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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 20, 1843

Page

5

Mischllany: Keatinge new Irish Prerogative Court judge

In Dublin it is reported that Mr Sargeant Keatinge has been appointed the new judge of the Irish Prerogative Court. Other items note a Belfast Protestant meeting held indoors, concerns over tracts from the Anti Corn Law League, relief aid cut for Stockport unemployed, looming worker turnouts, and Middlesex magistrates meeting details with prison statistics and accounts.

Dublin Sargeant Keatinge Belfast Anti-Corn Law League Bristol Mercury London Relief Committee Stockport Ashton-under-Line T. Stewart Park-mills St. James's Park Zoological Society Colonel Hughes Commissioners of Woods and Forests Middlesex County of Middlesex Sessions House Clerkenwell-green Sergeant Adams Henry Pownall House of Correction Clerkenwell Percival Wakley Fawcett Paterson Edinburgh Anti-Corn-Law League Morning Post Fleet-street W. E. Hickson Stepsey-green Brighton French Albion Brighton and Hove General Gas Company Hove Sea Beach Isle of Wight Worthing Hove Coastguard London Great Western Railway Meeting Russell Great Western Railway Bristol and Exeter Beam Bridge Exeter Railway Company Maidenhead Cheltenham Oxford Cheltenham and Great Western Union Plymouth Ozford Great Western Devonport Stonehouse, &c Rebecca Somerset Bridge Crown Court Justice Coleridge John Skinner Fitzherbert Carrow Coleridge

Destructive Tooley Street Fire Ravages St Olave’s Church

A massive blaze in Tooley Street Borough destroyed St Olave’s Church and nearby warehouses after ignition from Ward’s oil and colour works. The fire killed no one and damaged or destroyed several vessels and buildings, with the lord mayor aiding efforts and a vestry meeting planning relief and worship arrangements.

Balfe’s Geraldine Shines At The Princess’s Theatre

A lively London reception greeted Balfe’s Geraldine at the Princess’s Theatre with strong singing by Allen and Garcia and a noble stage presentation. The cast included Turpin as the Princess of Hainault and Barker as Geraldine’s lover, with H. Grattan delivering a capable page role. The audience cheered, though Balfe was absent in Ireland.

Balfe Geraldine France the Princes’s Paris Allen Madame Garcia Alen Barker W. L. Phillips Ireland Rotunda Blackfriars Road Shakspeare Hamlet Mary Ann Walker Miss Walker Mr. Osbalpistox Victoria Theatre Balham Hill Osbaldiston Glasgow Elroy Trades’hall DeaTa Aymer van Amburgh Titus Batty Royal Amphitheatre Kingdom Jersey London Smith Messrs. Ducrow and West Astley’s

Alarming fire at 24 Padding Lane rope yard England

A fire of alarming character broke out Friday night in Mr Seymour's rope and twine warehouse at 24 Padding Lane City. Fire engines rushed to the scene and, aided by parish and brigade engines, prevented spread to nearby houses. the lower premises were soon ablaze but subdued within an hour. The origin is unknown and damage falls on Phenix Fire-office. Police kept the crowd back as flames spread from a haystack at Stratford, Essex.

Tooley Street London Father Schumd St. Olave Christopher Wren Bloyd Fennine’s Wharf St. Olave’s Church No. 5 Humphrey West of England and Tooleystreet Brigade Tooley-street M 105 Samuel Ward Topping’s Wharf Messrs. Loftus Topping West of England Connorton and Carter St Olave’s Watson’s Telegraph Telegraph St. Olave’s Ward MN Division Messrs Camberwell Peckham Tower of London Langley Carver Evans Walker Southey St. Stephens Walbrook St. Stephen’s Southwark Blackfriars Monument St. Paul’s St. Bride’s St. Olave's Goodchild Braidwood Cornwall Truro Ieser Weymouth Saint Olave’s Church Kenney Dr. Kenney Fenning’s Wharf Bermondsey Street Sheriff Pilcher Corner Phoenix Office Yates Division of Police Scovell Grammar School Bermondsey-street Chapman St. John, St. Saviour St. Thomas St. Olave’'s Winchester Seymour Lane Matthew Phenix Waller Dean Stratford Essex Snow’s-fields Pudding-lane Houndsditch High-street Borough Fetter-lane D'Israeli Mr. D'Israeli R. Peel D’ Israeli Shrewsbury D’israeli Prince Edward's Island Canada Lord Stanley Canada Journal 64Th Regiment Plymouth Digby H. Laurell Cork Peel Robert Peel Punch Centenary Fonp Centenary Fund Committee Beauchamp Pallet Dawson Savage Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy Griffith Cox Morris Trey Brindle Bath Lima J. Foley Hurrabin Bowman Butler St. John Jesus Christ Lord William Lennox Lord Brougham Fates Mathew Britannia Fields Islington Father Mathew United States of America Nova Scotia New South Wales Paddington Apostle Stafford Jerningham Glenelg Lord Lovat Petre Howard M.P Dawson Damer Moncton Milnes Hart Albany Street Prince Albert Theobald Mathew Enfield Mann Society of Friends Eleanor Lowther Elizabeth Park Cresswell Nash Edmonton E. Williams E. J. Williams B. Fisher Oxley Society

