Dartmouth Chronicle     Articles
War Years Dartmouth Castle   
DHRG No. 100019
Memories of Dartmouth Castle during the Second World War as remembered by someone who was between 5 and 11 years at the time. Printed September 21, 2001.
Dartmouth Chronicle articles   
DHRG No. 102057
Chronicle articles from early years reprinted by Alan Coles owner of the paper in the 1960's and more recent group articles printed in various newspapers.
At work at seven years of age   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102563
When Dartmouth Craftsmen Earned A Guinea A Week. First printed : 1937 - Reprinted : 1st October 1965.
The Two Dartmouths   
DHRG No. 102567
A look into the life of Dartmouth Nova Scotia.
Printed : 3rd August 2001.
Foss Street in 1861   
DHRG No. 102569
Foss Street residents in 1861 using the census of that year.
Printed : 2005.
Memories of wartime Dartmouth   
DHRG No. 102570
Childhood memories of R J Razzell who spent some time in Dartmouth as an evacue.
Printed : October 2006.
St Petrox Feoffees   
DHRG No. 102571
An article about the water supply in Southtown, Dartmouth, when it was provided by the Feoffees of St. Petrox.
Printed : Awaiting publication.
Our Local Pioneer Aviator   
DHRG No. 102572
A. Liwentaal 1894.
Printed : 2009.
Chronicle Articles – No documents.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102616
Inquest into Deaths.   
DHRG No. 102834
Inquest into the deaths that occurred during the fire in Newcomen Rd Tenement.
Chronicle and other publications   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102918
Dartmouth Chronicle articles   
DHRG No. 102921
Sinking of HMS Monmouth in the battle of Coronel in 1914   
DHRG No. 103131
Sinking of HMS Monmouth in the battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile in November 1914.
Council scandal ended by a bullet   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102554
Suicide in November 1906 of Arthur Smith charged with misappropriation of funds amounting to £500. Reprinted : September 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 3.
Five drowned as open boat was speared   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102555
Attempted to rescue passengers from the German ship Thekla.
First printed : 1893 - Reprinted : September 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 4.
Scandal of the £75.00 vote bribes   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102556
Story of vote rigging during the election of Dartmouth’s MP 1859.
Reprinted : September 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 6.
Overdrawn and quartered by the bank crash   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102557
The story of the sudden closure of the Navel Bank on the corner of the Butterwalk.
First printed : 1914 - Reprinted : 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 8.
The Maid affray   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102558
Shooting of two seamen on board the American ship Western Maid here in the river.
First printed : 1919 - Reprinted : October 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 9.
Dartmouth’s five year holy war.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102559
The vicar who fought with pen and bells. The story of Rev. John Priestley Fosters battle with his parishioners and the town Council.
First printed : 1870 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 16.
When Dartmouth bench mutinied.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102560
When seven men objected to the local education system being taken over by the county.
First printed : 1905 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 17.
Fighting J.P.s.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102561
They black each other’s eyes in the Embankment battle.
First printed : 1887 - Reprinted : December 1964. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 18.
Dartmouth Fire Heroine   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102562
Maud Ash & Fire in Newcomen Rd Tenement.
First printed : 1912 - Reprinted : 2nd April 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 34.
The big town health probe.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102573
The scarlet fever epidemic that swept through the town.
First printed : - Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 35.
The old men of the sea.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102574
The fate of the motor yacht Campeador and her elderly crew during WWI.
First printed : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 47.
Bridge of Sighs.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102575
For years there was talk of a bridge over the river dart before it slip through their fingers.
First printed : 1930 - Reprinted : August 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 50.
What a Lovely War   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102576
Dartmouth at the start of WW I.
Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 52.
Pilot who rammed a mailboat.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102577
The ramming of the Warwick Castle by the SS Winston in 1881.
First printed : 1881 - Reprinted : September 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 57.
Danger rock cost them money.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102578
When the Triumph struck the Samarang rock to the east of the Homestone buoy.
First printed : 1884 - Reprinted : October 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 60.
Charity without faith.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102579
When the Town Council became involved in the charities, water supply and Feoffees. First printed : 1883 - Reprinted : November 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 65.
Battle of the Embankment.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102580
The story of the battle.
First printed : 1891 - Reprinted : 1965. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 69.
