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| LOCAL CHRONOLOGY - CONTINUED. |
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| May 6. - Wigan Quarter Sessions : 7 prisoners. - Wigan Infirmary Annual Meeting. |
| May 8. - Inquest on the body of Alice Ann Heaton, killed by the tram accident at Newtown. |
| May 10. - Meeting of the Manchester Geological Society in Wigan : Discussion as to the use of roburite in mining. |
| May 14. - Presentation to the Rev. C. G. Wilkinson on his leaving the Crawford Village Mission, Upholland. |
| May 16. - Local Government Inquiry at Pemberton as to proposals to borrow money for private street improvements. |
| May 17. - Death of Mr. James Dickinson, of Balcony Farm, Upholland, aged 76 years. |
| May 18. - Special Town Council Meeting to pass New Rates. - Crowning the May Queen at Golborne and Ashton. |
| May 22. - Wigan Mechanics Institution Annual Meeting. |
| May 23. - Wigan Rugby Football Club Annual Meeting. |
| May 24. - Publication of the report of the experts as to the effects of the fumes of roburite on workmen using the explosive. |
| May 25. - Death of a child named Mary Ann Hughes, at Ince, from opium purchased at a drysalters : verdict of "death from misadventure" afterwards returned. - Bazaar in St. Peter's School, Bryn. - Opening of a new Conservative Club at Golborne. - Memorial Stone laid of an extension to the Presbyterian School, Wigan. |
| May 27. - Liberal Meeting at Ashton. |
| May 29. - Severe Thunderstorms in Wigan. |
| May 30. - Death of Mr. James Kay, colliery proprietor, Coppull, aged 69. - Starting of the Western No. 2 Mill, Wallgate, Wigan, belonging to Messrs ffarington Eckersley and Company, Limited. |
| May 31. - Opening of the new Lancashire and Yorkshire route from Manchester to Liverpool via Pendleton and Hindley. - Death at his residence, Hurst House, Prescot, of Mr. Joseph Evans, J.P., D.L., proprietor of the extensive collieries of Messrs. Richard Evans and Co., Haydock, Golborne, Ashton, &c. |
| June 1. - Crowning of the Rose Queen at Stubshaw Cross. |
| June 5. - Town Council Meeting : Resolution adopted calling on the Treasury to provide a new County Court building ; the position of Wigan and the new grants explained ; and the re-paving of Standishgate discussed. |
| June 6. - Opening of the Wigan Co-operative Stores : Demonstration in the Public Hall. - Presentation of a testimonial from the Royal Humane Society to Mr. Peter Prescott for the rescue of a child from drowning on School Common. |
| June 8. - Annual Meeting in Wigan of the Lancashire Branch of the National Association of Colliery Managers. - Death of Mr. John Grime, aged 75 years, for over fifty years registrar of births and deaths for the Hindley District. - Departure of the local volunteers for their encampment in the Isle of Man. |