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Sermons and a Fatal Theatre Accident in London
The Spittal Sermon was preached at St Bride's Fleet Street by the bishop of Gloucester, followed by sermons from Dr Waugh and Dr Skerret. The coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of chance medley for Mr Keakstraw, a young actor at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, killed by a misfired weapon during a tragedy in Moorfields.
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St. Bride’s Church
Fleetstreet
Gloucester
Waugh
Skerret
Keakstraw
Theatre-Royal
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Moorfields
Chance
Darius
Persia
Jeff
St. Lawrence
Jewry
Guildhall
Cripplegate
Stanhope
Canterbury
Roper
St. Nicholas Cole-Abby
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings