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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 03, 1846

Page

3

The Charges against the Authorities of St Pancras Workhouse

A lengthy report covers the St Pancras workhouse inquiry into the Mary Ann Jones case, with vestry debate over ration quality, master and medical officer conduct, calls for a full committee re investigation, and details from witnesses, including alleged malpractices and prisoner accounts of oakum room confinement.

Vestry of St. Pancras Gordon Square Wakley M.P Mary Ann Jones F. Wegstatt M'Gahay Board of Directors St. Pancras Works Pitt Churchwarden Howorth Ife Cooper Haworth Goodwin Mann Birmingham Dontling Hatton T. H. Smith Dr. Birmingham E. F. Smith Cater Oakum London Great Camden Street Joux Buckexdal T. Wakiey M.p.—P.s Joan Witt King’s Road Middlesex Carpenter Board Room T. T. Wakley Bedford Square Chadborn Storea Mr. Lee Doura Mr. Chadborn King

Feathers, Furrows and Famine in a Workhouse Yard

An elderly witness describes prisonlike workhouse conditions detailing two feather rooms where 80 workers toil in foul damp spaces earning farthings. He cites severe cold, harsh punishments, and a grim social scene where young people waste away, with women and girls drawn into vice as the diet and labor fail. He laments lack of work and pleads to live with his wife on a weekly allowance.

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Collision off Irish Channel sinks schooner John Lloyd

Ten miles off Torry Island in the Irish Channel a large Indiaman collided with the Belfast schooner John Lloyd, sinking her quickly. Only three crew survived after the ship Lord Duffyn of Belfast failed to stop, later repaired damage, and returned to Belfast. Survivors were rescued by the Juliet and brought to Greenock, then home with care and aid.

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