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Death toom Lucifer Matches.—Mr. Wakley, M.P.,held an inquest on Tuesday, in the University College Hospital, on Jameo Feeney, aged thirteen. Deceased was in the employ of Mr. Matthews, lueifer match manufacturer, Maidoa-lane; and was returning home with another boy when he told him that he had filled his pockets with lueifer matches. They then began running, when the matches exploded, and set fire to hio clothes and body. He was carded to the hospital, where, although frightfully burned, he was doing well until lock-jaw supervened, and terminated fatally. Verdict, “Accidental death.1*
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London Standard of Freedom

London, Middlesex, GB

Sat, Mar 01, 1851

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