Recherche Gauche De Simpson D'Espoir
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 9:08 AM
Port Hope Simpson Investigation
J. O. Williams, owner, Labrador Development Company Ltd. & Sir John Hope Simpson, Commissioner of Natural Resources & Acting-Commissioner of Justice for Newfoundland 1934-36 have left unanswered questions about wages of the early loggers, houses that were supposed to have been built and about the incongruous deaths of Arthur Eric Williams and Erica Anitoff Williams, his infant daughter in Port Hope Simpson from its foundation as a logging town on Alexis Bay in 1934.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Friday, September 09, 2005
Acting-Inspector Walter Rockwood Newfoundland Ranger Registered # 34 (middle) Port Hope Simpson 15 July 1937
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 7:05 AM
Captain Harry Walters (second from left) Newfoundland Ranger Registered # 29 Port Hope Simpson 1935-36
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 7:03 AM
Thursday, September 08, 2005
John Osborn Williams, 48 owner The Labrador Dev Co Ltd and Arthur Eric Williams 21 his eldest son taken in Port Hope Simpson 1934; courtesy of John Illsley, grandson
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 5:41 AM
Naming ceremony, Port Hope Simpson 23 August 1934 courtesy of John Illseley, grandson, J. O. Williams
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 5:20 AM
Cut wood being hauled aboard Company steamer, Alexis Bay; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:44 AM
Cut Wood being loaded aboard Company steamer, Alexis Bay; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:42 AM
Cut wood stacked on deck of Company steamer in Alexis Bay; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:40 AM
Peeled sticks on bank, Alexis Bay; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:37 AM
Ancient woods, Alexis River; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:03 AM
Arthur Eric Williams,(r.), deceased with the first landing party 1934; Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 4:02 AM
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Aug 1934 l to r Lodge Simpson Williams Company Owner Turner Forestry Dept Dalton Govt Marine Supt Fudge Fisheries Dept Robinson Govt Engineer Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:34 PM
23 Aug 1934 Sir John Hope Simpson raising the flag, naming the Port, Hope Simpson, Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:32 PM
Six Company Houses, Port Hope Simpson, 1934, Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:30 PM
Company Staff, Port Hope Simpson, Bunty Squires, lifelong friend of Doreen Williams, daughter of owner, front left.1935, Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:26 PM
Same six Company Houses photographed from a different angle with a ladder to boot, Port Hope Simpson, 1934, Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:25 PM
Flagpole cut along Alexis River and presented to Great Western Railway, Cardiff, 1935; Lab. Dev. Co.Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:23 PM
Port Hope Simpson was also nicknamed Dog Town down by the river in 1935, Lab Dev Co. Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 12:22 PM
Keith Yonge, Lab Dev Co Ltd Manager, Port Hope Simpson 23 August 1934;courtesy of John Illseley
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:59 AM
Bunkhouse for 80 men, The Depot, Port Hope Simpson, Labrador Development Company Ltd brochure 1935
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:58 AM
One of two restored Company houses in Port Hope Simpson , July 2002
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:58 AM
Labrador House, 55 Main Road, Ogmore-by-Sea, Bridgend CF32OPL, Wales built by J.O. Williams in the 1920s;18 January 2003
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:57 AM
What I wrongly believed was the tombstone of J. O. Williams, the first Welsh industrialist, Port Hope Simpson; 15 November 1969
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:56 AM
The Inscription on the Tombstone - take a closer look; 29 July 2002
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:54 AM
#21 Final resting place John Osborn Williams 77 b 28 March 1886 d 6 July 1963 and Ethel Kate Williams 69 b 31 January 1887 d 20 March1956 Bridgend Cemetery South Wales 18 January 2003
posted by Llewelyn Pritchard at 11:53 AM
