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with the new floating dock at 1833 Pembrey, called Burry Port, The Bônau Cabbage Patch DIED which is unquestionably the best shipping place in South Wales, On the 30th ultimo, at Swansea, having at the lowest neap tides 13 aged 84, in a fit of apoplexy, feet of water through the dock much respected by her family and gates, and 21 feet at spring tides. A Miscellany of Local friends, Mary Dalton, formerly of These works have been executed Pwll, near Llanelly. at very considerable expense, and (The Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Newspaper Reports where Gazette and Merthyr Guardian 10th August will, we hope, prove as beneficial 1833) to the proprietors of both concerns as they will certainly be the village of Pwll is to the neighbouring district. There are already, besides the above mentioned. 1837 colliery, Colonel Pemberton and KIDWELLY AND LLANELLY Messrs. Bowser's coal, both of superior quality for engineers and CANAL AND RAILWAY COMPANY, AND BURRY PORT smiths the Trimsaran coal and culm, and Wood's stone coal, all COMPANY.— Spanning the period shipping at this dock. Several The Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal proprietors of land are now ready and Railway Company completed to treat with any persons wishing 1833 – 1899 their Railway from Pembrey to to embark a capital in coal- Llanelly, on Saturday last, and on works, and it would be difficult to Monday commenced business find any spot likely to produce so with two cargoes of the advantageous a return; the vale of celebrated coal from the Pwll Gwendraeth up to the Great Colliery. The waggons came down Mountain being one field of the in procession, with colours flying, finest description of stone coal, as and on their arrival at the dock, has been proved by the Collieries An intriguing insight into where the vessels were all already at work along the line of decorated, were receded with canal which communicates with the lives of our ancestors. hearty cheers, firing of guns, &c.. Burry Port floating dock, where by a crowd of persons collected the facility for shipping on the occasion. This railway, and (particularly for large vessel) is of the canal up the Gwendraeth, has so superior a description. been completed to communicate (The Cambrian 8th July, 1837) Carmarthen Bridge, since last year. The discipline is seemed to sympathise entirely 1848 Castellyrhingill, Ffairfach, Gwilly good. The children, taking the with the objects it had in view CARMARTHENSHIRE Bridge, Kidwelly, Llandafan, circumstances of the case into and I have already enrolled here TURNPIKE ROADS. Llandilo-rhwnw- Bridge, Llanelly consideration, passed, on the several members in connection TOLLS TO LET. Furnace, Llanon, Llanfihangel whole, a very fair examination in with the Llanelly Branch. Aberbythich, Minke, Pontyeats, the elementary subjects. A large (The Cambrian 27th September 1872) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Portbyrhyd, Sandy, Spudder's majority, however, was presented That a Meeting of the Bridge, Troedyrhiwgoch, Tyryfran, in the lower standards. The Carmarthenshire County Roads and Velinvoel, if the same shall attendance is exceedingly good, Board will be held at the SHIRE be or continue standing, or such and in my opinion the master HALL, in CARMARTHEN, on other Gates or Bars as shall be ought to have two apprentices to 1873 WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of erected in this District. enable him to superintend DEATHS — OCTOBER next, at Eleven NOTE.-It is proposed to remove efficiently the instruction of so o'clock in the Forenoon, for the On the 5th inst., aged 31 years, Castellyrhingill Gate, and to throw many children. A. B. Richards purpose of LETTING TO FARM Sarah, the beloved wife of Mr. the road or roads from which the passed his examination with very THE TOLLS arising at the David Morgans, master of Pwll toll is derived on the parishes; fair credit." The above is highly several Gates and Bars within this School, Pembrey Road. and also to direct that Minke and creditable to Mr. David Morgan th County, for One Year, (The Cambrian 20 June 1873) Kidwelly Gates do clear the master. He has had not only commencing the 1st day of Carmarthen Bridge and Llanelly to teach the children in the January next; the said Tolls will Furnace Gates, and vice versa; elementary subjects, but also to be put up by Auction in the and this Lot will be put up at teach them the English language, following Lots, subject to such such meeting, subject to the as the district is thoroughly conditions as will be then and determination of the Board on Welsh. 1874 there produced, viz.:- th such proposed alterations. (The Cambrian 5 January 1872) STRANGE CARRIAGE CARMARTHEN DISTRICT,— (The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian 23rd ACCIDENT.