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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 18, 1842
Page
1
The official report to Parliament details dangers to workers including children in mines, noting the Davy lamp sometimes worsens accidents, and listing shaft falls, rope breaks, gas suffocation, and floods as common causes. It highlights blunt indifference to deaths, blanket undercounting of casualties, the truck system’s abuses, and widespread health deterioration among oilers and youth from prolonged toil.
Lloyds reports the brig Harmony, captain Teaselin, Dunkirk, burned off Portugal on the 30th. Fire likely from a lightning strike, crew abandoned ship as decks blew up. Urania rescued the captain and crew near Cornwall. Harmony sank two hours later. Also notes a separate large American wreck found near Havre and a remarkable sack race wager ending with victory.
The Acadia reports a massive May quake in St Domingo destroying Cape Haytien and Port-au-Prince areas. Cape Haytien vanished with two thirds of its 15,000 inhabitants. Port-au-Prince, Gonaives, St Nicholas, and Port Paix also damaged or ruined, fires followed the shocks, many believed dead or missing. Reports from Le Patriote and Atlas chronicle multiple shocks, fires, and widespread destruction, with救 urgent relief and fear for northern towns.
The Belgian railroads board approves a new protection measure for the north line a tower atop the tender with a watchman who, from an elevated seat above the engine chimney, can view the track and signal the engineer to halt if obstacles or accidents are seen a horn used to warn of danger. In a separate note a consul reports Captain Walter of the Samuel rescuing ten St Michael natives adrift for six days near 37 N 1730 W about 400 miles from land. the governor of Azores invites subscriptions and a plate gift via the Portuguese ambassador in London to honor his humane act with a 150 dollar total raised by May 25.
A Worcester panic over a rumored murder near the Severn at Pitchcroft led to police interrogations of two boys Palmer and Harris and two adults Waldron and Barber. The boys described severed arms with a ring and foul odors, while magistrates released Waldron and Barber after two hours of inquiry as investigators pursue further lines.
An inquest at the Feathers Westminster into the death of 21 year old John Boyle concluded he accidentally drowned while bathing with six companions after they set out from Lambeth Cross Keys. Noah Wright testified Boyle sank within sight of him and the boat, despite efforts, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
The Journal des Debats argues a 15 to 20 percent import duty on linen goods contrasts with Britain's higher levies on wines and brandies. Paris dissolves the Chamber of Deputies with elections slated for July and August. Madrid cabinets face clashes over Rodil’s proposed lineup, while Catalan Carlist bands grow. New Orleans riots erupt amid currency depreciation. reports recount Egerton the English painter’s murder near Mexico City.
Telegraph dispatches report government candidates winning in Oporto Coimbra and Lisbon with 46 electors for government and 32 for the coalition. Santa Isabel saw a disturbance quelled. A Aguiar defeats Marquis of Fronteira in Benifica in a personal but decisive contest.
Private advices from Constantinople report favorable Syrian prospects with an extraordinary council and new conference invites among Salim Effendi and allied ambassadors. The Mecca carpet ceremony, Persian moves, and a Ghuznee garrison dispatch frame a page of imperial events and battlefield losses.
The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Acadia, Captain Ryrie, left Boston on the 1st and Halifax on the 3rd, arriving in Liverpool Tuesday morning. The voyage took twelve days and ten hours from Boston via Halifax, with ten days four hours from Halifax. Forty passengers on board. Outward Boston to Liverpool took sixteen days twelve hours. News carried covers dates up to the 1st inst and 16th ult from Montreal and Quebec papers. Market fluctuations noted between the 15th and 31st ult.
A Monday meeting at Town-hall in Bonoten or Soutawank addressed her Majesty's protection from an assassination attempt. Rev John Horton chaired. chartists pressed a bid to add a demand for ministers' dismissal and a people’s charter. The chair rejected the addition, sparking a noisy dispute and protest from the chartists.
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