The colonel who went bust.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102581
Alexander Ridgeway the builder of Shepleigh Court and owner of numerous Dartmouth properties.
First printed : 1880's - Reprinted : January 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 71.
It was Roger’s – and out   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102582
He was Dartmouth’s toughest policemen.
Reprinted : January 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 72.
The rugger row that split the town.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102583
First printed : 1903 - Reprinted : February 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 75.
Their protest came with kick.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102584
The new ground and the play area protest.
First printed : 1904 - Reprinted : February 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 76.
Town Clerk who hardly was.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102585
Harry Roberts and the Town Council.
First printed : 1903/4 - Reprinted : March 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 78.
When elections were rigged.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102586
Dartmouth and its MP’s, 1701.
Reprinted : April 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 82.
Coal – lumpers locked out.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102587
The coal-lumpers first strike.
First printed : 1914 - Reprinted : August 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 83.
Ship that bowed in shame on a rock   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102588
The wreck of the English trader on the Checkstone rock.
Reprinted : April 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 85.
The old man of building who had too much talk.
Reprinted : May 1966.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102589
When the Borough Engineer and Cllr were accused of corrupt practices.
Reprinted : May 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 88.
Ghost of a great old house   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102590
The family mansion of the Dimes, in the neighbourhood of Blackawton, destroyed fire.
Reprinted : May 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 89.
The Butterwalk became a slum   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102591
In danger of collapsing.
Reprinted : May 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 90.
Fists were raised in church.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102592
The Anglo Catholic vicar and prayers, Frederick Ryan.
Reprinted : June 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 91.
He did not learn his lesson.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102593
Sid Pope and the council’s finances.
Reprinted : June 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 94.
The firemen that fired themselves   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102594
Who was in charge of the parade?
Reprinted : August 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 99.
The pill pusher of Kingswear.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102595
Quack medicines and claims, William Carey Ryder.
Reprinted : August 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 100.
Tied up by the freemen.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102596
A revolution in local politics, Holdsworth V Seale for MP.
First printed : 1830 - Reprinted : August 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 101.
Libels out of the church.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102597
Rev. Butler v Rev. Foster.
Reprinted : September 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 103.
The captains courageous   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102598
Captain Jim Curtis and Captain John Tolman.
Reprinted : September 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 107.
Take-over of that failed.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102599
When Charles Peak wanted to merge Dartmouth and Kingswear.
Reprinted : October 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 108.
Angry action over an act   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102600
Dartmouth’s street walkers and the contagious diseases act.
Reprinted : October 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 110.
Shots that shattered a village.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102601
The Blackawton shooting tragedy.
Reprinted : November 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 111.
Shamed by yard fight.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102602
Ship building and the Philips family.
Reprinted : November 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 114.
Jemmy – burglar of old.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102603
Theft from Hawks coal office.
Reprinted : September 1966. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 116.
Inspectors had the measure!   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102604
When the weights and measures men came to town. Reprinted : January 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 121.
Suicide of glory yacht.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102605
The scuttling of the Westward.
Reprinted : February 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 127.
The boy Hero of a river tragedy.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102606
Collision and sinking of Frank Alexander’s boat ''Oh My''. First printed : 1945 - Reprinted : March 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 129.
Mount Boone. Ghost came back for daughter.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102607
Thomas Boone the ghost of Mount Boone. Reprinted : April 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 134.
The big floating dock that didn’t.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102608
The tale of Philips & son floating dock. Reprinted : July 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 140.
Crippled ship brought the town shame.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102609
S.S.Sutherland. Reprinted : August 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 143.
Miniature Harrods went crash   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102610
William Ajax Maygrove, shop owner. Reprinted : August 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 144.
The Holy Joe who asked for jail   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102611
Rev. Joseph Johnson. Reprinted : September 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 149.
When voters held out their hands.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102612
1859 By-election. Reprinted : September 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 150.
Out of the clutches of death.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102613
A death on the river near Ditsum. Reprinted : October 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 151.
Case of the kicked out Sergeants.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102614
Fred Pound and John Back. Reprinted : October 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 153.
The quick sell out of a family.   Yesterday's Headline Stories
DHRG No. 102615
Lily and Kearney Radford. Reprinted : November 1967. Yesterday's Headline Stories No. 155.