Manchester warehouse collapse kills several workers
A wall under a canal arch collapsed during demolition at a Manchester warehouse fire site. 103 men worked there. multiple fatalities followed, with many injured. The blast destroyed tea, flour, groceries, and tallow valued near £16,000, total losses exceeding £30,000. Police, coroner, and inquest investigations proceeded. verdict accidental death with no blame assigned.
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Manchester
Piccadilly
Charles Shaw
Charles
Peter Tadical
Michael Mahon
Thomas Garland
John Donally
Prick Finnigan
William Harrison
Michael Dolan
Patrick Ollr
William Hurty
John Locke
Thomas Silcox
Pact Radical
Patrick Innigan
Hurley
Silcox
John Dogally
Dolan
Dad
Tully
Hurry
Iife
Harrison
Faucet Street
Ancoats
Patrick Tulley
Stockport
Oil Mill Brow
Great Ncoats
Iirland
Buxton-street
Etrick Finnigan
Hepare
Reset
England
the Sun
the Pheenix
Guardian Lance
Royal Exchange Insurance Counwy
Mr. Pauling
Mises
Mr. Clarke
King
William Makin
Robert Kirk
Jan
W. S. Rutter
Rose
Pauling
Menay
Jone
Freetagt
Frightful explosion at Wickwar pits kills three men
A massive powder explosion at shaft No 5 near Wickwar on the Bristol and Gloucester line kills three workers and critically injures five others. An inquest heard the powder, stored in the blacksmiths shop, ignited from a spark as a tinsmith stirred metal. Coroners urged safer storage and reduced powder quantities in future operations.
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Bristol
Bristol Infirmary
James Bennett
Matthew Stephens
Stephens
Lewis Crew
Henry Williams
George Collins
White
John Hodge
Bristol Gazette
New Inn
Wickwar
J. G. Ball
John Stephens
Matthew
Engelsige
Banksman
Deccas
Bennett
Janes
Jones
Smith
Thomas White
Jon Hodge
Mr. _ Roberts
Blackemith
Noens
Robert Helary
John Grant
Kingswood
John Roberts
Briggs
Halifax
Captain Bold
Fathers and Sons and Dandies in Victorian satire
A long critical review of Theodore Hook's Fathers and Sons praising its quiet humor and character touches. It also surveys a collage of contemporary pieces on dandies, manners, and social satire, including poems, essays, and book notices, with remarks on taste, class, and gender norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore E. Hook
London
Henry Colburn
Theodore Hook
Gilbert Gurney
Anatomy of the Peer IV Bateman and allied noble houses
The article surveys William Bateman Hanbury afteree, detailing his patent barony of Bateman and kinship to the Wiscount line, plus his marriage to Elizabeth Spencer and eight children. It then traces the Thynne family origins and titles from 1682 to the present, naming Longleat and key relatives. followed by notes on the Law bishopric line, Ellenborough connection, and church patronage. It continues with Bathurst family pensions, Beauchamp Beauchamp lineage, and the Beauchamp Beaufort titles, including seats at Wilton, Banwell, and Cirencester, plus remarks on the Beauchamp motto and residence. The piece closes with Beauchamp and Beaufort lineage, discussing the Somerset line and historic pliant, Raglan, and Civil War era details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman
William Bateman Hanbury
Wiscount
Elizabeth
Lord Spencer
William
Baron Vaux
Baron Lovat
Templemore
Marlborough
Graham, &c
Hereford
Portman Square
Shobden Court
Herefordshire
Kelmarsh
Northamptonshire
Barn
Marquess of
Thie Peer
Botevile
John Botevile
Inns of Court
John O’ Th’ Inne
Wilts
Weymouth
Bath
John Alexander Thynne
Marquis of
Abercorn
Marquis of Salisbury
John Thynne
Westminster
Lincoln
Lord Wiliam
Army
Lord John
Guards
Edward
Foot Regiment
Isabella
Duchess of Gloucester
Weobly
Longleat
Batu and Wits
George Henry Law
Carlisle
John Law
Clonfert
Killaloe
Court of Queen's Bench
Markham
York
Stephen Lushington
George Henry
Chester
Rochester
Winchester
Lord Ellenborough
Parliament Street
Wilton
Banwell
Somerset
Bataurst
Earl of
Henry Geor
Bathurst
Spectator
Clothiers
Canterbury
Kent
Grey Coats
Ent
Lord Bathurst
Harley and St. John
the Spectator
