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Poisoning of the River Alyn
......The summons was then withdrawn, and the charge against Mr. William Beale Marston, of the Oil Works, Coed Talon, was then taken. Mr. Marston, at the outset of the case…
Source: Wrexham Advertiser. - Read moreOn Thursday evening week about thirty of the employees of the Coppa and Plasymhowys oil works assembled at the Crown Inn, Pontblyddyn, to pay a tribute of respect to a fellow workman.
An excellent sup…
Source: Wrexham Advertiser. - Read moreAlleged Pollution of the River Alyn
Mold Petty Sessions, before J. Scott-Bankes, Major Roper & T.W. Eyton
Bush v. Plas y Mhowys Oil Company.
Mr. Bridgman, of Chester, appeared on behalf of the "…
Source: Cheshire Observer, 27th January 1871. - Read moreThe Padeswood Retort Case
Humphreys v . Milthrope —Mr Roper for the plaintiff and Mr Cartwright, of Chester, for the defendant.
Mr. Roper in his opening statement said the case had been before His Hono…
Source: Wrexham Advertiser. - Read moreExtract for an autobiography by Arthur Robottom, published 1893 by Jarrold & Sons, London.
Later on, I joined some friends in Flintshire, with some land to shoot over, and we were applied to by th…
Source: Autobiography of Arthur Robottom, published in 1893 by Jarold & Sons, London.. - Read moreThe Affairs of the Dee Oil Company
PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF DIRECTORS - THE MISSING PRIVATE LEDGER
A public examination of the directors and officers of the Dee Oil Company, Limited, was opened at Chester…
Source: The Cheshire Observer, 11th March 1893. - Read moreList of Joint Stock companies associated with the Welsh coal oil industry; extracted from Board of Trade records held by the National Archive, and listed in order of date of formation
1861
Company No: …
Source: Board of Trade Records. - Read more