Shocking fires and accidents haunt London streets
A series of perilous incidents unfolds across Westminster and surrounding areas. Children burn in a domestic blaze at 15 Carnaby Street while two youngsters are saved from flames. an inquest into a builder’s death after a balcony collapse. a nurse burns while protecting a pregnant mistress. a worker loses a hand to a steam engine. a two year old dies from scalding. multiple drownings and inquests follow including a man found dead in Regent's Canal and a boy's accidental death near Long Acre. Further reports cover a man set cage fires by Hawker Fridgett leading to severe injuries, and a fatal accident on Battersea Bridge as a river trip ends in tragedy.
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Wning
St. George’s Hospital
Higgs
Westminster
James Steel
George Wilkins
Seymour-place
Bryanstone Square
Grand Junction
Paddington
Joseph Lucas
Messrs. Wade and Co
Knightsbridge
Jane Green
London Hospital
Duke-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
Ben Jonson
Regent’s Canal
Regent's Canal
Carter
Waterloo Road
James William Dixon
Dixon
Cross-street
Long-acre
Plowden's Wharf
Belvidere Road
York-road
Holmes
Sincipe
Wrtu
Wakley
Great Western
Westbourne
Road
William Green
Westboumme Street
John Foskett
Green
Charles Green
Spring-street
Manchester-square
Prince Albert
Slough
Great Western Railway
G. E. Anson
Prince
London
Windsor
Thames Street
Royal Stables
Hereford
Kingstreet
Baker-street
Frances Goodrich
Mary Clarke
Nutford-place
Bryanstone-square
Stratford
Essex
Isleworth
Witness
Thomas Ridgewell
Robinson
Robarts
Union Poorhouse
Upton
Towes
Aylesbury
Ridgewell
County of Bucksea
Battersea-Briver
Orlock
Battersea Bridge
M‘phelang
Archibald
J. L. Curtis and
Costany
Bailliere
Royal College of Surgeons
Regent Street
Strange
Paternoster-row
Guest
Birmingham
Sawler
St. Ann's-square
Manchester
Philip
South Castle
Liverpool
Machen and Co
D’olier-Street
Dublin
Buscoe
High-street
Edinburgh
Sun Evening Paper
Messrs. Curtis and Co
Frith-street
Soho-square
Ley Country
Inquests On Deaths At Kensington And Wapping
A series of inquests reports reveal natural deaths of Edward Farris aged 76 at High Toad and William Morley aged 30 at Kensington Gore, both ruled natural. A serious accident at Hore’s wharf leaves a seaman dead after a forty foot fall. The Regent's canal death of 12 year old George White is ruled found dead. An accidental death verdict follows for David Price, 15, after falling from a gangway onto a Royal Victoria steamship at St Katherine's wharf.
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Suppen
Wakley
High Toad
Kensington
Edward Farris
New-street
Notting-hill
Hort’s Waam
Banff and London Shipping Company
Medora
Lawson
Hore’s Wharf
Hermitage
Wapping
St. Thomas's Hospital
Mr. Baker
Duchess of York
Kingsland Road
George White
Regent’s Canal
John White
Willowwalk
Finsbury
Regent's Canal
Farat
St. Katherive
Baker
St. Katherine's
David Price
Royal Victoria
Leith
St. Katharine’s Wharf
Croft
Ferguson
Price
Periodical Works announced for October 1841 by Knight and Co
A list of forthcoming publications including Shakspeare’s Poems Part 1, The Pictorial History of England Part X, the Penny Magazine Part IX, Penny Cyclopaedia Part CIV, Knight’s Store of Knowledge Part IV, Christian Traveller Part II, Illustrated Commentary on the Bible Part IV, and New volumes such as Reign of George III Vol I. Also notes Feats on the Firds by Miss Martineau and the new London volume with 158 engravings. Ludgate-street, Sept 23, 1841.
