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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 02, 1842

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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