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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 24, 1789
Page
1
A London Gazette item from January 3 reports that Oczakow fell to assault on the 17th of the prior month after powder magazines were blown by a shell. It places Ottoman casualties at about six thousand killed and three thousand captured, with Russian losses around four thousand.
London dispatch quotes long testimony from physicians Henry Warren and Willis on the king’s illness at Kew. It details attempts to govern treatment, coercion, and signs of convalescence, with allegations of influenced reporting and a produced St James's note. London honors Henry Willis and others as the crisis continues.
In night watch, a ship struck ice causing a beam to collapse on sleeping crew, killing five. News from Waterford notes five prisoners condemned at the Old Bailey. Extra letters describe ships Fanny Hermione Levant arriving from Newfoundland and Corunna with many men lost overboard in severe weather.
SouThampton reports a Monday gale from E by N wrecked seven of eight ships in Cherburgh road and along the coast. Four men died from one vessel. crews were tossed ashore, and wrecks were hauled to the pier. Louis's cone, once visited by the King of France, lies demolished. Beefty pier suffered, yet the dyke remains secure. Workers continue amid rough seas and forecasts. In Chester, a Canary bird nest with three fledglings hatched late December is in Mr Carter’s house, with a pair that has bred since May last without moult.
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