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Charles Knight and CO
TAYE
Shakspere
England
George III
George II
London
Penny Magazine
Penny Cyclopadia
Knight's Store OF Knowledge
Western
Africa
Martineau
Ludgate-street
Bread Tax and Home Colonization Works Advertised
The issue promotes the People’s Editions on bread tax and Corn Laws by Col. T Hourson with Free Trade article, priced 6d. Also listed are Corn Law Fallacies and a catechism abridgment. Home Colonization Society publishes Robert Owen works, lectures, a millennial signs lithograph, and a Home Colonization Office notice with prices and formats.
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Lo T. Perronet Thourson
Effingham Wilson
Bishopsgate-street
Robert Owen
Egyptian Hall
London
Ronext Owen
Price
Pall-mall
Morison's Pills authenticity urged by London college
An 19th century notice warns users to trust only Morison's Pills with Salmon's signature on the government stamp as the genuine original medicine. It details prices, London branch depots, and international distribution, urging agents to forward quantities postage-free on post-office orders.
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Orison
Salmon
National College of Health
Farringdon-street
London
Ils
Union-street
Borough
White Lion-street
Norton-folgate
Mile-end.road
Castle-street
Leicester-square
Wingrove-place
Clerkenwell
England
Extraordinary Parr Life Pills warning and testimonial
An advert warns against counterfeit Parrs Life Pills sold by dishonest shopkeepers and stresses genuine boxes bear the government stamp. It includes a testimonial from Mr John Jolliffe praising relief from breathing difficulties and chest pain after using the pills, and notes pricing, directions, and availability through agents at E Edwards in London.
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Parr
John Jolliffe
Lancer Tavern
Old Haymarket
Liverpool
Jour Jouirre
E. Edwards
St. Paul's
London
Lair
Prout
Strand
Dartford
Blair
Margate
Messrs. Hammond and Co
J. B. Miskin
Brewer and Maltster
Kent
P.S
Thomas Prout
United Kingdom
Waterproof clothing by British Waterproofing Company
Gentlemen are urged to order waterproofing for winter wear from the British Waterproofing Company at 343 Strand. Their process renders woollens and fabrics impervious to wet yet allows perspiration, avoiding the harm of India rubber preparations. Patterns and testimonials are available at the office.
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Strand
N.B
Eye Preserving Spectacles Advert In Bloomsbury
An 19th century advert from Broad Street Bloomsbury promotes Hamberlain eye preserving spectacles with prices under half of rivals. It lists convex and concave lenses with frames in gold silver blue steel tortoise shell and strong steel, plus Brazilian pebbles lenses and a portable achromatic telescope. Items range from 1s 6d to 3s 6d for common frames and higher for ornate choices.
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Hamberlain
British Museum
Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons
Uo Fu
Cseecessee Reeves Nkar
Broad-street
Bloomsbury
Holborn
Grimstone's Eye Snuff Held Royal Endorsement
Glight restored claims rest for nervous headache eye and ear ailments under royal patronage. Advertises letters of gratitude from Mrs Brewer and E Robson, praises inventor W Grimstone and lists canister prices while urging wide distribution to ships and vendors.
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H.r-H
Duchess of Kent
Treasury
Grimstone
G. J. Guthrie
F.R.S
L. S. Brewer
Edge Terrace
Kensington
Alexander
Broadstreet
Bloomsbury
L.S. Brewer
W. Grimstone
Bell-street
Edgeware-read
Marylebone
E. Robson
Cavarion
Broad-street
King-street
Long-acre
London
Exritum Gazette 18 June 1811 Ensign Cassidy Promotion
In the Gazette the 57th Foot confirms Ensign Loftius Cassidy is promoted to lieutenant replacing Allan who moves to the 50th Foot following James Allan's death. The issue lists Dissenters' Marriage Act registrations for chapels in Lydgate Yorkshire and Gloucester, plus insolvencies, bankruptcies, dividends, certificates, partnerships dissolved, and Scotch sequestrations with multiple names and places.
