February 7, 2013

1913

Motor car accidentOn Friday night, a motor car, the property of Mr. Fishe, Taylor’s Hill, Galway, after leaving some officers of the Connaught Rangers home at the barracks, Renmore, after attending the pantomime, ‘Aladdin’, at the Cinema Theatre, ran full tilt against a stone wall and was smashed up.

Fortunately, the driver was unhurt. The disabled car was removed next day in a float. The recent storm had blown a breach out of the portion of the wall struck, and the wonder is that the motor did not go clean through into the field.

Found drownedOn Sunday, Mr. Patrick O’Donnell of Knock, when on his way to a funeral at Spiddal, saw the body of a man floating in the Knock river, a tributary of the Furbo river. He reported the ghostly occurrence to the Spiddal police, who hurried to the place, and at the same time communicated with the relatives of a man missing since December 15 last.

They found that it was his body. Considering that the body was seven weeks in the water, it was remarkably well-preserved. It was taken from the river with great difficulty at midnight and removed to his late residence.

A report was sent to the coroner, who did not consider an inquest necessary. The man was previously an inmate of Ballinasloe Asylum.

1938

Connemara’s second industry“When the New York firm saw the report in ‘The Connacht Tribune’, they sent representatives over to Connemara and they are now going to open another industry,” said Mr. Harry O’Toole at a meeting of the finance committee of the Galway County Council on Saturday, when recalling a recent discussion at a meeting of the committee regarding a Connemara marble quarry.

Some short time ago, Mr. O’Toole requested the Council to have the road leading into Barnanouraun marble quarry repaired. He described this quarry as Connemara’s only industry.

Mr. O’Toole added that the firm which were opening the new quarry secured all their marble from Italy before this. Mr Lee, county surveyor, said that he would examine the road and see if anything could be done.

New school lawWhat was said to be the first case since the passing of the School Attendance Act, in which a child, summoned for not attending school, attended court and pleaded on his own behalf, was heard at Laurencetown Court on Friday. The father of the boy, from Attycoffey, was summoned for not sending the boy to school.

When the case was called, the boy appeared and told the Justice that his father was unable to attend the court as he was “at home sick in bed”. The court heard the boy was fourteen years and a quarter. The Justice imposed a fine of 5s.

Fifteen farmers chargedTuam courthouse was crowded on Friday when State prosecutions against fifteen farmers – nine men and six women – all from the Sylane district, were listed for hearing. The defendants, who appeared on bail, were charged with unlawfully assaulting Malachy Lohan, postman, Galway Road, Tuam on January 18, and obstructing him in the course of his duty. They were also charged with unlawful assembly. The cases were adjourned.

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