1917 6-year-old witness At Ballinasloe Petty Sessions, Mr. W. Hastings summoned Mr. J.A. Butler for taking a “Western News” from his premises on the 1st inst....
1917 Big Galway fire One of the biggest fires that has occurred in Galway for a number of years took place in the early hours of...
1917 Annual TB report The annual report of the Tuberculosis Medical Officer for Co. Galway for the year ending April 31 is deserving of more than...
1917 Britain’s best pickpocket As a well-groomed man was entering a first-class carriage of the mail train at Galway station last evening, a plain clothes constable...
1917 Shocking drowning A shocking drowning tragedy occurred off Salthill, resulting in the death of a young man named Joseph McDermott (aged about 28), whose parents...
1917 A courageous act Eye witnesses of the incident are loud in their praise of the action of Constable Carragy, of Eglinton-st. barracks, who on Saturday...
1917 Decrease in serious crime Speaking from the official document furnished to him by those in command of the police, “who, of all others, have the...
1917 Race Week The proposed ban of the Government upon racing was looked upon by the people of Galway with something approaching dismay. In a resolution...
