Sorry to hear you’ve not been well, Teena. Hope you’re ok now. Best wishes Dorothy NZ
Sent from my iPad > On 12/02/2020, at 12:35 PM, Teena <4theloveoftyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Friends > > I apologize for being absent the last couple weeks, but I was quite > ill, and not feeling like bring on the computer. However, I am back at > it now. :-) > > 14 Feb. 1856 > melancholy accident > > A melancholy accident occurred at Belnahaughey, parish of Killeshal in > this county, on the night of the 28th ult., which resulted in the > death of Mrs. Alice MULGREW, the wife of a farmer, leaving 3 young > children to deplore the loss of their unfortunate mother. It appears > that the deceased had been at the wake of her brother for the 2 nights > previous, and that she was returning home from the funeral that > evening in a cart, driven by her servant boy. On their way, in passing > through the town of Sixmilecross, the night being very cold, she > stopped the horse at the door of a public house, and sent in the boy > for some whiskey, she took half a glass of it cold and half glass > made into punch herself, and gave the boy the remainder of 2 naggins, > after which they proceeded towards home. > About 12 o'clock the husband was informed by another boy, who had just > then returned from the funeral, that his wife and car should have been > at home long before that time and suspicion having been raised by the > circumstance of the boy having met a cart going in the opposite > direction, without any apparent driver, the husband hurried in search > of his wife. About 2 and a half miles back, they found the cart > overturned on the side the road, as if going back, his wife lying > under it, still warm; the boy who had been driving was staggering > about unable to speak and the horse was found at short distance off. > By the assistance of the boy who had gone back with him, the husband > got his wife into the cart, together with her driver, but on getting > home, she was dead. The boy after a time recovered, but could give no > account of anything that occurred from the time he left Sixmilecross. > Mrs MULGREW, from want of the 2 nights rest, fatigue, and the effects > of the punch, must have fallen asleep and the driver becoming > insensible from the effects of the whiskey and unable to guide the > horse, had turned round after being within a mile of home, and upset > the cart on the slanting side of the road, where it was found. On the > Wednesday after, an inquest was held on view of the body before James > BUCHANAN Esq., the coroner of the district, when a verdict was > returned to the above effect. This is another death, the result of > drinking to excess; for had the boy been sober it would not, in all > likelihood, have occurred > > > transcribed by Teena from the Londonderry Standard > > > -- > www.cotyrone.com > http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry > https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ > _______________________________________________ > UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com > UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: > https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ > http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry > Website: https://cotyrone.com > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/ _______________________________________________ UlsterAncestry@cotyrone.com UlsterAncestry Mailing List Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/ulsterancestry@cotyrone.com/ http://lists.cotyrone.com/mailman/listinfo/ulsterancestry Website: https://cotyrone.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CoTyroneIrelandGenealogy/