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57Th Foot
Loftius Cassidy
Allan
James Allan
William
Lydgate
Kirkburton
Yorkshire
Gloucester Street
Gloucester
Stroud
Great Britain
Gracer's Hall
Henry Bicknell
Grocers’ Company
J. C. Mott
Loughborough
Leicestershire
J. Mill
Crosby-hall-chambers
Bishopsgate
D. Rowland
Horsham
Sussex
B. Howell
Oxford-street
G. Williams
Hodes
Peel
Manchester
T. Ragg
Birmingham
G. Forster
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
R. Saville
Longton
Staffordshire
H. and
J. Gibbs
J. Sheppard
Edgbaston
J’. Greaves
Kingston. upon-Hull
J. Anderton
Calico
I. Grundy
Preston
Lancashire
G. Long
Oakhampton
Devonshire
Blundell and Falk
Liverpool
K. Edwards Men
J. Overton
Queen-street
Grosvenor Square
F. D. Barker
Cambridge
Barker
C. Stratton
Nine-elms
Surrey
Armitage
Dodgson
Wakefield
Yeld and Dawes
Rugeley
Stephenson and Fereday
Worcester
Tettenhall
Wolverhampton
Dysons, Jackson, and Co
Leeds
D. and
S. Lonsdale
Aldgate
Haberdashers
Rozas
Braga
Hadfields
Pernambuco
Suffolk
E. C. Everitt
Nash and Skipp
Bishop's Stortford
Bertfordshire
Yost and
Rands
North Street
Brighton
Laming and Thomson
Fr. Goodale
East Sheen
J. Greening
Farmcote
Lower Guiting
Gloucestershire
Nalder and Hardisty
Croscombe
Shepton Mallet
Lucas and Wright
Northampton
Corstactors
Webb and Beagan
Hereford
Duff and Alston
Sudbury
Millers
Davies and Round
Netherton
Dudley
Worcestershire
J. Dixon
Bradford
Hogg and Michael
Old Bond Street
J. Morrison
Paisley
J. Taylor
Perth
Stewart and Henderson
Glasgow
Court appointments and insolvencies in 1841 London notices
The London Gazette lists royal appointments at St James's Palace on Sept 20 and 21 1841, naming Catherine Countess of Dunmore and Hon Mrs Georgiana Mary Anson as ladies of the bedchamber and Alexander Nelson Hood as a captain in waiting. It also records insolvencies and bankruptcies across England and Scotland, with names and locations including R Chilver Ipswich Nield and Co Derbyshire J W Bevil Cheltenham and a long list of creditors and dividends across cities, plus certificates and partnerships dissolved and Scotch sequestrations with dates.
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London Gazette
Windsor
Brownlow Cecil Marquess of Exeter
John William Robert Marquess of
Lothian
George John Earl de la Warr
James Alexander Earl of
Rosslyn
John George Lord Forester
George Lionel Dawson Damer
John Nicholl
John William Earl of
Sandwich
Huntingdon
St. James's Palace
Viscount Hawarden
Winpbsor Castle
Prince Albert
Marquess of Exeter
Bipharens
Lord Colville
Earl
Great Britain
Ireland
Waitenatt
Henry Pelham Clinton
Earl of
Lincoln
Alexander Milne
Charles Alexander Gore
War Office
3D Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Anthony Casar FitzRoy Colclough
Lister
3D Regiment of Light Dragoons
Abraham Crabtree
Harbord
Sth Regiment of Light Dragoons
Frederick William Mann
Royal Staff Corps
Molyneux
James M‘call
Purchase
Monn
James Harrison Cholmeley
Edward Mostyn
Cholmeley
William Henry Cooper
Mostyn
Edward Seager
Withot Purchase
Cooper
10Th Regiment of Foot
