Tag: Drowning

  • A CHRISTMAS PARTY DROWNING (1887)

    A CHRISTMAS PARTY DROWNING (1887)

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    As the light of day slowly began to fade away, the darkness that quickly descended brought with it a freezing chill that had already frozen a large area of deep water which had been left dormant at the foot of a quarry named the Tim Bobbin delph. Inside nearby houses,…

  • The Disappearance of Maria Whittaker (1866)

    The Disappearance of Maria Whittaker (1866)

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    On Saturday, 22nd December 1866, the body of a young woman aged 18 years was recovered from a lodge adjacement to Holden Wood cotton mill, that was owned by Mr. James Maxwell and situated in a place known as Holden Wood, near Haslingden. At around half-past one in the afternoon,…