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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 30, 1840

Page

2

Inquest on Yachtsman Death Ties Courts to Cup Race

An inquest into the death of a crewman from Mr. Moore’s Reindeer during the Queen’s Cup race held five hours of testimony. The jury returned an accidental death verdict while criticizing the Reindeer owners and crew for alleged neglect, praising the Antelope and Nab Light boat crews for rescue efforts.

Messrs James North Mariner Cowes Emma Short Conway Moore Childs Robert Conway Samuel Mogg Opham R.N Joseph Woolgar Lord Powerscourt Henry Slight Mr. Moore London Wilton

Rochdale church rate riot ends in street fight

Drunken colliers from Smallbridge parade Rochdale with rival bands over a church rate. Blues and reds clash in Yorkshire Street, ten to fifteen minutes of fighting ensue, several people with injuries, shop shutters stay closed, windows broken in the town hall. Also note a hops plantation sale for one shilling in Ash next Canterbury.

Smallbridge Rochdale Yorkshire-street Manchester Guardian Turner Ash Canterbury Bushel Jlaidstone Gazette

Inquest On Eastern Counties Railway Accident

A Brentwood inquest revisits the Eastern Counties railway disaster with witnesses describing the night of the 19th. Victims Eastman Ebsworth Austin Foster and engineer Foster die. coroner and jury view bodies and hear accounts of excessive speed and engine top heaviness. The verdict is accidental death and a £500 fine follows.

Eastman Ebsworth Austin Foster Brentwood Brook-street Hall Lewis Norwich Fleece Commercial Inn Brook Street Mr. Lewis Fleece Inn John Eastman George Richard Ebsworth George Austin Stoker George Foster White Hart Inn John Meek Blackfriars Road London Eastern Counties Railway Croydon Greenwich Stephen Brown Colchester Duncan Henry Corbould Crescent-place Burton Crescent Corbould William Foster London and Southampton Southampton Southampton Railway London and Southwestern London and Southampton Railway Locomotive Department Nine Elms Station Reed Brarry J Pases Francis Thornton Stratford Great Western Bristol and Exeter Eastern Counties Great Western Railway Mr. Dawe Hastern Counties Richardson Dawe Pearson and Corbould Battersea

Extensive and Destructive Fire at Bloomsbury Timber Yard

A major blaze in Bloomsbury destroyed Mr. Winsland's timber yard and adjoining properties, with eighteen houses damaged. Fire brigades from multiple stations worked with police and local brewers to save the distillery and other buildings. Loss estimated at £20,000 to £30,000. many uninsured goods perished. two serious non fatal injuries reported.

Winsland Brewer-street Bloomsbury Crown-street Holborn Chandos-street London England County Watling-street Brewer Street Tanqueray Broad-street Museum-street Hauton Callaghan Queen's Coffee-House Brackett Cartwright Messrs. Meux and Co Messrs. Combe and Delafield Messrs. Combe and Delafield Mr. Winsland Dudley Sun West of England Westminster Messrs. Winsland Hudson Elizabeth Burns Vine-street North London Hospital St. Martin’s Harvey Bedf Ordbury Braidwood London Fire-Brigade Messrs. Tanqueray Messrs. Meux Combe London Fire Establishment Messrs Duke of Bedford Messrs. Hansard Duke-street W. Oxford Jane Palfreman Johnson Butler Watkins, Smith Watkins Smith Thornton Spark J. Cartwright Chandler West Messrs Camerer and Fuller Meters Mac Sellers and Co Union and Keaser and Kleyser British Messrs. Pfeil and Co Union F. Keysell C. Tummer Phoenix Dresch Strather Messrs. Tanqueray and Co Eldridge Parker-street Drury-lane

War clouds and diplomacy loom in Paris and Europe

Reports from Paris note improved sentiment over neutrality and possible French conciliation with Britain as stock markets rise on peace hopes. Dispatches recount Boulogne levee remarks by Louis Philippe, Toulouse powder mill disaster, Prince Louis Bonaparte trials, and wider European tensions from Spain to Hanover with shifting ministries and refugee issues.

Paris Alexandria France Holland Sardinia M. de Barante St. Petersburgh M. Casimir Perier Russia Standard Boulogne-sur-Mer Louis Philippe Boulogne England Hotel du Nord Tama Gro. Tuffnell Boulogne. sur-Mer Tounouse Toulouse Port Garaud Barriére de Muret Trat Prince Loouis Moniteur Prince Louis Bonaparte Prince Louis Napoleon Montholon Montauban Parquin Jerome Bonaparte Louis Wurtemberg Africa Madame Laffarce Madame Laffarge Tulle Palais de Justice M. Laffarge Prince Royal of Hanover Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest Augustus Prince Royal Angus Grorst Hamelin Belgium Rubens Antwerp Versailles Bavaria Vandyke Scheldt Constantinople Austria Prussia Syria Mehemet Ali St. Jean d'Acre Candia Egypt Rifat Bey Porte Alison Ibrahim Marasch Pacta Diarbekir Malta Constantinor le Meheme Ali Emir Bechir Sea ‘Ntaeara Pachas Moniteur Parisien Lebanon London Grea Algiers

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