James Maurice Newall
James Maurice Newall (1867-1914)
1915 Obituary [1]
JAMES MAURICE NEWALL was born in London on 2nd February 1867.
He was educated, from 1873 to 1879, at Holy Trinity National School, Plaistow, and from 1883 to 1884 attended evening courses at the Andersonian College, Glasgow.
He served his apprenticeship from 1879 to 1883 with Messrs. Lester and Perkins, engineers, Royal Albert Dock, and from 1883 to 1885 with Messrs. D. and W. Henderson and Co., shipbuilders and engineers, Glasgow.
In 1886 he went to sea as junior engineer, and received in 1889 a 2nd Class Board of Trade certificate and a 1st Class in 1891.
From 1894 to 1896 he sailed as chief engineer.
He was engaged during the three following years as foreman engineer to Messrs. A. W. Robertson, Royal Albert Docks, and as engineering manager from 1899 to 1901 to Messrs. R. and H. Green, shipbuilders and engineers, Blackwall Yard, London.
In 1901 he became assistant superintendent engineer for the American Line at Liverpool, and subsequently held a similar position with the White Star, American, and Dominion Lines.
In July 1914 he was appointed head of the Repairs and Costs Department of the above Companies.
Among his inventions may be noted an electromechanical instrument for registering the running of the engines, and a door-catch for rendering doors burglar-proof. He was also interested in the design of a boat-lowering gear.
His death took place at Liverpool on 20th December 1914, in his forty-eighth year.
He was elected a Member of this Institution in 1904; he was also a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineers.