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Lives lost on this day: 3

12th March 1916 - Air raid instructions issued

Rolling Casualty Count: 2797

At the Front:

2nd Batt: Coy Officers conference was held Brigade HQ at 10.00am. Officers of the 1st/6th Scottish Rifles reconnoitres the line

A machine gun loophole was shelled well by our Howitzers and the 18 Pounders did some wire-cutting.

On the Home Front:

Alfred Coombes (16), of Landsdowne Road, a G.W.R. engine cleaner at Shrub Hill Station, was fatally injured on Tuesday, having been crushed between the buffers of two engines. He was coupling these in the shed preparatory to their being put in their order, according to the time they were wanted for use. At today’s inquest, it was stated that all the lamps had been shaded, and the nearest was twenty-four yards away from the scene of the fatality. It was impossible for deceased to see the live engine approaching the dead one which had to be coupled to it. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death, caused by bad light.”

Miss Oakley, a resident of Grimley, has been admitted to Worcester Infirmary, suffering from a wound in her throat. She is progressing favourably, but the wound was a very severe one. Miss Oakley is not expected to leave the institution for about a fortnight.

Air Raid Instructions: The Worcestershire Standing Joint Committee authorised certain instructions in the event of air raids in the county. For Worcestershire, except in the areas of the city of Worcester and the Borough of Kidderminster, the following system will prevail: From one hour and a half after sunrise to half an hour before sunrise only such external lamps, flares, and fixed lights of all descriptions and all aggregations of lights, whether public or private, as are approved by the police may remain lighted. The police authority may allow such public lamps as are necessary for public safety and any other lights, either external or internal, as they may approve, to continue lighted. All other lights must be extinguished or reduced in such a manner and to such extent as the police authority may approve. Lights in tramcars and omnibuses are included in this provision.

Pending the announcement of the Government as to a tariff on or the prohibition of hops from abroad there has been a complete slump in the local market, not a single pocket being weighed on the public scales during the week until Saturday, when only 16 pockets were weighed. Prices remain firm at from £7 to £8 per cwt.

Information researched by the WWW100 team.