— Comprising the several Gates or September 1848) On Thursday evening, at a little Bars, called Aberarad, Alltywalis, after seven o'clock, Mr. Daniel, Cenarth, Cwmduad, Francis Well, manager of the Trimsaran works, Glangwilly, Pentre, Red Roses, Pwll, Carmarthenshire.— Royal Oak, Twelly Bridge, and was driving in a carriage towards 1872 At the close of a lecture, Water-street, if the same shall be Llanelly, drawn by one of the PWLL BRITISH SCHOOL, delivered by me at the British or continue standing, or such finest horses in the county, said PEMBREY ROAD. — School Room, in this place, on to be worth upward of £100. other Gates or Bars as may be The Rev John R Morgan, the hon. Saturday evening, the 27th of Between Moreb farm and the erected in this District. July, I had an opportunity to THREE COMMOTTS sec. of the above school, has Pwll a smaller vehicle, drawn by explain, and enforce the DISTRICT,— received the following report of a smaller animal, collided with principles and aims of the League Comprising the several Gates or the last examination this school Mr. Daniel's turn out, and the to a large congregation, which Bars, called Bankffos-felen, has made satisfactory progress shock was a severe one. Separating from each other, markets, has come by his death offered to do so, in carrying the however, the smaller vehicle under peculiar circumstances. body, also claimed to be 1881 continued on its course to Card, who was 60 years of age, remunerated. The deputy coroner, PWLL (PEMBREY). Kidwelly, and, as we are was last seen alive about 9 o'clock however, sharply rebuked the idle informed, Mr. Daniel's carriage on Saturday night, near the sea-side loafers, who would have ON Sunday last, and Monday went forward a short distance, sluices, a little above the harbour made gain of the re- mains of the evening, half- yearly services were when his splendid horse fell down lighthouse. On Sunday, at noon, dead. held at Bethlehem Baptist Chapel, and died. It was then found that the body was seen by Joseph (The Cardiff Times 24th July 1875) when the Rev. David Roberts, of Tallog, near Carmarthen, one of the shafts of the other Richards, lying on its back in the conveyance had been forced right mud near the light- house. preached. Collections were made into the breast of the animal, Richards gave information to in reduction of the debt of the which had in consequence bled to sergeant Hughes who extricated building. death. It was supposed and the body An inquest was held on (South Wales Daily News 2nd February 1881) believed that the gentleman in the Monday at the Mariners' Inn by a 1879 CHAPEL, PWLL.— smaller conveyance was Mr. respectable jury, before the Evans, the new mayor of deputy coroner, Mr J. D. On Tuesday evening a sermon Kidwelly; but Mr. Evans says that, Rowlands. Three witnesses were was delivered by the Rev. D. although he had been on the same examined, viz., the person who Bloomfield James, of Walter's- 1884 line of road he was not in the identified the deceased, the road Chapel, Swansea. The LLANELLY collision at all. It does not appear person who last saw him alive audience was large. Harbour Commissioners — The (Cardiff Times 28th June 1879) that either conveyance carried and the man who found the body monthly meeting of the members lamps. Legal proceedings are on Monday. The jury returned a was held at the Town-hall on threatened, if not actually begun verdict of “found dead,” adding Saturday. The tenders for the in this strange case. that there was no evidence to diversion or the Pwll and Stradey (The Cambrian 23rd October 1874) show how the deceased came by streams and the construction of a his death. It is an extraordinary 1880 reservoir in connection therewith fact that three large stones were BURRY PORT. were further considered and found in the pockets of the TREAT TO CHILDREN.— adjourned, the lowest tenders unfortunate man. There was an On Tuesday the children of Pwll being over £500 in excess of the unseemly sequel to the inquest. 1875 Board School were regaled with amount proposed to be expended. The men who assisted in getting an excellent treat of tea and cake, The question of the sanction of LLANELLY. the body out of the mud were by Mrs Manuel Rees, at the the Great Western Railway DEATH IN SUSPICIOUS given a gratuity by the coroner. grounds before Cilymaenllwyd Company to the scheme was also CIRCUMSTANCES.— At the sea-side there are plenty Mansion. considered, but, in consequence of Emanuel Card, of Neath, a who are ready to share in (South Wales Daily News September 10th, the somewhat excessive demand general dealer in fruit, who gratuities, and those who had 1880) made by the company, a final frequented Llanelly and other come about to assist, or had decision in the matter was of representative laymen.