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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 15, 1851
Page
7
Report covers a solicitor’s arson case at Mansion House with fire scene details, a military egg throwing warrant saga, ill treatment of children, a fraud by impersonators posing as Viscount Villiers, a draper’s imposition, a Chartist poet incident, theft at the Great Exhibition, a drunken baronet, overcrowded omnibuses fines, a violent pauper, stabbings aboard a ship, and various court dispositions and public notices.
A Sunday morning blaze at Mexica Crosse and Blackwell in Soho-square caused by spontaneous combustion or other causes, threatened the east side of the square before being confined by West of England and Brigade engines. Firefighters and Metropolitan Police, led by Superintendent Otway and Inspectors Wilkinson and Marshall, controlled the mob as flames were subdued by press time. a large body of fire remained unextinguished. In other items, Mr Suttn Sheil died after a stomach spasm and brief collapse, aged sixty two, and comments on O Connell’s Italy decline. Voters near Youhall show support for Mr Butt’s canvass as he challenges Mr Anstey. Tink Buersn Mussuat opens to visitors on select days, with outer door remaining closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Marlebone Vestry opposes the Government water-company consolidation bill and forms a committee to push its stance.
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