Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Random Rants, Notes and Articles No. 1 . . .

1898 - From Bristol, England, comes a note on quick loading. The steamer Kate, of Galveston, entered Penarth dock, and after unloading was at 4 p.m., on Saturday, brought into the basin and placed under the coal tips. Loading commenced at 4.45. By 8 p.m. 1,500 tons of coal had been placed on board. For the first two hours a 10-ton wagon of coal was shipped every minute. This is said to be the quickest shipment of coal on record in the Bristol Channel. - The Coal Trade Journal [1181] [499] 9th November 1898

1865 - The French schooner " Marie Rosa " is driven ashore on the Penarth Head, near Cardiff ; the steam tug " Spirit of the Times, " in attempting to get her off, is also stranded, and both vessels become wrecks ;  the crews are saved by the coast-guard. - [1188] [499]

1895 - An Unqualified Practitioner at Penarth  - Unqualified practice is the concern of the public. Life is sacrificed to it and coroners' inquests have to be held. A case in point has just occurred at Penarth. A child four weeks old was ill with convulsions, and the parents called in a person described in the report of the inquest as "Doctor Graves." This gentleman has no qualification.