Fire in Chiswick parish church disrupts service and damages spire
Amid Sunday services in Chiswick a fire broke out in the parish church spire when a beadle found burning wood from a fallen chain. The blaze damaged the spire and ceiling. the church was insured for £2000. Also reported: a Royal Exchange debate on skylight coverage, St. Seamus Hospital finances, a creditable bookseller tale, a snow cleanup hoax, a fatal Lambeth fire, and an inquest into a boy who swallowed an iron screw causing accidental death.
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Messrs
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Herth
Greshan
Thomas Gresham
Paris
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Seamus's Hospital Society
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City
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Bea
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Pope
Walworth
Camberwell
Metropolitan Police
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Stamford-street
Lambeth
Elizabeth Beard
Mr. Menzies
Wakley
M.P
Merlin's Cave
Margaret-street
Portland-place
Henry Albert Henshall
Rogers
Mortimer Street
France Chosen to Lead Public Instruction in Cabinet Shift
Reports from Paris detail a royal ordinance naming Count Salvandy as Minister of Public Instruction replacing Willemin. The move shifts the political balance, with the opposition wary of new ministerial contests and Parliament expected to dissolve after the current session with a November general election slated.
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Count de Salvandy
M. Willemein
M-Bilinul
Tahiti
Revue de Paris
M. Bruat
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Mole
France
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Destructive fire and public disturbances reported in several towns
Notice to the commanding officer dispatched troops as a fire blazed from roofs and inns. The Kentish Independent office and two adjoining premises were damaged while water was poured to halt the blaze. Reports from Guernsey and Leeds detail legal orders, a fatal assault in Manchester and a fatality in Nottingham, plus inquests into child poisonings and a Donnybrook arson murder.
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Norat Covat
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Windsor
C. Greville
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Aylesford
Megars
Essel
Gibraltar Terrace
New-road
Chatham
Maidstone Assizes
Thatcham
Persoxixes
Newbury
Berks
Christ
Arrival and Interrogation by French Officer at Sea
A narrator recalls being boarded by a French officer from a frigate upon arrival. He demanded a full list of arms, ammunition, and ship’s manifest while the captain went aboard to seek permission to visit the shore. The incident shows checking authority and coastal control during transit.
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Timpson
Mesicu
Andrew Jackson
Texas
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Crovernor Porter
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
New York
Rochester
England
Dreadful hurricane devastates Scotland and coastal towns
Reports describe a major windstorm starting Sunday morning that damaged churches and homes, toppled trees, and scattered crops across regions including Fasque lake area and Wigtonshire. Vessels Ashore near Sandmill and Strausser, with crews safe, while other ships suffered.
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Iighland
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David
Stranraer
M‘dowall
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Dublin
Lochryan
Strausser
Sandmill
Aoun
Imperial Parliament Opens With Glittering Assembly
The Queen opened Parliament in person, crowds filled the Lords and galleries, many dignitaries and ambassadors attended. Royal speech highlighted economic growth, Ireland's improvements, education plans, land law inquiry, and continued public revenue measures.
Gravesend Fire Destroys Kentish Independent Office
A morning blaze in Gravesend largely destroyed the Kentish Independent printing office on Gravesend High Street near the Pope’s Head. Firefighters, aided by a local butcher Mr Beard, fought flames across the composing room as alarms summoned town engines, observed from Tilbury Fort across the river.
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Kentish Independent
Ofliceman
Mr. Beard
Tilbury Fort
Repurate Association meeting in Ireland discusses Irish member attendance
In Ireland at Dusaix the Repeaters held a weekly meeting in Timidation Hall. J O'Connell presented a report from a committee on Irish triab members in parliament. The proposal urged Irish members not to attend in the House of Commons and favored attendance at Conciliation Hall to support restoring a domestic legislature. Cheers followed with women in the gallery shouting support.
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Bsion
Landlord and Teusat Commission
Triab
Deaths at London Hospital Inquests Over Burns
Two inquests held by Mr. Baker at the London Hospital concluded fatal burns on two children. Louisa Lee aged three and a half, died after her clothes caught fire while cooking sprats in a teacup during her parents absence. James Keefe aged four died from burns after a candle in a room was left lit. both verdicts recorded as accidental deaths.
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Wellington
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