16th September 1878
Men are killed by an exploding threshing machine
A pair of French workers, Auguste Le Goubey and Lacques Le Luan, were killed when the boiler of William Lane’s steam-powered thrashing machine exploded. An inquest was convened, which ruled that the deaths were the result of culpable negligence – a charge to which Lane should answer. He was arrested, imprisoned and, eventually, released on £50 bail.
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Other events that occured in September
Writer Philippe Langlois is born
- Philippe Langlois was a qualified doctor and a medical officer in the Royal Jersey Militia, as well as an author and poet.
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First cat to fly from Jersey finds fame
- Swannie made history when it became the first cat to fly between Jersey and the mainland.
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Soldier is killed picking flowers from a train
- A soldier was killed on the Jersey Railway when he attempted to pick line-side flowers from a moving train.
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Lee Wilson, Gerald Durrell’s wife and co-author, is born
- Lee McGeorge Wilson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved to Jersey after marrying the naturalist, Gerald Durrell.
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