30th July 1902
A boy is killed on the Jersey Railway
A 15-year-old boy, whom the papers didn’t name, was killed on the Jersey Railway at Bel Royal. He’d been swimming in the sea, but forgotten to take his towel to the beach, and was knocked down and killed when crossing the line to retrieve it.
The boy’s body was dragged around 25 metres down the line and badly mutilated by the truck, attached to the front of the engine, which had struck him. His father, Captain GW Lefeuvre, was stationed on Jersey as a member of the North Lancashire Regiment.
Later the same week, a second accident on the railway saw an engine run into a passenger train. Fortunately, nobody was killed on that occasion, but four passengers were badly injured, and several others left shocked and shaken by the experience.
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Other events that occured in July
Courts declare widow mentally competent
- Fanny Radmall inherited a huge fortune but the Jersey courts were asked to rule on whether she was competent to manage it.
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A general strike brings Jersey to a standstill
- Council workers in all sectors followed the lead of refuse workers, and downed tools until the States of Jersey agreed to a pay rise.
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Jersey gets its first ever local bank notes
- When Jersey needed to raise funds, it came up with a profitable wheeze: it would issue its first ever peacetime banknotes.
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Jersey invader Philippe de Rullecourt is born
- Philippe de Rullecourt led and was killed in the French invasion of Jersey that later became known as the Battle of Jersey.
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