Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885
Chapter 3
MY LIFE-WORK BEGUN. On the Staff of the _Newcastle Journal_--In a Dilemma--Lord John Russell and Mr. Gladstone at Newcastle-upon-Tyne--Mr. Gladstone's Triumphal Progress--A Memorable Colliery Disaster: A Pit-Sinker's Heroism--Adventure at a Dickens Reading.