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Liverpool Mercury: Tuesday November 16th, 1852: issue 2450: News

Destructive Floods: Loss of Life and Property [includes]

Devonshire: This town and neighbourhood have been visited by one of the most destructive floods ever remembered. The late heavy and almost incessant rains have caused the rivers Lemon and Teign to rise to an enormous height, and great fears were last week entertained that the water would overflow the banks. On Sunday forenoon, about eleven o’clock, a sudden and immense rush of water took place from the up streams into the Lemon and this added to the great rise of the Teign, caused the banks to burst, and property to a considerable amount was either swept away or damaged. The water rushed with fearful violence into the premises of Mr. Vicary, tanner, and damage was caused to the leather and premises amounting to upwards of £1,000. The torrent also rushed into the mill and premises of Mr. Stockman, but it is said that £10 or £20 will cover his loss. The inhabitants of Sun Court had all their houses flooded and were obliged to take refuge upstairs until the water subsided, which was not until eleven o’clock at night. Several streets were rendered impassable, and much injury has been done to house property. Mr. Pinsent, we may here mention, has about 100 tons of coals washed away from the Marsh, and is otherwise a great sufferer from the flood. Altogether, the damage with the calamity has caused is estimated at something like £3,000: Exeter Flying Post. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

St. James’s Chronicle: Saturday 13th November 1852

Devonshire: During the last few days, the neighbourhood of Newton Abbotts has been visited with one of the most destructive floods ever remembered. The late heavy and almost incessant rains caused the rivers Lemon and Teign to rise to an enormous height, and great fears were entertained lest the water would overflow the banks. … (continues) … Mr. Pinsent had about 100 tons of coal washed away from the Marsh and is otherwise a great sufferer from the flood. Altogether the damage which the calamity has caused is estimated at something like £1,000. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Western Times: Saturday 13th November 1852

Newton Abbot: The Flood: Our town was visited with a devastating inundation of Sunday last, and great damage was done. Some houses now in the course of building, in the Station Road, were undermined, and fell; and several shops were inundated. The water rose so rapidly, that the congregations coming out from morning service found the streets impassable. In Bridge Street, where the river Lemon crosses the road, and on to Pinsent’s brewery, especially by Mr. Vicary’s tan-yards, to the Leat, the water covered the road to the depth of two to three feet. The yards were inundated, and a vast amount of damage was done. Mr. Vicary is not yet able to estimate his loss, but it is rumoured to be some thousands of pounds. The tan was washed out of the pits, and the hides under process doubtlessly were much injured. Mr. Vicary’s damage appears to have been the consequence of stopping the wastewater course of the leat, by the owner of an adjoining property, who had built a closet over it, and boarded the course completely up. The water thus dammed back accumulated against Mr. Vicary’s year wall, which gave way. From the extraordinary height to which the Teign rose, the marshes were covered with water; some hundreds of tons of coal, belonging to Mr. Pinsent, were washed into the river. The timber in the marshes, and on the banks, the property of the timber merchants in the town, was washed away. All communication between Kingsteignton and Newton was cut off, the water covering the road for upwards of half a mile. On the 10th of November 1810, this town was inundated with water. The flood was much greater than last Sunday. It occurred on a Saturday, and persons living in some parts of town were obliged to be supplied with breakfast in their bedrooms. It is calculated by those who remember the circumstance, that the water rose from eighteen inches to two feet higher than on Sunday last. The state of the road by the Globe Hotel, and towards Bridge Hotel, is such as to require the attention of the County Surveyor. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Morning Herald (London): Saturday 13th November 1852

DEVONSHIRE: — This town and neighbourhood have been visited by one of the most destructive floods ever remembered. The late heavy and almost incessant rains have caused the rivers Lemon and Teign to rise to an enormous height, and great fears were last week entertained that the water would overflow the banks. On Sunday forenoon, about eleven o’clock, a sudden and an immense rush of water took place from the up streams into the Lemon, and this, added to the great rise of the tide from the Teign, caused the banks to burst, and property to a considerable amount was either swept away or damaged. The water rushed with fearful violence into the premises of Mr. Vicary, tanner, and damage was caused to the leather and premises amounting to upwards of £1000. The torrent also rushed into the mill and premises of Mr. Stockman, but it is said £10 or £20. will cover his loss. The inhabitants of Sun-court had all their houses flooded and were obliged to take refuge upstairs until the water subsided, which was not until eleven o’clock at night. Several streets were rendered impassable, and much injury has been done to house property. Mr. Pinsent, we may here mention, had about 100 tons of coal washed away from the Marsh, and is otherwise a great sufferer from the flood. Altogether, the damage which the calamity has caused is estimated at something like £3000. — Exeter Flying Post. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Sun (London): Saturday 13th November 1852

