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
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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Triple Cross opens in cinemas
- Triple Cross tells the story of Eddie Chapman who was arrested in Jersey during the occupation and became a triple agent.
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Author and actor Anthony Faramus is born
- Anthony Faramus, who became an author and actor, was working as a hairdresser in St Helier when arrested early in the occupation.
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Jersey Opera House is opened
- Jersey Opera House was opened in 1900 by Lillie Langtry. It was later a theatre and cinema, and was badly damaged by fire.
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