A landslip in Swaledale extending for three-quarters of a mile, has been brought about by heavy rains. The crack has occurred at the foot of a fellside which skirts the dale road from Reeth to Muker. Two families have been obliged to quit their houses, and buildings in the hamlets of Feetham and Low Row - including the hotel - are in grave danger. The two couples who have had to vacate their houses at east end are Mr and Mrs Waller and Mr and Mrs Kendall. Though motorists passing along the main road in Swaledale might not notice anything wrong with the face of the fell side, the two houses stand as witnesses that something is wrong. The walls and chimneys, doors and windows are all awry. Mr and Mrs Waller are both over eighty, and they have had to vacate their house because of the silting of the base of the banks against the back of their house. The greatest trouble however, came through the inrush of water into their cellars, forcing up the cellar floors.Matters have now been brought to a climax by the heavy rain.

Absconded. Whereas JOHN COATES, alias FIDDLER COATEY alias SWALEDALE JACK, originally a miner, about 40 years of age, about 6 feet high, dressed in a blue jacket and large blue trousers, dark complexion and dark hair etc hath absconded, leaving a wife and small family chargeable to the township of Muker in Swaledale near Richmond, Yorkshire.

Notice if hereby given that any person who will apprehend the said John Coates alias Fiddler Coatey alias Swalerdale Jack, and lodge him on one of his Majesty’s gaols, or deliver him to the Overseers of the Poor for the said township of Muker, shall receive a handsome reward and have all reasonable expences paid.