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Amble East Cemetery
As expected for a coastal cemetery, there are a number of burials for people either drowned in the harbour or washed ashore from wrecks. Some of these are identified in the comments in the burial register. Here's one:
Edward Johnson, aged 19 of Ryhope Colliery buried on 5 February 1902 "cast up by the sea at Bondicar" An inquest was reported in the Sunderland Daily Echo of 6 February. Thomas Stewart, a Hauxley fisherman, found the body in a boat, identified as from the Eglinton of Glasgow, on 2 February, at Bondicar Burn. His mother, Mary Ann Johnson, the wife of miner William of 47 Curry Street, Ryhope, identified the body as her son. He was an Able bodied Seaman of the SS Eglinton, bound for Inverness from Sunderland with a cargo of coal. |
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There's one 'Matyen, Johanna', age 56, (13th April 1903) which I think may be a transcription error for 'Matzen, Johannes' - we have a monumental inscription for this man;
From my notes German: ' Hier Ruht Capt Matzen v. [place?] Gest. D. 10 April 1903 im alter v. 53 jahren' = Here rests Captain Matzen of ......, date of death 10th April 1903 at the age of 53 Name appears to be Johannes Matzan in the death indexes? Any more info on that one Janwhin? Last edited by Coquet; 10-09-2012 at 03:39 PM. Reason: correct age from the stone is 53 see better photo below |
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Yes, here's a bit more info on the Captain. According to the register he was of the ship Marks and died in the North Sea.
I guess it must be a transcription error because the Shields Gazette of 13 April states that the German galeat Marx of Amcrum arrived in Amble to report the death of their captain. The vessel was about 30 to 40 miles off Amble and the master Mr Johannes Matzen fell backwards into his cabin as he was coming up onto deck. He was found to be dead. Apparently he was a well known figure in Amble as he had loaded from the port for about 20 years. He belonged to Amcrum, a small island off the coast of Germany. The Shields Gazette does seem to be a great source of information on Amble |
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Thanks for that, most interesting. I have to rephotograph that gravestone as my 1st attempt failed.
Re Germans; Unfortunately (for them) German crews that found themselves in Amble at the outbreak of WW1 were incarcerated! Things must have improved quickly after the war though as I know my ancestors visited German ports on Amble boats during this time; sending postcards and buying souvenirs. |
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Captain Matzen
Having Googled Amcrum in Germany, the correct name seems to be Amrum.
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Germans
My coal mining family in Broomhill weren't ecstatic about the end of the First War. Apparently the Versailles Treaty provided for "reparation coal" to be mined in Germany on starvation wages. Priced British coal out of the market and really started to bite in 1921. Lockouts and short time eventually resulted in the 1926 strike.
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I did get the Captain Matzen stone re-photographed for the record. R.I.P. Johannes Matzen. Not sure what happened to the cross that once stood on top. No trace of it around, but then many of the other memorials have parts missing. Someone told me that headstones had allegedly been incorporated into the walls around the paddling pools but were later removed. Don't know if that's a tall tale or not? |
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sad to see grave stones in this condition , whether through natural erosion or vandalism ..........................especially vandalism.
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Good new photograph for Captain Matzen, Coquet, such a lot of history in that cemetery disappearing.
I have a leaflet about the cemetery produced by Amble Town Council in 2006 which is a good start but doesn't touch the surface (sorry for the pun, not intended!) in relation to the people buried there. It seems that the main concern is the preservation of the spire and the gates and not the headstones |
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Accidental Death at Gloster Hill
Another news item, from the Morpeth Herald of 7 May 1898, concerning the death of James Baston, buried in the East cemetery on 4 May, aged 12. The burial register records that he was killed by a runaway horse.
"On Monday a horse took fright and galloped down the road towards Amble. Before reaching the road ends, near the Hope Farm, it collided with a cart. The cart attached to the runaway was broken, but the horse continued its wild career, dragging the broken shaft behind. It turned into the Warkworth Road, and overtook a horse and cart driven by a boy named Baston, the son of the steward of Gloster Hill. The horse dashed into the back of the cart, which it upset, and the boy was thrown beneath his horse, with the cart shaft lying on his chest. On being extricated it was found that the boy was quite dead. Dr Smyth and the police were early at the spot, but could do nothing for the unfortunate little fellow. Deceased was only 12 years of age. The runaway was caught near Chester House, having run a distance of nearly 5 miles." |
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Some months back I was looking through the microfilm in alnwick library -the Alnwick Mercury or perhaps Alnwick Gazette for something and came across another very tragic death of a child; year was 1903.
I didn't write it down but a girl in a house in Amble had leant over the fire (I assume to reach something on the mantelpiece), unfortunately her dress and petticoats had passed into the fire and caught alight. The girl panicked and ran out of the house and into the street and was then apparently engulfed in flames and died from her injuries. |
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[QUOTE=Coquet;954]Some months back I was looking through the microfilm in alnwick library -the Alnwick Mercury or perhaps Alnwick Gazette for something and came across another very tragic death of a child; year was 1903.
There is an article in the Shileds Gazette of 15 April 1903: "Death from Burns at Amble - The death of a girl named Ann Grundy, from burns at Amble, was inquired into at the Masons' Arms, Amble, yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Charles Percy. From the evidence it appeared that the girl was attempting to reach something on the mantelpiece when she fell forward into the fire. She immediately rushed into the open air. She died twelve hours afterwards in great agony. The verdict was "Death from Shock, the result of burns."" She is buried in the East Cemetery, aged 5 1/2 of Scott Street, on 15 April. |
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