Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Some newspaper reports from the 1900's . . .

• October 1903 - Distressing Accident at Penarth - Seaman's Leg Wrenched Off - "A shocking accident befell a young Swedish seaman named Tromblom on board the steamship Baltic at Penarth Dock on Monday night, his left leg being entangled in a wire rope and wrenched off below the knee. The injured man was immediately conveyed to a Taff engine and removed to Cardiff Infirmary for treatment." Cardiff Times [019] 3rd October 1903.

• October 1903 - Exciting Incident at Penarth - "A man named Albert Searle (21), a native of Watchet, Somerset, had a narrow escape from being drowned in Penarth Dock on Tuesday. He was seen to fall into the water by Captain Thomas, of the schooner Elizabeth Hill, which was lying close by. The captain threw a line to the man, who grasped it, and with no little difficulty was got aboard. Searle, who has been seeking employment for three weeks, is subject to fits, and was seized with one whilst standing on the quay. The water revived him, and he was able to hold to the rope which was thrown from the schooner. Shortly after being taken from the water Searle became unconscious, and was removed to the Cardiff Workhouse Infirmary." Weekly Mail [067] 10th October 1903.

• November 1903 - Accidents at Penarth - "On Monday afternoon Mr Nelson, mate of the ss. Skeldon, lying at No.4 tip, at Penarth Dock, was going on board by means of a ladder when a heavy piece of coal fell from a shoot about 20 feet above him and struck the back of his neck, inflicting a severe wound. Dr. Aitken stitched the wound, and the injured man was conveyed to the Hamadryad Hospital and there detained.

A sailor was standing with his hand on the rail of the ss. Hawkwood in Penarth Dock on Monday when a piece of coal fell off a truck, smashing one of his fingers. The captain dressed the wound." Cardiff Times [019] 7th November 1903.

• June 1904 - Penarth Boy's Fall - Plucky Rescue from Drowning - "About noon on Saturday a boy named Joseph Jove, 63, Maughan-street, Penarth, was playing at the dock pierhead, and fell into the dock. In the fall his head came in contact with the side of the pier and stunned him. As the tide was coming in and he could not swim the boy was in imminent danger of being drowned. Great excitement prevailed. A stranger on the shore seeing the boy's danger pluckily swam out out and rescued him. The boy's forehead was cut by striking the pier, but otherwise he was not much the worse for his adventure. He was immediately taken to his home, and soon recovered from the shock." Cardiff Times [019] 18th June 1904.