Dreadful injuries and accidents reported in London area
A report details multiple incidents including a severely burned child taken to St Thomas's Hospital, a seven year old boy losing an arm after a railway accident, and a cabriolet crash in Hyde Park with skull fracture and brain concussion. Also covered are a trespass inquiry at Union Hall, a money penalty at a railway gate case, and a Gray's Inn Lane fire threatening nearby properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Westminster Road
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Arbroath
ForFran
John Grindlay
Hyde-park
Cater
Albion-terrace
Bayswater-road
Grosvenor-gate
Stanhope-gate
96 A
Park-Lodge
Saint George’s Hospital
Chapple
Parthenon Club
Saint James’s Squire
Union Hall
London and Southampton Railway Company
Parsons
Vauxhall
Reed
Liquorpond-Stret
Gray’s Inn-Lane
Liquorpond-street
Llewellian
Liquorpond Street
Gray’s Inn Lane
Messrs. Reid and Co.’s
Moores
High Holborn
Meline
Inquest into Deaths at Workhouse and River Thames
Reports of coroner inquiries from the George in St Martin's Lane and Ramsgate tavern detail a pauper Ralph Richardson found dead by suicide in a workhouse ward with verdict of temporary insanity, plus a Ramsgate finding of found dead in the river Thames and a Lewisham inquest into Henry Beasley who died after a tram accident with verdict accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Castle-street
St. Martin’s Lane
Higgs
Ralph Richardson
St. Martin’s Union
Margaret Furlong
Rebecca Beeks
Ann Gear
Bainbridge
William Groom
Ramsgate
Wapping
Dundee
William Graham
Hoare’s
Andrew Holman
Beadle
River Thames
Steel
Lewisham
Inquest Hearses Accidental and Suspicious Deaths Across London
Multiple inquests reported including John Wright who died after a butcher cart struck him in Bethnal Green. Joseph Sney who swallowed prussic acid. a Norfolk Northwich mine collapse with seven buried. James Simmonds in a Kensington dispute ruled manslaughter for Stephen Jordan. and Bayswater cornice fall causing fatal injuries to workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Hospital
John Wright
Bethnalgreen
Baker
Slater-street
Henry Squires
King’s Head Inn
Lower Street
Islington
Stirling
Joseph Sney
William Brown
Camden Head
Camden Passage
Spey
Henry Tomlinson
Finsbury
Norrawica
Northwich
John Dutton
Joseph Swindells
Thomas Hatton
John Tomkinson
Cheshire Cheese
Witton
John Hollina
David Halton
Halton
St. George’s Hospital
Hyde-park-corner
James Simmonds
Mary Anne Hamilton
Tavern-yard
High-street
Kensington
Church-street
Stephen Jordan
Stephen
Simmonds
Catharine Simmonds
Old Bailey
James Griffiths
Bayswater
John Cramer Chappell
Edward Collier
James Ponsford
Paddington
Oxford Square
The New Poor Law at Colchester Union House Visit
The Bishop of London inspected the Colchester Union-house and praised its construction regulations and inmate welfare. At Kensington Petty Sessions several locals faced penalties for keeping dogs at large amid hydrophobia concerns, with fines and costs imposed and tax records to be updated for dog taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corchester
London
Colchester Union-house
Board of Guardians
C. J. London
Kensington Petty Sessions
Riot by Coventry troops shocks city in 1830s report
About twenty men from the 7th Hussars and 14th Light Dragoons raided Coventry on Monday night, attacking police and civilians. Two officers, Parker and Beasley, lie critically wounded. several others injured as troops pursued the attackers to the barracks and were later identified for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coventry
7Th Hussars
14Th Light Dragoons
Northampton
Parker
Smuus
David Brown
Mrs. Brown
Joseph Brown
Ann Holmes
Richard Aldridge
William
Beasley
B. Parker
Bingham
Hartley
Logie
M'Millan
