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Squib incident as Sparks burn a man's face in Cheapside
On a November night a cheapside ssoapmaker named John Jose was struck by a squib. The blast burned his face as he tried to seize the thrower. A passing coach toppled him and its wheel broke his leg, leading to amputation the next day. Plus other London items: horse racing results at Newmarket and various police, theft, and public notices.
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John Jose
Milk Street
Cheapside
Duke of Devonshire
Duke of Bolton
Newmarket
Commissioners of Excise
Herbert
Princess of Orange
Holland
Westminster
Cathcart
Queen-street
Dartmouth-street
Col. Wilson
Delahaye-street
Chick-lane
Smithfield
Bland
Watton
Norfolk
Mr. Haywood
Lady Moyer
St. Paul’s
Salisbury
Sarum
Fisherton
James Marlow
Brentford
James Brooks
London
Hursely
Southampton
Horace Walpole
Hamburgh
Baron Starcke
Holstein Gottorp
Great Britain
Madrid
Don Joseph Patinho
Marquess de Vaulgrenant
M. Patinho
St. Ildefonso
France
Parma
Placentia
Tuscany
Barcelona
Cadix
Don Patinho
Spain
Don Emanuel
Portugal
Valladolid
M. Rondeau
Petersbourg
Marquess de Bonac
Constantinople
Peter
Vienna
Poland
Republick
Europe
Hungary
Stanislaus
Augustus
Emanuel
Valadolid
Milaneze