CHARLESTON
The road approach to Little Beach from the north was around a sharp bend with, at its edge, a dangerous bank having a steep drop to the flat behind the Welcome Inn. Here occurred an accident. The Westport Times of July, 1869, reported: “On Saturday last, the coach running between Charleston and Westport capsized down a precipice. The horses (4) were all killed and a number of passengers injured.” And later: “Accident to Cobb & Co.’s coach. It appears that the horses got off the road into a steep gully about a-quarter of a mile beyond Charleston Racecourse Hotel. The driver, Kiely, had a narrow escape. The passengers walked to their destination. The coach and horses were got up again, the latter uninjured. The evening was dark and boisterous.” The second account differs considerably from the first!
The census of 1872 showed the population of Little Beach as 43 persons.
| 1/8/1878— | Michael Noonan, 1 acre. |
| 1/8/1878— | William H. Rosenberg, 1 acre. |
| 23/5/1878— | John Sullivan, 1 acre. |
| 6/3/1879— | George R. Brown, 1 acre. |
| 7/3/1879— | Edward Drennan, 1 acre. |
| 26/2/1880— | Edward Brougham, 1 acre. |
SOME RESIDENTS OF NINE-MILE BEACH.
- Magnus Mouat
- James Mouat
- John Mouat
- B. Mouat
- G. Harper
- J. Harper
- W. Harper
- M. Laurenson
- Jas. Johnson
- M. Johnson
- J. Johnson
- G. Anderson
- J. Anderson
- W. Sutherland
- J. McHerron
- G. Brown
- A. Leggatt
- C. Brougham
- R. Rosenberg
- W. H. Rosenberg
- J. Sherlock
- J. Sullivan
- D. Sullivan
- P. Callaghan
- W. Hampton
- Cato Dickenson
- John Warne
- D. Dennehy
- W. Bird
- —. Noonan
- Frank Herring
- J. Harris
- J. Harold
- Edward Bowen
- Edward Baulke
- Albert Trumper
- A. Thurlow
- J. M. T. Powell
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