Bennet
Berryman
Bradford
Esprit du Corps
Coventry Herald
Melancholy fatal accident at North Dean well
A workman Adams and another named Slaughter perished in a well at Mr Richard Goodchild's North Dean Hughendon after a cable rope broke while they were being drawn up in damp gas. Sir William Young provided support and a £5 5s reward for a rescue attempt, but both men died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Goodchild
North Dean
Hughendon
Adams
Slaughter
W. L. Young
W. Jackson
W. Rose
Wycombe
Sir W. Young
Mr. Goodchild
Harrip Murper
Tuscaloosa
Hill
Louisville Journal
Matthew Smith
Wayland
Mass
Hornkop
Namaqua
Boschwoman
Scotland
Bulb Mountains
Fountain of Blood
Ahuas
Alexander
Rough Music Court Case Ends With Fines
At Billericay petty sessions Francis Hol accused William Clarke Jet Clarke James Clarke Abraham Cockley Joseph Smith William Bolding and Thomas Floyd of assault. The court found all guilty and fined each 1s with costs totaling 29s. A village subscription supported the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billericay
Francis Hol
Ramsden Crags
Hole
William Clarke
Jet Clarke
Ditto
James Clarke
Abraham Cockley
Blackerauh
Joseph Smith
William Bolding
Thomas Floyd
Our Lady the Queen
Hutton
Bolding
Hefole
Mr. Johnson
Joseph Maude
Adey
William Brown
Drake
Skipper
Expulsion Ordered For Two Privates By Ancient and Honorable Artillery
A special general court at Finsbury judged two privates of the 7th company, Rogers and Watkins, for refusing the Queen's health and threats to the lieutenant-colonel. They were expelled after contumacious conduct. Watkins vowed to appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench. Rogers resides at Ealing and Watkins is a surgeon on Oxford Street. The report also lists England’s Poor Law commissioners and a Marlborough estates dispute over shooting rights at Begbrook, with accusations and a fine for trespass. An account from Shaftsbury Vermont notes a wife’s murder by rifle shot, with suspicion falling on her brother-in-law Archibald Bates. the killer was captured the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finsbury
Rogers and Watkins
Cox
Rogers
Watkins
Queen’s Bench
Ealing
Oxford Street
Poor Law Commissioners of
England
Dorset
Southampton
Wilts
Clive
Norfolk
Suffolk
Day
Cornwall
Devon
Hall
Derby
Notts
Rutland
York
E. Head
Glocester
Hereford
Monmouth
Salop
Worcester
Wales
Dr. Kay
Kent
Middlesex
Surrey
Mr. Mott
Cheshire
Lancashire
Duke of Marlborough
Raine
Mr. Raine
Pratt
Begbrook, &c
Robinson
Michaelmas
Magistates
Oxford Herald
Anfrul Murper
Wallie Creek
Washineton County
Shaftsbury
Vermont
New York
Archibald Bates
Philoman
Albany Evening Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rough Music
Ranklin
Franklin
Benjamin Franez
Queen Victoria
B. D. Consina
Duke-street
Lincoln’s-inn
H. Neherington
Ty Landelle
Hara Holbein
the Stationers’ Company
A. Francis Moore
Goldsmith’s
John Partridge
Moore
White
Hyde Park-gardens
Victoria Gate
Charles Knicu Taxp Co
E - Po
H. Hetherington
Strand
Annay & Dietrichsen
Gloucester Chronicle
Hannay
Dietrichsen
Watchman
Hannay and
Dietrichgen
Bath Gazette
Bath Chronicle
Cour: Journal
Hannay and Dietrichsen
Oxford-street
Rickes
St. George’s
Bridge-street
Norwich
Payne
Castle Mill-street
Bristol
Croker
Bath
Cogswell
Wade
Petty Cury
Cambridge
Smith
Scotland-road
Liverpool
Heywood
Oldham-street
Manchester
Gardner
Queen-street
Portsea
Watts
Snowhill
Birmingham
Pring
St. Sidwell’s
Exeter
Ingram
Chapel+ bar
Nottingham
Guest
Steelhouse-lane
Heaton
Briggate
Leeds
Noble
Hull
Stephenson
Chaffey
Chard
Prager
Edinburgh
Morison
British College of Health
A. Charlwood
St. Andrew’s
Morieen
Dr. Morrison
Powell
Wright
Mile-end-road
Thomas Powell
Blackfriars-road
United Kingdom
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