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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1738
Page
2
Water levels rose at London Bridge 26 minutes after two in the afternoon, drawing observers and affecting traffic patterns. Authorities monitored the surge and issued advisories as the event unfolded.
The Post-Boy carrying the North Nail from London was robbed by a single man on foot between two and three in the morning near Kingsland. A reward of two hundred pounds is offered on conviction, with royal pardon for any accomplice who reveals the robber. The culprit is described as a middle-aged man in a light coat with a paper mask, who seized five bags and most letters from several towns.
General-Post-Office London announces the Bristol Mail robbery at Knightsbridge to Kensington. Three men on horseback and one on foot seized bags including Bristol Bath Hereford Lichfield? and DrestEign. A reward of two hundred pounds is offered for apprehension or for discovery by accomplices, plus a royal pardon for those who aid the capture.
Gied Coach with six ale horses sets out Thursday or Friday next from Mr Coe’s at the Red Lion in Cold Bath Fields near Gray’s Inn Lane for York Newcastle or Edinburgh. Another coach with six able horses leaves from the same place on Thursday or Friday next for Derby Nottingham or any part of that road.
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