Fearful Floods in the Provinces: … … Devonshire: During the last few days the neighbourhood of Newton Abbots had been visited with one of the most destructive floods ever remembered. The late heavy and almost incessant rains caused the rivers Lemon and Teign to rise to an enormous height and great fears were entertained lest the water would overflow the banks. … (continues) … The inhabitants of Sun Court had all their houses flooded and were obliged to take refuge upstairs until the water subsided. Several streets were rendered impassable, and much injury had been done to house-property. Mr. Pinsent had about 100 tons of coal washed away from the Marsh and is otherwise a great sufferer from the flood. Although the damage which the calamity has caused is estimated at something like £1,000. 

 [see also Saint James’s Chronicle: Saturday 13th November 1852]

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Saturday 13th November 1852

Disastrous Flood: One of the most terrific and disastrous floods ever known in this district took place on Sunday last. During the whole of the preceding night the rain had fallen in torrents, and the wind blew a hurricane. About half-past twelve on the Sunday morning, the inhabitants were able to attend their various places of worship, little dreaming of the sight which was to meet their eyes ere long. About eleven o’clock the rivers Lemon and Teign began to swell with the immense quantity of water which came down from the hills, and overflowed the garden of Mr. Wotton, basket maker, where, in a short space of time, the accumulation was so great that it forced down two walls, and rushed with terrific violence into the premises of Mr. Vicary, completely inundating his tanyard, and doing damage it is estimated to the amount of above one thousand pounds. Nothing being now left to impede the force of the element, away it rushed into the streets, lanes and courts, laying the whole space between the Commercial Inn, to Mr. Beanie’s lane, the marketplace, on to Kingsteignton road and the Marshes, completely under water, while hedges gave way, crops in the ground were washed up, 150 tons of coals belonging to Mr. Pinsent were swept off, and immense pieces of timber belonging to Mr. Bearne, Mr. Milward, and others, yielded to the mighty force, and were borne onward like wisps of straw. About half-past twelve the inhabitants came thronging forth from churches and chapels, and great was their consternation to find the distance between them and their homes, one rushing roaring tract of water. And now came a scene which taffies all description. Wheelbarrows of clay were being driven with difficulty to the various shops, the owners of which were busily engaged up to their knees in water, placing that now invaluable commodity over their frontages, to keep out a further risk of water from their premises … 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Patriot: Thursday 11th November 1852

Centenary of the Western College, Plymouth: … Arianism – commencing about 1718 at Exeter – extensively affected the purity of the Presbyterian Congregational Bodies throughout the Western Counties. To counteract this growing evil, the London Congregational Fund Board, established in 1752 the Western Academy … (continues) … The following is a list of the Contributors: … includes … T. Pinsent, Esq.: Greenhill, — £20 0s 0d. … (continues) 

[see also Patriot: Monday 15th November 1852 and other dates also British Banner 1848: Wednesday 10th November 1852] 

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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872

Sherborne Mercury: Tuesday 26th October 1852

Newton Abbot: A Runaway: Messrs. Pinsent and Co., recently entrusted a man in their employ named King, with £35 to carry somewhere but he was not paid the money, nor can Messrs. Pinsent and Co. ascertain his whereabouts. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post or Plymouth and Cornish Advertiser: Thursday October 21st, 1852: issue 4529: News. 

Newton Abbot: A man named King, lately in the employ of Messrs. Pinsent and Co., of Newton, spirit merchants, has absconded, it is said to the “diggings”, taking with him £90 in gold and silver, which he had been entrusted to convey to another person. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette: Saturday 16th October 1852

A man named King, lately in the employ of Messrs. Pinsent & Co., spirit merchants, has decamped with £30 in gold and silver, with which he had been entrusted to convey to another person. 

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GRO0518 Devonport: John Ball Pinsent: 1819 – 1901