Terrible Fetter Lane Fire Explodes. Multiple Fatalities

An immense explosion at Mr. Newberry’s chemist shop in 60 Fetter Lane causes a devastating fire. Victims include Mr. Newberry, Mr. Rose, Mrs. Rose, Miss M Crindell, and Miss Eliza M Crindell. Firefighters and police recover bodies as neighbors flee in fear and amid extensive structural damage. An inquest records accidental death from the blast and laments the neglect in guarding ladders.

Fire catastrophe at Newberry premises wrecks Bartlett's area

In a devastating blaze at Mr Newberry's premises gunpowder detonated, blowing back walls into Bartlett's buildings and scattering debris across Fetter Lane. Fire crews and police battled the flames, saved some structures, but identified the loss of several women, including Mrs Rose, whose body was recovered in a shell. The blast caused widespread damage to surrounding tenements and shattered shop and house windows along Bartlett's buildings.

Fetterlane Holborn Newberry 245 St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Mr. Rose Norris Bartlett Bartlett’s Payne William Rose William Newberry Isabella Rose Eliza M‘crindell Margaret M‘crindell George Walter Mr. Newberry Blewitts Edward Wilson Newbury M‘crindle Scott Bouverie-street John Grant Baker Fetter-lane Mrs. Rose Mr. Barrett Fetter Lane Rose James Sharp Henry Scott Bouverie Street Witness Nawberry Alexander Duff Lucas Bartholomew’s Hospital Falconer M‘crindells

Official damage account from Fetter-lane firework incident

The official list records damage at 60 to 63 Fetter-lane Holborn with Newberry, Whitney, Norris, Foster, Wagstaff, Langham, Noble and Mee and others, noting blown down buildings many glass panes broken and contents insured across multiple properties including a butcher, bookseller, oil dealer, and undertakers. Several premises report insured contents and extensive glass damage, with party walls affected and building fronts damaged.

Fetter-lane Braidwood Holborn Mr. Newberry Ditto J. Franklin E. Whitney Mr. Norris England Barnard’s-inn Bartlett’s Passage F. Foster Noble and Mee Messrs. C Compford and Falkner

Wolverhampton Races Bets Amid Doncaster Preparations

Sporting Intelligence lists early bets for Wolverhampton races and Doncaster meeting, noting few wagers amid racing and grouse shooting. It cites stakes, contenders like Lothario and Wat colt, and mentions rules and a Dewsbury council letter urging defaulter exclusion from betting rooms, plus acceptances for Cleveland and Great Yorkshire Handicaps.

Tattersall Wolverhampton Hook Higgins Lord Miltown Duke of Richmond Sr. Leeger Lot Colonel Peel Orlando Mr. Payne Doncaster John Butterfield Corporation of Doncaster Priory-place Earl of Eglinton Corporation of Liverpool Goodwood Weatherby Corporation Eguinton and Winton Eglinton-castle Irvine Fisher Lord Eglinton Mr. Moray Warwick Knight of Cabrera Blue Bonnet Poupey Idolatry Philip Peter Plimley Ravensworth Lucy Banks Eboracum Scalteen Portrait Priscilla ‘Tomboy Fou

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Mischllany Toppings Wharf High Street Robert Jones Southwark Bridge Road J. Scovell Watson and Co Telegraph Association Jos. Goodchild Fenning's Scovell’s Wharf Touoley-street L.G. Bennett Cox and Co Buck and Co Joseph Bloyd Walter Ramsgate Creed Miss M‘crindell Mr. Lewis Gough Equare Morley Sporting Intelligence Forth Hawkes Yardley St. Leoir
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