Inquests Report Shocking Deaths Across London
A series of inquests from Middlesex to Brighton and Blackfriars recount tragic deaths. Miss Janette Hambly, 26, burned in a Fitzroy-square flat. Elizabeth Gregory, 32, died after apparent self harm near Stoke. Sarah May, 30, deranged from fanaticism, died in Brighton. Martha Poole, 48, perished destitute in St Giles cellar. Ann Bergamie, 35, burned at Shoemaker’s row Blackfriars after fire started in back parlour. Verdicts include accidental death, temporary derangement, and death by visitation of God.
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Deatth
Middlesex Hospital
Stirling
Janette Hambly
Switzerland
Sarah Walker
Lee, Carver and Gilder
Buckingham-place
Fitzroy-square
Lee
Robinson
Penn
Stoke
Buckinghamshire
Brighton
Sarah May
E. Irving
Globe
New Compton-street
St. Giles’s
Martha Poole
St.Giles
Buckeridge Street
St. Giles
John Collins
Mendicity Society
Tothill Fields
Witness
Lissongrove
Marylebone
Beadle
St. Martin’s Church
Payne
Friar-street
Blackfriars
Ann Berganie
Shoemaker’s-row
Richard Childs
Mr. Bergante
Yost
Fire tragedy described with witness accounts and verdict
Eyewitnesses recount a fatal blaze with Mrs King and Mr Berganie’s family in a house where alarm and brave actions saved others. Jurors note engine delays and proper brigade response. Coroner records accidental death verdict after statements from Dawdney Gardiner and others.
Destructive Fire at Blackfriars Kills Mrs Berganie
Fire in 26 Shoemaker-row Blackfriars destroys the house of tinman and brazier Mr Martin Berganie. Mrs Berganie perishes, seven people escape via trap-door as flames threaten Curry and Co warehouses. Firemen and engines from multiple stations assist, with casualties and losses among residents and tradespeople.
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Martin Berganie
John King
Messrs
Curry and Co
Berganie
King
Messrs. Hatchard. and Co
John Rymer
J. Shepherd
Messrs. Curry and Co
St. Ann
Blackfriars
Ireland
Bergamie
Berganic
Phoenix
Vintners’ Company
London Union
Colt
Loss of Royal Tar fires and survival story
A Boston report describes the burning of the British steamer Royal Tar between Portland and St John NB. About 90 to 100 aboard including animals perished or were lost. Captain Reed and Captain Howes conducted rescues using remaining boats as the Castine revenue cutter aided. 26 to 32 lives lost with some children aboard. last survivor ferried to Hunt Island.
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New York Advertiser
Boston
Royal Tar
Portland
St. John’s
N.B
Topliff
News Room
Thomas Howes
Bangor
Thomas Reed
Penobscot Bay
Fox Island
N.W
Leeward
Reed
Castine
Dyer
B.u
Isle of Hunt
Boston Daily Advertiser
Messrs. S. Seller
J. Price
A. Curtis
John Day
Charles Ford
Mary Burr
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Ile
Samuel Dawdney
Rymer
Thomas Gardiner
Currey
Bimbia
Ceeceee Senee
Carolina
Old Calabar
Mendillo
London
Paris
M. Lebas
Labrie
Dacheux
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Dublin
M. Lomonesoff
Dickins
R. Dickins
Holborn Bridge
Barclay and Sons
Farringdon
Street
Massrs, Morison and Co
Morison
Sam
Bath General Hospital
United Hospital
David
Goliah
Wecaron
Universal Medicine
British College of Health
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Twell
Red Lion-square
Holborn
Salmon
Farringdon-street
Western Branch
Connaught Terrace
Edgeware-road
Chappel
Royal Exchange
Britishg College OF Health
Agid Hassan
W. Day and Co
Gracechurch-street
Hannay and Co
Oxford-street
Brett
Henry Brett and Co
Castle-street
Coppock’s
Strand
Buckingham-street
Upper Thames Street
Efay
England
Jean Lefay
High-street
Whitechapel
J. W. Stirling
Duchess of Kent
Treasury
Grimstone
J. B. Lachfield
Whitehall
St. James’s-street
Robson
Bell-street
Guppy
Nelson-square
Blackfriars-road
Bristol
Mary Roades
Market-place
Winslow
Bucks
John Roades
R. Walker
A. Macintyre
Silver-street
Golden Square
H. Liston
Marine Library
Ramsgate
Kent
Burberrow
Jamaica
Mary-street
Regent’s Park
P. Sanderson
Harper-street
Leeds
H. Pluckwell
Tottenham-house
Tottenham
Middlesex
E. Englefield
Park-street
Windsor
F. Lespis
George Smith
York-place
Kentish-town
Decimus Blackburn
Chertsey
Surrey
Broadstreet
Bloomsbury
King Street
Longacre
Charing Cross
Broad, Street
Lachfield
J.G. Gurariz
Dr. Guthrie
Aurion
W. Grimstone
Broad Street
King-street
Long Acre
Rowland and Son
Rowland
A. Rowland & Son
Hatton Garden
Horn
Yarmouth
Thorn
India
Alexander
East India Magazine
High Holborn
United Kingdom
Alex
Kitchiner
James Butler
Covent-garden Market
J.B
J. Butler
Hin
Baigs
Edgeware
End Sert
Welbeck-street
Cross and Blackwell
Oho
Grayson
Butler
N. IV. Dispatch
Itchen
J. Evans
King William-street
London-bridge
Ludgate-hill
J.B. Chamberlain
Optician
Plumtree Street
British Museum
Ditto
Wnethacia
Laulo
Arling
Varling
Court Journal
News
H. J. Tarling
St. John-street
Clerkenwell
Covent Garden Market
Messrs. Browne and Co
Butler and Co
Cheapside
St. Paul's
Sanger
Barclay
Farankss
Tate Gituus
Joseph Henry Green
Royal College of Surgeons
St. Thomas's Hospital
King’s College, London
Franks
Josefu Henry Green
Lincoln's Tun-fields
Bransby Cooper
F.R.S
Guy’s Hospital
George Franks
Cooper
New-street
Spring-gardens
William Hentsch
Furnival’s Inn
Free Hospital
Greville Street
Hatton-garden
Sir
Tam
Willliam Henracu
Blackfriars’road
Edwards
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Thomas Butler
St Paul's
Johnston
Cornhill
Prout
Heudebourck
Niddie-row
St. George’s Circus
Surrey Theatre
Watts
Evans, Son, & Coe
Fenwick-street
Liverpool
Medical Hall
Lower SackviHe Street
J. and
R. Raimes
Leithwalk
Edinburgh
Honourable Commissioners of Stamps
Brandreth
His Majesty’s Honourable Commissioners of Stamps
GEO. Hodgkinson
Aldersgate Street
Charles Aston Key
Guy's Hospital
Wright
C. A. Key
Zaccheus Hunther
Webber -Row
Jackfriars-road