Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - Some newspaper reports from the 1880's

• December 1881 - Accident - 'A horse and cart belonging to Mr Johns, grocer, etc.. James-street, Bute was on Tuesday conveying goods on board the steamer Triton, lying under the tip in Penarth Basin. The horse and cart was left standing on the quay while the man in charge was carrying the goods on board, when the noise of the tip frightened the animal, which started at full gallop, and capsized into the basin and immediately sank. The horse was said to be worth £50. The horse and cart were subsequently raised by a diver going down and making fast a rope to the cart. The rope was attached to the steam winch on board the dredger and then hauled up on the quay by the steam crane.' - Cardiff Times [019] [361] 24th December 1881.

• December 1881 - Accident to a Guard - 'John Griffiths, a guard in the employ of Mr T. A. Walker, contractor at the Penarth Dock extension, when at work on one of the ballast trains, on Tuesday, fell on the rails, and several empty trucks passed over him. The poor fellow was so severely injured that it is feared one of his legs will have to be amputated. He was at once conveyed to the Cardiff Infirmary by a special engine.' - Cardiff Times [019] [361] 24th December 1881.

An engraving of the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Infirmary and Dispensary, Newport Road, Cardiff, which opened in 1837. The new Cardiff Royal Infirmary was opened in 1883, two years after Mr. Griffiths unfortunate accident.