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Fire extinguishing powder claim dominates Chelsea churchwarden dispute
An advert describes tests at Bellfire to extinguish fires using chemical preparations then gunpowder in water, promising instant work. It urges public notice, plans trials in parks, and suggests rewards from royal or parliamentary bodies. It also disputing a false election report about John Huggett.
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Bellfire
Povey
Bellfire House
Great Britain
House of Commons
John Hugge
Chelsea
John Huggett
John Guilford
William Clarkson
William Eales
J. Guilford
Kirchen
N. B. Peper Serraillot
Pascis
Pennyworth
Poe Hambly
Thames-street
London
Beaufort
Dutchess of
Ormond
Will Crawley
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Robert Bates
Charter-House
Thomas Browne
Goble
Dartmouth-street
Westminster