Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - Some newspaper reports from the 1890's

• February 1893 - Firemen's Quarrel at Penarth - Serious Charge of Wounding - "About eleven o'clock on Tuesday night a fireman, named Thomas Crommen, engaged on board the steamship Ashdene, now lying in Penarth Dock, was arrested by Inspector Rutter and taken to Penarth Police-station on a charge of wounding another fireman, named John Johnson, belonging to the same vessel, by striking him with his shovel and causing severe injuries to one of his arms. Johnson was attended by Dr. Rees. Prisoner will be taken before magistrates at Barry to-morrow (Thursday)." Evening Express [135] 8th February 1893.

• February 1893 - Wounding Affray at Penarth Dock - "Thomas Mandering, marine fireman, was charged at Barry Dock Police-court this afternoon with feloniously wounding another fireman named John Johnson on board the steamer Ashdene, lying at Penarth Dock. - In the course of the hearing the charge was reduced from feloniously wounding to that of assault, and the defendant was fined 10s. (50 pence) and costs." Evening Express [135] 9th February 1893.

• February 1893 - Accident at Penarth Dock - "On Monday morning Andrew Taylor, a native of Edinburgh, was admitted into Hamadryad Hospital Ship suffering from internal injuries of a serious nature. The inured man, on the look-out for a berth, was attempting to get on board the steamer Rosary, of London, when the ship's ladder broke, and he fell into the dock, and was crushed between the ship's side and the quay wall. He was rescued by a coal trimmer named Ashton, and after first aid he was conveyed to the hospital ship." Evening Express [135] 21st February 1893.

• March 1893 - Attempted Suicide at Penarth - "At the Penarth magistrates' clerk's office this morning , Dennis Arede was charged with attempting to commit suicide at Penarth Dock, on March 9. - Samual Osborne, in giving evidence, said the prisoner passed him, and he heard him say that he meant to drown himself. Thereupon he followed prisoner, and saw him jump into the basin. He (Osborne) then got into a boat, and pulled prisoner out, as he was sinking. On getting on land prisoner tried again to jump into the dock, but was held by Osborne until a constable came up. - Prisoner was remanded until Monday at Penarth." Evening Express [135] 10th March 1893.