,
Ms Lefevre, Local Studies Manager at Leeds Central Library, has come up trumps and found the entry in The Yorkshire Evening Post of 19th August 1908.
It amounts to just two column inches but explains that Thomas Malkin bought a plate of mussels at Leeds market the previous day.
Ms Lefevre sent a photocopy - cost £2.
I wonder if the seller was ever charged with selling dodgy mussels?
Many thanks for your efforts. Regards, Rapsy.
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