A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberbach
There are 59 arrests. Stewards lost count of the crowd well before half time. The magistrates will count the rest on Monday.
A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Oberbach. There are 59 arrests. perhaps 500 people by the constable's count gathered in the street and dispersed as the lamps were lit, frost having made the causeway treacherous. A peat cutter on his way home said: 'It will be talked of at the market for a week.'
By the next morning Oberbach had returned to its ordinary business, frost having made the causeway treacherous. A boatman from the lower quay said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.
Those concerned: Oberbach (location); Orchard Street (street).
The Grand Chancellor, Uwe Jann, is not expected to make a statement.
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