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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 09, 1838

Page

7

Fraud and Imposition in Onion Dealings at Chobham

In Chobham Surrey a prisoner and several accomplices faced commitment for fraud tied to onion dealings. One co-conspirator falsely claimed his father died in a collision to raise funds, with Mr Pownall noting his own losses at the hands of the same party. Clitherow condemned the group for gross impositions and ordered a trial.

Chobham Surrey Pownall Onions Tady Carr

Fatal Boat Collision Off Wapping With Two Women Lost

A boat carrying seven passengers, three men from Stratford and four women, was struck by the steamship Rose near Wapping New Stairs. Two women, Eliza Coventry and Elizabeth Beech, drowned. four others were rescued or saved, including Coventry’s exhausted husband. Thames police and watermen searched for additional bodies as survivors received aid at the Waterman’s Arms. The accident sparked calls to slow steamers in crowded river sections.

Thames Hammersmith Wapping Rose Woolwich Tucker Eliza Coventry Elizabeth Beech Stratford Coventry Waterman Wapping Old Stairs George Hall The Ocean London James Myddleton Custom-nouse Calais London-bridge Henderson Watling-street Southwark-bridge General Steam Navigation Company Twickenham Shades Maartin Maartin’s-lane, Cannon-street Richmond-bridge Gate Phaeton Streatham Streatham Common Munster Connaught Timothy Cronin Daniel Wells Cronin Elyard Wells Southend Gravesend Sheerness Antleman Harrison Wome Essex Her Majesty Howe Ae Bayon

Pistol Threat at Theatre Royal Liverpool Resulting in Fine

A man named Thomas Richardson was charged at the Liverpool police court after attempting to gain admission at the Theatre Royal pit with a pistol. He was intoxicated and accompanied by a woman refused entry. The weapon, a large rifle pistol, was wrested from him by a money taker. the pistol was unloaded. Richardson, from Sheffield, apologized via his attorney and paid a 5s fine for being drunk. A separate attack on a serjeant at Bartlemy Fair left him severely injured and in danger.

Theatre Royal Liverpoon Liverpool Thomas Richardson Hallen Theatre Royal Davenport Sheffield Hall Mason Bartlemy Fair Weat-street Saffron-hill

Inquests Report in Hampstead and City Doles Out Deaths

A series of coroner inquests details multiple deaths from suicide and accidental causes. Amelia Wathers 19 died of prussic acid with temporary derangement noted after theft suspicions. John Sandhouse 41 died from concussion in an accident near Golden Lane. Mrs Jane Childs 18 committed arsenic poisoning amid religious distress, verdict temporary mental derangement. David Ellis 17 hanged himself amid unemployment and poverty. Ann Burch 36 found drowned in Regent's Canal with verdict found drowned. A four month old infant’s body found in Regent's Canal leads to Wilful murder verdict against unknown parties.

Hampstead Amelia Wathers Camden Town King’s Head Whitbread Chiswell-street Baker John Sandhouse Golden-lane Whitecross-street Alexander Finsbury Repository St. Thomas’s Hospital Payne Jane Childs William Childs Aailey-street Grosvenor-square North Audley Street Ann Bryant Mr. Child James Goodwin North Audrey Street Mary Sophia Black Horse Tavern Kingsland Road David Ellis Ann Burch Regent’s Canal Thomas Burch Cass Witton Cautp Stirling Elephant and Castle, Pancras-road Regent's Canal James Parr York and Albany Witness Estcourt

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