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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 20, 1840

Page

2

Fire deaths in a house blaze prompt call for fire escapes

Testimony detailed a Sunday morning fire in a multi story home where Thomas Newman and a deceased woman died. Witnesses described gas and flames on the stairs, the pet boy, and the landlord attempting rescue. The jury found the fire caused by the house taking fire and urged fire escapes to prevent future loss of life.

John William Blake Thomas Newman Mr. Vangersteen Newman Tom John Scott Cross William Vandersteen Atkinson Guildhall Brighfon Lindfield Ellioat London Miss Baker Miss E Omagh Robert Holmes Holmes Kupsel Holme Ridge Phoenix Park 34Th Royal Barracks 88Th Lot Mind O'Hara Huddersfield Hornip Doo Lindley Josh Dyson Morton

Fires and accidents disrupt Cheltenham and royal palace life

A poor weaver family at France Lynch near Cheltenham suffers in a deadly house fire after a child lights straw with a candle. Separately a Buckingham Palace plasterer dies from a thirty foot fall. Other items report poisoned rats, a river death, and a runaway student mutiny at the Royal Naval School with mass desertions, police pelting, and official investigations pending.

France Lynch Cheltenham Cook Cheltenham Chronicle Buckingham-Palace James Hagan Buckingham Palace St. George’s Hospital Burke Moran Castleconnel Dungan Freeman's Journal Cooke St. Olave's Southwark Battle-bridge Stairs Horsleydown Shepherdson Meade St. Olave’s Royal Regiment, V.R Revoir Royal Naval School Greenwich Portsmouth Kingston Upon Thames Walker St. Giles’s Shooters Hill Chatham Royal Hospital Adam Young Blackheath Lieuteuse Huskisson

Fortifications for Paris and European turmoil news

The Moniteur reports France's government appoints Dode de la Brunaire to lead fortifications of Paris with engineers Dupin d Argremont Norzet overseeing works. Plans include a bas­tioned wall around the capital, a second inner line with 16 to 18 forts, and a 50,000 man camp under the walls.

Dode de la Brunaire Committee of Fortifications Dupin d’Argremont Norzet Paris Faubourgs Exterieurs St. Denis Charenton Vandrey Committee of the Court of Peers Strixe Paris Tribunal of Correctional Police Calais Tarat Madame Laffarce Tulle M. Laffarge Gazette Des Tribu Paillet M. Dubois M. Lespinatz M. Massennat M. Paillet Chymists Messrs. Orfila Chevalier Devergie M. Puillet MM. Orfila France

Insurrectionary Movements Prompt Portuguese Repression

Intelligence reports from Castello Branco on the 28th disclose a rising within the 6th infantry regiment. Government orders blockade news and telegraph lines, a Portalegre guard detachment joined the insurgents, and the battalion was disbanded by decree. Edicts compel farmers to move beasts within 24 hours or face heavy fines. unrest grows as the court and Queen grow alarmed.

Madrid Globe Junta Alcala Ultra Exaltado el Huracan Maynip Ayuntamiento Joaquim Maria Frrrer Fernando Corradi Spain Espartero Telegrapric Desparer Perpignan Barcelona Tarragona Rues Arena del Astar Bayonne Phare Alcaniz Lower Aragon Listox Castello Branco Oporto England National Guard Port ‘Alegre Avronches

The Metropolis Royal Hospitals Pageant and Park Improvements

Mon day events at Christchurch Newgate Street feature a sermon by Rev Charles Cheyne and two senior scholars presenting Latin and English orations on hospital benefit. Other items cover Green Park improvements, Catholic Institute meetings, and public interest notices across London.

St. Matthew's Day Royal Hospitals Christchurch Newgate Street Charles Cheyne Christ's Hospital H. D. Harper H. S. Maine J. A. L. Airey G. E. Pattenen Wellington W. H. Brown Prince Albert England W. Romanis P. H. Hammill H. Newport S. J. Phillips Rosamond’s Pond William Gordon Hyde Park Gate Stafford House

Revivals in Reskeen Church Swayed by Child Fervor

A Aberdeen Herald correspondent describes a Gaelic revival in Reskeen Church marked by loud sobs and fainting led by young girls from five to fourteen. Observers note no men present, distressed families, and a belief that the spirit signs are divine. The report clashes with local piety and raises questions about the proceedings.

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