Extensive and calamitous fire at St John Portand New Brunswick
A fire at the Owens and Duncan shipyard in Portland, St John, Aug 27, raged five hours, destroying 60+ buildings including a 900 ton vessel, workshops, and a Wesleyan chapel. Many families lost homes. insurance was limited. A public relief meeting organized funds and clothing for the affected, with committees appointed to distribute aid to about 200 families (1,150 people) in distress.
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Owens and Duncan
Portland
Portland-street
Fort Howe
Jenny Spring-farm
Owens
Duncan
36Th Regiment
Royal Artillery
Elliot
Tars
Racer
Pesuic Mertixe
St. John
W. Harrison
Wilson
Jones Lawson
Jacob Allen
James Dunphy
Robert Wilson
E. Waal
Samuel Robinson
Charles Simonds
J. W. D. Gray
John Pollock
Himen
Robert Payne
James Gallagher
Fsqrs
James Travis
James Lawton
William Parks
N. S. Demill
John R Rhodes
Willian Carvill
George Harding
John V. Thurgar
P. Wesnard
William Olive
Samuel Strange
George Bond
Esars
Carleton
William Elk
Payne
Saint John
August Wry Doit
Fire in Piccadilly Morbidity from a West End blaze
A Sunday fire at No. 87 Piccadilly, a fruit shop run by Mr Salmon, raged into the Duke of Grafton’s next door. Firemen Weaver and West were buried in the ruins. West died and Weaver was badly hurt as crews laboured to rescue them. The inquest with 17 locals found the death of West accidental amid unclear fire origin.
Piccadilly House Fronts Collapse Amid Fire Dust Cloud
A collapse in Piccadilly as fronts of Nos. 86 and 87 fell after a hoard was set around Nos. 86 and 87 and supports placed under Nos. 88 and a corner house. Dust enveloped the street, but no one was hurt. Chimneys near the Duke of Grafton’s mansion threaten Nos. 86 and 87, and Mr Nixon fled. Insurance on Nos. 86 and 87 totals £4,000. County fire-office directors fund funeral costs for West and pledge aid to Weaver. They also granted a weekly pension to West’s widow and provided free housing at Regent Street fire-station.
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Piccadilly
Salmon
Duke of Grafton
West
Weaver
William West
Poynder
Nixon
St. George's Hospital
Bopy
Higgs
Westminster
Barley Mow
Mount-street
Grosvenor-square
Wm. West
St. George’s
Henry Carter
George Price
George Spendelow
Place
Gerrard
Heam
Carter
William Chard
John Salmon
Abraham Salmon
J.salmon
A. Salmon
York Arms
Curzon<street
Clarges-street
Henry Gould
Curzon-street
Mayfair
Fruiterer
Halfmoonstreet
Blake
Blake and Beaumont
County Fire Office
Alliance
County Free Office
Piccapilly
Regent-street
Fire at Sheerness dockyard furnace house quickly contained
A fire broke out Thursday evening in a furnace house at Sheerness dockyard but was extinguished before serious damage occurred. In an unrelated churches note, a couple arrived with friends for a St Martin's church wedding at 11 o'clock, but the groom fled after kneeling at the communion table, leaving his bride and guests astonished.
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Sheerness
St. Martin’s Church
Dreadful loss of life in the River Thames
A deadly accident on the Thames near Southwark Bridge involved seven Pearl steamer sailors and Joseph Clementson of the Orion. A small boat capsized after a plan to ferry Clementson to his vessel, four rowers died, Clementson recovered, Thornton missing, coroner’s inquest held with verdict of accidental drowning.
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George Inn
Southwark-bridge
Surrey
Clementson
Bankside
Joseph Thornton
Greenwich
Gravesend
Thornton
John Clementson
John Riley
Robert Clarkson
George
The
Peart
Joseph
Carter
Southwark
John Joseph Riley
Joseph Clementson
Peter Haslip
Richard Hutchinson
Oxley
Clarkson
London Bridge
Edward Reader
Pearl
Gunn
Wheeler
Orion
Ipswich
Leeward
Ingram Gunn
Ireland
Baxksipe
Payne
St.John’s
Horslydown
Destructive Worms Threaten National Gallery Paintings
Reports note a worm known as duobium punetatum damaging notable works in the National Gallery, including Del Tombo's Lazarus. Experts warn against corrosive treatments and suggest storing infested paintings in atmosphere with prussic acid, pending further inquiry.
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Portenpic
Portendic
Morning Herald
M‘leon
M‘leod
Utica
New York Herald
Southwark
National Gallery
del ‘Tombo
Tus
Sigimer
Boston
Express
Liverpool
Columbia
Halifax
Shipping Gazette
Boston Atlas
Philadelphia National Gazette
St. Chenial’s Times
Barbadoes
Iceberg
New York
Norris
Captain Roberts
Mr. Cookman
Fayer
Extraordinary Delusions Under Commission of Lunacy
A commission of lunacy was opened at the Swan Brompton before the chief commissioner and two others to inquire into the mind of William Augustus Newton, a solicitor of Gray's Inn and Amersham. Witnesses described his long, fantastical claims of naval service and battles. doctors testified to permanent dementia. The jury found him of unsound mind since November 12, 1839.
