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Man Swallows Egg Then Dies After Stuck Throat
ITRELAN D Corke recounts a grisly incident in Blarney-lane where a journeyman nailor attempted to swallow a grease coated hen egg but it stuck in his throat. An elderly local woman reportedly used a windpipe massage to no avail as he died. Separately a vessel from Faro reports three men of war and two frigates bound for Newfoundland near 190 leagues west of the Lizard, possibly the Superb Shrewsbury Bedford and two frigates sailing from Spithead on the 6th.
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Itrelan D. Corke
Nailor
Blarney-lane
Faro
Lizard
Newfoundland
Superb
Shrewsbury
Bedford
Spithead
Gravesend
Dover
Dr. Smollet
Great Britain
France
Great Briain
Mosquito
England
Honduras
Duke of
Jamaica
Boston
New England
Admiral Pocock
West-Indies
Paris
St. Domingo
Havannah
Englis
St. Michael Sy Fune
St. Mary’s Island
Flores
St. Mary’s
America
Cadiz
Europe
Philadelphia
Green
London
Virginia
Brett
Lynn
Plymouth
Guernsey
Senegal
Belleisle
Flamborough
Falmouth
Ranger
Piscataqua
Roach
Bristol
Ireland
Launceston
Hermione
M. Boreel
States General
Milan
Modena
Portugal
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
Joan Refs
Balnagown
Miss Baillie
Court of Session
Scotland
Liftonhall
Sudbury
Suffolk
Samuel Clay
St. John’s Street