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 Two newspaper snippets from Welsh newspapers 1876 & 1867 re Irish Coastguard
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| Gaynor |
Posted on 27/08/2013 23:06
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Monmouthshire Merlin 12 May 1876 (Supplement) OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. An outrage of a most brutal and dastardly character, such as is fortunately of rare occurrence, was perpetrated on the 2nd instant at Howth. One of the men of the coastguard, a late arrival from England, was making his patrol, when be thought he heard a suspicious noise in the boathouse. He approached and called out and inquired of those within who they were and what they were about. The answer he received was to mind his own business, or it would be worse for him. He, however, proceeded to enter the boat- house, which was quite dark, but he had hardly passed the door when he was felled to the ground by a violent blow from behind. As he lay senseless on the ground his throat was cut with a large sharp knife. The would-be murderers evidently believed he was dead. They stripped their victim of his hat, boots, and some other articles of clothing, and decamped with their booty up the shore. After they were gone the wretched man managed to crawl to the coastguard station, which was not far distant, and arrived there almost dead. Medical assistance was promptly procured, and Dr. Henry, the resident doctor, accompanied by Dr. Foster, who happened to be staying with him at the time, were in immediate attendance, and did all that skill and care could effect for the wounded man, but at the time they were unable to declare his life out of danger. The perpetrators of the outrage had succeeded in removing one of the boats from its place when they were interrupted. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3441829/ART44/coastguard%20ireland From a larger article that can be read in full at link below: Cardiff Times 9 March 1867 FENIAN RISINGS IN IRELAND. ATTACK ON POLICE BARRACKS, and REPULSE OF THE INSURGENTS. Dublin, Tuesday night ……………………………. Reports from Clare announce that the Coastguard station at Kilbaha, near Kilrush, was attacked last night and the arms taken. One man wounded. The insurgents marched towards Kilrush……………….. The Coastguard station on the Shannon has been attacked and sacked, as also one on the coast between Queenstown and Youghal. Large bodies of insurgents are reported to be marching on some point of rendez- vous in the North of the country. http://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/en/page/view/3384413/ART42/coastguard%20ireland Gaynor
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| Tony |
Posted on 29/08/2013 16:55
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The Plot Thickens. P315. Tragic Occurence at Sutton. 1876. At about a quarter before two o’clock on Wednesday morning, while the Coastguard was going his rounds he observed two men hanging about the beach. His suspicions were aroused, and he accordingly watched them for some time. They walked towards the boathouse, when he lost sight of them for a short time, but eventually he proceeded in the direction in which they had gone, and on approaching the boat-house he heard a noise. Proceeding to make an investigation he found the door of the boathouse open and two men inside. On being questioned the said they were going to take the punt. He replied they should do nothing of the kind. Whereupon, according to the statement furnished, they knocked him down and severely ill-treated him.. He was beaten about the head, and had then a gash cut in his throat, about two inches (in length). With some difficulty he made his way to the Coastguard station, and gave an account as follows. He said that when going his rounds he was armed with a six-chamber revolver and a cane-sword. When he asked who was in the boathouse a reply came, saying it was no business of his, and that it was better for him to go out if that. On entering he said that he found the boathouse quite in darkness, and having approached into it a few feet, he was suddenly felled by a blow from behind, and was rendered completely insensible. When in some degree recovered, he discovered that blood was streaming from a wound in his throat. The assailants had left the boathouse. Weak and faint from loss of blood, he crawled on all fours out of the place, and with considerable difficulty succeeded in reaching the Coastguard station. Medical assistance was immediately procured and the Coastguard and constabulary turned out to search the area of the assumed outrage. The wounded man appeared divested of his comforter, hat, and boots; but the officers at the boathouse were unable to find either of these. A minute investigation revealed no appearance of a struggle, nor any indication of the presence of smugglers, to whose charge the presumed deadly assault was at first laid. It was seen, however, that the door had been forced as the clamp and bolt had been wrenched away. On the floor was a quantity of blood, and in the rafters was found, concealed, an ordinary penknife, stained with freshly drawn blood, with which it would appear the incised throat wound was afflicted about 100 yards distant from the shore, a pair of boots which have not been identified as belonging to the injured man, and also a hat which was shown to belong to him. A watchman who was on guard over a bed of oysters, stated that his attention was not attracted by any noise, nor did he see any persons in the vicinity of the boathouse. The police patrol, as is the custom passed the boathouse several times during the night, and that they did not notice any strangers in the locality. The doctor will not offer a decided opinion as to weather the wound could have been self inflicted. The unfortunate man is named Karslake. He is 36 years of age, a widower, and the father of two children. He has been in the Coastguard service for 16 years. His superior officers report him to be a man of good habits of life, and of exemplary character. Reference; The Irish Times 6 May 1876. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P316. Attempted murder on Karslake. 1876. The magistrates of the Howth district held an investigation on Monday in the Courthouse into the circumstances attending the attempted murder in May last of a Coastguard Officer named Karslake, and Head Constable Kavanagh conducted the inquiry on behalf of the police authorities. Mr. Lawless, solicitor, who appeared on behalf of Karslake, objected to the inquiry as one of a singular and unusual character. He said that the charge had been made that the man cut his throat for the purpose of obtaining a pension. Kavanagh said that the police had not made that charge against him. Karslake’s Chief Officer stated that Karslake was a man of strict sobriety, and had been most attentive to his duties. After the examination of some other witnesses, the inquiry terminated. Reference; The Irish Times 17 June 1876. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who do we believe? Tony |
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