16th April 1935
A crane falls into St Helier Harbour
A 25-year-old crane operator drowned when his crane fell from Victoria Pier into St Helier harbour. Ambrose Glendawar was trapped in the wreckage and his body could not be recovered for five days.
The crane had been built to lift 45-ton loads but toppled when loaded with just over 37 tons of girders and stone. Engineers had been conducting tests on the crane to see how much it could carry when the accident occured. An inquest ruled that Glendawar had died by drowning and would have still been alive when the crane was submerged.
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Other events that occured in April
Corbière lighthouse is lit for the first time
- Corbiere’s 19m-tall lighthouse sits on a tidal island, which lifts the light a further 17m above the high tide mark. It was first lit in 1874.
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The States starts dismantling Jersey Railway
- After a fire, and facing stiff competition from road transport, Jersey Railway was sold to the States, which began demolishing the track.
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Man pleads guilty to party shooting
- A Jersey man pleaded guilty to shooting two people at a party he was hosting in April 1965.
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Major Moses Corbet is appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
- Corbet served in Menorca and Gibraltar before retiring to Jersey on the grounds of ill-health. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor in 1771.
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