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Swan
Brompton
Phillithen
Winslow and West
Fox
William Augustus Newton
Bucksy
South-square
Gray’s-inn
Amersham
Tom
Messrs
Elliott
Old Brompton
Newton
Wakefield
Cowperhouse
Messrs. Elliott
Cardale and Company
Bedford Row
Ensour
South. Square
Gray’s Inn
Cyrus Alexander Elliott
Bucks
Cowper-house
Ramsey
Navy
Nelson
Trafalgar
Euryalus
Corunna
John Moore
India
Plummer
St. Helena
Waterloo
General Las Casas
Count Bertrand
Napoleon
United Service Club
Heaton
William Elliott
Corpus Christi College
Oxford
Monro
Southey
Sutherland
Messrs. Elliott's
Taunton
Somerset
Bedford-row
Chambers
Hussey Vivian
Mr. Newton
Lions Add to Regent's Park Menagerie and Drowning Inquests
The Regent's Park menagerie welcomed three lions donated by Sir Thomas Reade, plus ostriches, fallow deer, an American syren, water tortoises, and seven primates, boosting its carnivore group. Four drowning inquests opened by coroner Mr. Baker cover deaths at Mile End, Stepney, Aldgate, and St Katharine's, with verdicts of found dead or accidental death in each case.
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Regent’s Park
Thomas Reade
Tunis
Malta
Southampton
Carolina
Baker
Mackarel
Mile-end-road
Frederick Jackson
Govey’s Place
Mile. End-Road
Old Town
Regent's Canal
Eastern Counties Railway
Sarah Hoppins
Ocean Row
Stepney
Ben Jonson
Crown
Butter’s
Aldgate
James Lisk
Adelaide
Meckieson
St. Katharine’s Wharf
Eeven O
Alderman Stairs
William Bond
Albior
St. Katharine’s Dock
Albion
Murder at Eskdaleside Whitby Ness Items
A Whitby Fork Herald report details a brutal murder at Eskdaleside near Whitby. Mrs. Robinson was found dead with her head nearly severed as two Irish reapers were detained and questioned, with an inquest held at the Tunnel Inn and ongoing jury inquiry into missing gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinson
Eskdaleside
Robinson
Egton Fair
Egton
Whitby
Wilkinson
Mickleby
C. Richardson
J. Chapman
Tunnel Inn
John Buchannan
Fork Herald
Mesmeric exhibitions and a Brighton murder report
Accounts from Kensington announce the death of Sir John Conroy’s second son in Wiesbaden on the ninth. The report also covers M Lafontaine’s mesmerism show at the London tavern with several medical figures present, detailing trials on M Eugène, a boy patient, and other volunteers, amid mixed results and questions of pain and consciousness. A Brighton inquiry follows, noting two tenants’ rent dispute, a man Hunt’s death, a magistrates’ remand, and an inquest verdict of death by God’s visitation, plus a near drowning of a foreign gentleman rescued by watermen who received Napoleon acknowledgments.
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John Conroy
Kensington
Coldstream Guards
Wiesbaden
M.—M. Lafontaine
London
M. Lafontaine
M. Eugéne
M. Eugene
John P. Binham
Society of Friends
M. Tafontaine
Briauroy
Barbatox
Kelsey
Apted
Thomas Street
Brighton
Cumberland-place
Hunt
Hant
God
EncaPe Rom
M.de Rhin
Napoleon
Barlow's British Plate and Superior Cutlery Listing
An advertisement offers JYHE substitute for silver Barrows British Plate praised for purity and durability with a detailed price list for table spoons forks tea pots cruet frames glassware and other items. It warns against imitations and notes the manufactory at 14 King William Street Mansion House plus sales of Papier Mache trays bronzed fenders and fire irons in Nicholas Lane.
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JYHE
Barlow
J. B
King William-street
Mansion House
N.B
Nicholas-lane
Manhood and its Causes Seventh Edition Adverts
Seventh edition promoted by J L Canris and Company offers a treatise on the causes of premature decline with guidance for restoration for those affected by excess, solitary habits, or infection. Includes testimonials from Magnet, Age, Conservative Journal and others praising the work and urging readers to consult Curtis and Company at Frith Street Soho. A consultation fee of £1 and strict secrecy are offered for country patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goss and CO
Lancaster Place
Strand
Waterloo-bridge
London
Gunorrhan, Greet
J. L. Canris
Balliere
Royal College of Surgeons
Regent Straet
Pattie
Bridges-street
Strange
Guest
Birmingham
Sawler
St. Ann's-square
Manchester
Philip
South Castle-street
Liverpool
Machen and Co
D'Olier Street
Dublin
Duncan
High-street
Edinburgh
Messrs. Curtis
Messrs
Curtis
Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho-square
Gale
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St John’s
New Brunswick
Goodwin Suds
Upper Deal
Goodwin Sands
Lowh
Walmer Castle
North Foreland
Trinity-house
Bush
Thorn“ily
Rotherham
Queen Victoria
Deal
Woolwich
Monier
Sande
Sand-head
Guistrean Light
Fearless
Sheerwater
Tiis
Wexty
Deata
Schofield
Spotland
Whiteworth
King
Sprawel
James Sprawel
James
Jarden
Kirkdale
Manchester Guardian
River Thames
Bernand Cavanan
J. M. Doyle
Kenney
Reynolds
Coulson
Richmond
Brooks
Cavanagh
Lamb’s Conduit Street
Lamb's Con
Ritson
Philosophical Transactions
Fishermen and Mariners’ Benevolent Society
Jabeze
Eyemouth
Berwick
Blair
Mr. Prout
Maidstone
Wheeler Street
Mary Ann Chaa Magnus
Thomas Prout
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