Hello All, Life was not always a bed of roses back in the old days; this is the report from the Londonderry Sentinel of the sad end for John Toland of Strabane, Co. Tyrone in May 1892 and his death certificate: FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT IN STRABANE, CO. TYRONE Londonderry Sentinel, Tuesday Morning, April 5, 1892 [cid:image002.jpg@01D76487.A511AAC0] John Toland’s Death Certificate: [cid:image004.png@01D76488.257AE5A0] Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

That is sad indeed. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 18, 2021, at 7:23 AM, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > >  > Hello All, > > Life was not always a bed of roses back in the old days; this is the report from the Londonderry Sentinel of the sad end for John Toland of Strabane, Co. Tyrone in May 1892 and his death certificate: > > FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT IN STRABANE, CO. TYRONE > Londonderry Sentinel, Tuesday Morning, April 5, 1892 > > <A349C899A5D84BEEB330443694470EEA.jpg> > > John Toland’s Death Certificate: > > > > <E8222D57E4714B45AE364B0077B1DB3C.png> > > > Len Swindley, > Melbourne, Australia > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > <FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT IN STRABANE May 9 1892.doc> > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Hi Len, I often walk past the old Patrick Street graveyard in Strabane and pause for a moment to remember the six children who died in the Deaf Children's Home fire in 1856. A local historian, John Dooher, wrote this book about it: https://strabanechronicle.com/2014/01/book-recalling-horrific-school-fire-to-be-launched-in-strabane/ B https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 12:24, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > Life was not always a bed of roses back in the old days; this is the > report from the Londonderry Sentinel of the sad end for John Toland of > Strabane, Co. Tyrone in May 1892 and his death certificate: > > > > *FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT IN STRABANE, CO. TYRONE* > > *Londonderry Sentinel, Tuesday Morning, April 5, 1892* > > > > > > *John Toland’s Death Certificate:* > > > > > > > > > > > > Len Swindley, > > Melbourne, Australia > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > ================================= > Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com > List Archive - > https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com > Join the list by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > To receive the Digest version, send an email to - > cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com > Unsubscribe by sending an email to - > cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com > =================================

Hello Boyd, Good hearing from you and hope all is well. Thanks for the heads-up re. Johnnie Dooher’s compilation of the story of this horrific event. I have posted separately a photo of the headstone and the newspaper report of the fire and inquest. Kind regards, Len Swindley Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Boyd Gray via CoTyroneList Sent: Friday, 18 June 2021 10:31 PM To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List Cc: Boyd Gray Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] Re: Fatal Burning Accident in Strabane, Co Tyrone May 1892 Hi Len, I often walk past the old Patrick Street graveyard in Strabane and pause for a moment to remember the six children who died in the Deaf Children's Home fire in 1856.  A local historian, John Dooher, wrote this book about it: https://strabanechronicle.com/2014/01/book-recalling-horrific-school-fire-to-be-launched-in-strabane/ B https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 12:24, Len Swindley via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com> wrote: Hello All,   Life was not always a bed of roses back in the old days; this is the report from the Londonderry Sentinel of the sad end for John Toland of Strabane, Co. Tyrone in May 1892 and his death certificate:   FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT IN STRABANE, CO. TYRONE Londonderry Sentinel, Tuesday Morning, April 5, 1892     John Toland’s Death Certificate:           Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia   Sent from Mail for Windows 10   ================================= Send a Message to the List - cotyronelist@list.cotyroneireland.com List Archive - https://list.cotyroneireland.com/empathy/list/cotyronelist.list.cotyroneireland.com Join the list by sending an email to -  cotyronelist-subscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com To receive the Digest version, send an email to - cotyronelist-owner@list.cotyroneireland.com Unsubscribe by sending an email to -  cotyronelist-unsubscribe@list.cotyroneireland.com =================================