Earl Bathurst
Sussex
Baron Ape of
Apsley
Great Britain
Duke of Richmond
Ditto
Crown
Charlotte Bathurst
Mary Bathurst
Charles Bathurst
Bankr
Duchy Court of Lancaster
S. Bathurst
Privy Council
Avernor of
Malta
Aptes
Commonwealth
Georges
Augustus Fredericks
India
Lord Apsley
Cirencester
House of Commons
Municipal Corporation
Wilton-crescent
Belgrave Square
Sears
Oakley-park
Langworth
Ollerton
Notts
Baynine
Henry William Powlett
Charles Townshend
Ayning
Foxley
Berks
William Powlett
Townshend
Bayning
Paul Viscount Bayning
Anne
Countess Bayning
Charles II
Baron Bolton
Baron Carrington
Eve
University Club
Brome Rectory
Scole
Norfolk
Beauchamp
Richard Earl Beauchamp
William Lygon
Worcester
Lygon
Charlotte
Portman-square
Madres-field-court
Malvern
Beaufort
Duke of
John of Gaunt
Duke of Somerset
Hexham
Herbert
Earl of Worcester
Henr
Charles
Ragland
Sir
Thionias
Fairfax
England
Mata
Mata i, Continuin; 2 Mg, Continuing To See Sa Pease
Describes a illustrated county treatise with map and wood cuts
The piece praises the work for its wood engravings and an excellent county map accompanying the letter-press. It notes old relics and picturesque scenes depicted with feeling, and points out the high quality paper and type. Despite the low price of half a crown, the publication is expected to achieve wide circulation.
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Tae Corragers Sappaty
Samuel Mallen
London
Thomas Miller
Crabbe
Morens
Smith, Elder, and Co
Mary Howitt
Tegg
Mary Hewitt
England
Ireland
S. C. Hall
Kildare
Wicklow
Maynooth College
Ainsworth
WW. Spiers
Tower
How
Parsons
Hall
Treland
Cornwall
Lancashire
Cottor
Masterful 19th Century Engravings by Minasi and De La Roche
A long critique extols Mr. Minasi for a pen and ink head of Christ, noting its delicacy. It praises Paul De La Roche for English history subjects with French sensitivity, focusing on a guard room scene of Charles I. The piece also reviews Saunders engraving of the scene and Alfred Martin’s Waters of Oblivion mezzotint, highlighting their dramatic light and grand, tumultuous style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minasi
Christ
Mivasi
Praedstreet
Paddington
Paul de la Roche
Charles
Port St. Martin
Sanderson
Charles the First
Saunders
Wich
Lord Francis Egerton
James Budd and Co
Southampton-street
Strand
Oblivion
Alfred Martin
London
Martin
Bentley's Miscellany January 1842 highlights
This issue opens the year with rich humor and art. Illustrations by Cruikshank and Leech accompany stories and verse from Ingoldsby and Maginn, including The Razed House and The Mistletoe. Railway returns and a mortality table for London show the era’s public life and health data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentleys
George Cruikshank
Leech
Alfred Crowquill
Cruikshank the Younger
Tom Ingoldsby
Father Prout
Dr. Maginn
Whitehead
Richard Savage
Peter Ludlow
Savage
Alfred Crowsquill
Wiltshire
Dick Carter
Grig
Old Scratch
India
Birmingham
Derby Junction
de Ucting
London
Gloucester
Brandling Junction
Chester
Birkenhead
Dundee
Arbroath
Lasgow
Ayr
Hull
Selby
Lancaster
Preston Junction
Liverpool
Manchester
Aylesbury
Blackwall
Brighton
Greenwich
Croydon
Shoreham
London and South Western
Boulton and Bury
Sheffield
Leeds
Midland
Newcastle and
Carlisle
Northern
Eastern
North Midland
North Union
Preston and Wyre
Ulster
York
Metropolis
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Bristol and Gloucester
George
Joye
Sir George
Sir Boog
Jove
Georgy
Telemachus
Zoological Gardens
Colonel Braff
Lady Gramm
Polly
Lucy
George Grindle
Gravesend
Greessvich
Francis
Jane
Miss Pheezle
Nicks
Gramm
Pheerie
Eleanor Margaret Geary
D'Almaine and Co
Prague
Tyros
Treasury
Thomas Tegg
Joe Millerism
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St. George
Hanovermare
Estminster
St.ate In
St. Luke
East London
West London
City of London
Sharedeeh
Bethnal-green
Whitechapel
T George- Ity
Stepney
Poplar
Wang
St. Saviour
St. Olave
Bermondsey
Southwark
Newington
Lambeth
Camberwell
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