Leidsch Dagblad
- Budget
- The 3 October revue is canceled, as reported
- The railway accident near De Vink
Leidsch Dagblad shows ordinary municipal business alongside the social aftermath of the railway accident. Leiden's forthcoming budget is available for public inspection. The planned October revue is canceled because its creator and director Hageman was seriously injured after taking an earlier train to attend a rehearsal. A hospital passage describes a royal visit, growing crowds and roses for patients. The selected texts show how an accident reached civic entertainment and public expressions of sympathy.
Translation
Budget
Leiden’s mayor and aldermen hereby give public notice that, in accordance with Article 203 of the Municipalities Act, the budget of local revenue and expenditure for 1927 has been submitted to the council. It has been deposited at the municipal secretariat for inspection by anyone and is available in print at cost.
The 3 October revue is canceled, as reported
The celebrations of the 3 October Association.
As already reported, the 3 October revue has been cancelled. It cannot go ahead because of the railway accident. Its designer, creator and director, Mr Hageman, was so seriously injured. In his great enthusiasm and tireless efforts to make it as complete a success as possible, both for the 3 October Association and for his own society, Litteris Sacrum, the accident struck him in the very midst of his work. To find time to attend a choir rehearsal in Leiden in person, he took a train earlier than usual—with, alas, such a tragic result.
The railway accident near De Vink
Even those usually in the know had received no advance word of the visit, so almost no spectators were present. Only the presence of police inspector Duval and several officers suggested that something unusual was about to happen. Scarcely had the royal visitors entered when people streamed in from all directions. The police cordoned off the hospital grounds.
[…] were received by the medical director, Dr Maas, the head of surgery, Professor Zaayer, and Professor Van der Hoeve. They then visited the patients, who are doing well in the circumstances. A little time was spent at each bedside, and the Queen spoke briefly with every patient, each of whom was presented with a small bouquet of roses.
Context
How residents could examine the city’s finances
The budget notice tells residents how to obtain the document that would set out the city’s income and spending for the coming year. Submission to the council was accompanied by public inspection at the secretariat and the sale of printed copies at cost. A newspaper notice thus connected a formal municipal procedure to practical access: readers were told where they could examine the figures for themselves, rather than having to rely solely on the council’s discussions.
Why a railway accident disrupted the 3 October celebrations
Leiden’s annual 3 October festivities commemorate the city’s relief from a Spanish siege in 1574. The association named in the article has organized the celebrations since 1886. Hageman’s injury therefore affected a performance within a major civic commemoration, as well as his own theatre society. His journey to a choir rehearsal shows how the disaster reached into the voluntary cultural work on which such celebrations depended.
A royal visit made the injured visible to the wider public
The hospital report follows the visit from an almost empty entrance to a gathering crowd, then moves inside to individual bedsides. Its focus is the encounter between the Queen and the injured: conversation and flowers turn patients into the subjects of personal attention. For readers following the disaster, the visit provided a public expression of concern while the medical staff’s account brought news of recovery.
Original
BEGROOTING.
BEGROOTING.
Burgemeester en Wethouders van Leiden
brengen ter algemeene kennis, dat ingevolge artikel 203 der Gemeentewet de be-
„grooling der plaatselijke inkomsten en_uit-
‘gaven voor den dienst 1927 aan den Raad
is aangeboden, ap de Secretarie dezer gemeente voor een ieder ter inzage is nedergelegd en in druk, tegen betaling der kosten,
algemeen verkrijgbaar wordt gesteld.
De 3 October-revue vervalt, gelijk gemeld.
<De feesten der 3 October-Vereeniging.
De 3 October-revue vervalt, gelijk gemeld.
Tengevolge van het spoorweg-ongeluk
deze niet doorgaan. De ontwerper, schepper
en regisseur is de heer Hageman, die zoo
ernstig werd gewond. In zijn grooten ijver
en onvermoeid pogen, om het succes zoo
groot en volledig mogehijk te doen zijn, èn
voor de 3 October-Verecniging. èn voor zijn
eigen Vereeniging, Litteris Sacrum, trof
hem 't ongeluk eigenlijk te midden van zijn
arbeid. Immers, ten einde nog even gelegenheid te hebben, te Leiden een repetitie
van een zangkoor persoonlijk bij te wonen,
nam hij een trein vroeger dan gewoonlijk,
en-helaas met zoo'n treurig gevolg,
Het Spoorwegongeluk bij De Vink
Er was van dit bezoek vooraf bij de ingewijden niets bekend zoodat er ook bijna
geen publiek aanwezig ‘was. tegen.
woordigheid van den inspecteur van polítie den heer Duval met eenige agenten
deed slechts vermoeden dat er iets bijzonders op til was en naowlijks was het hooge
bezoek binnen of van alle kanten stroomde
het publiek toe, De politie zette het terrein voor het ziekenhuis af. en
Z. K. H. werden ontvangen door den geneesheer-directeur dr. Maas, het hoofd der
afdeeling heelkunde prof. Zaayer en prof.
Van der Hoeve, waarna een bezoek aan de
patiënten, die het naar omstandigheden
goed maken, werd gebracht. Bij elk der
bedden werd een korten tijd getoefd en
met elk der patiënten onderhield zich de
Koningin een oogenblik, terwijl ieder bunner een bouquetje rozen werd aangeboden.
Source: Source: Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (leiden.courant.nu)