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Multiple London Deaths and Local Incidents Reported
Wednesday last saw notable deaths and incidents in London and surrounding areas. Clement Danes era and Mrs George Tilley noted for trimming cloaths, a craftsman died after illness at Bishops Gate, Captain Long formerly in Antigua trade died at his Wapping house. A servant to Mr Wilks was scalded to death after falling into boiling copper. An ox escaped into the River near Old Swan and swam back to shore. A highwayman attack near Farnham led to a siege with a tree-top stand-off until capture. Several prisoners were committed for hawking unstamped papers and other felonies. A privateer threat off Portsmouth noted. ships Hanover Alliance and Britannia mentioned in voyage updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Danes
George Tilley
Taurddiy
Bishops
Long
Antigua
Wilks
St. John’s-street
Old Swan
Wami
Clark-hill
Tower-Dock
Farnam
Surry
Comany
Farnham
Pigott
John Blow
Justice Jones
Eadley Carter
Bell
Mary Tinman
Frazier
Janel Edwin
Oxford
Simon Lewis
Newgate
Wroth
Enfield- Wath
Henry Porter
Wells
Tyburn
Mary Lamb
Southwark
Anthony Allen
Hanover Alliance
Romney
Bristol
Virginia
Cowes
Kingston
Norris
Portsmouth
Britannia
Howell
London
Patuxant River