William Henry Goode
Palf
Jauncey
Ith Foot
Francis Burgess
Halfpay
54Th Foot
Dunlevie
74Th Foot
Alexander Sidney Godolphin Jauncey
Burgess
John Walpole D'Oyly
12Th Foot
Robert Willington Kyfin
Wadeson
20Th Foot
David Bilham
Patrick Conolly
Robert John Cole
Foot
Edward John Burton
3D West India Regiment
Sidey
50Th Foot
James H. Serjeantson
Turner
Alexander Clotworthy Downing Bentley
Serjeantson
Woulfe
86Th Foot
Stephen Roland Woulfe
Moneypenny
Rifle Brigade
Edmund Gambier Monckton
Napier
William Burnett Ramsay
Monckton
Henry Tyrwhitt Jones
Bart
Ramsay
John Fraser
Andrew Foulis
Burton
25Th Foot
John Knight Jauncey
10Th Foot
30Th Foot
Augustus. Purefoy
Lockwood
O'Hara
George ‘Thomas Galbraith
Oakes
Thomas Cowan
Hall
Royal Canadian Regiment. Co . Memonarium
Paisley
82D Foot
Richard Brown Fuller
Richard
London
Catherine Countess of Dunmore
Georgiana Mary Anson
Harriet Clive
F. A. Mackay
Liverpool
R. Kay
Halton
Yorkshire
R. Neech
Sen
Kukley
Suffolk
J. M. Sperling
Halstead
Essex
Seavenor Butler
Walsall
Staffordshire
W. Drinkwater
Salford
Lancashire
W. Beastall
Nottingham
J. Cadbury
New Bond-street
G. Woolcott
Brownlow-mews
Gray's-inn-lane
J. Beecham
Dover
Plumber
J. Pett
Hampstead
Carpenter
Z. Parkes
Stanhope-street
Claremarket
W. J. Duck
Oxford
J. Honey
Redruth
Cornwall
C. Balshaw
Altrincham
Cheshire
W. Daglish
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
T. Theobald
Norwich
W. Jennings
Bungay
Price and Edwards
Shrewsbury
J. Huddleston
Monk Wearmouth Shore
J. Edwards
Bristol
J. G. Court
Glastonbury
Somersetshire
R. Gill
Rushfield
W. Patterson
Chelsea
T. Jordan
Wolverhampton
W. Northcroft
Egham
Surrey
J. T. Milner
Kingston-upon-Hull
E. Cooper
Highstreet
St. Giles's
Bowen and Long
Milllane
Tooley-street
Lloyd and Hudson
Myddelton-square
Pentonville
Walker and Bonython
Luay and
Hogarth
Tranmere
C. Wilson
Bensham
H. Hughes
Baker's-row
Walworth-road
Gilbert and Frasi
Golden-lane
Peters and Hunter
Tonbridge-wells
Glazebrook and Co
Rugg and Hartley
Langcliffe
Walker and Co
Croesfan
Canarthenshire
M'‘Donald
M'llnorrow
Greaves and Heginbottom
Manchester
Births and marriages in British society noted
Births announce several royal and noble women delivering daughters and sons in London and Brittany with twins and stillbirths. Marriages list unions including Sir Matthew White Ridley to Cecilia Anne Parke and multiple other aristocrats with receptions and honeymoons. Death notices include Lt Gen John Murray in Paris and Lt Col Story in Leith Fort, plus various aged deaths.
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Gray'ston
John Hanson
Stamps
Wiesbaden
Stephen Rowley Conroy
Coldstream Guards
Beyswater
Alexander Baxter
Nutwell Court
Devonshire
Eleanor
Trayton Fuller Eliott Drake
Brighton
Cisborne
Elizabeth Anne
Joseph Middleton
Middle-temple
Pelham-place
Brompton
Grove-house
Leeds
Cheltenham
Frances Wentworth
Rupert George, Bart
Charles Philip Taylor
John Murray
Paris
Demerara
Story
Royal Artillery
Britain
Leith Fort
Malta
St. Croix
St Thomas
Dessaix
Martinique
Guadaloupe
Sinclair
Waterloo
Gray
Country Markets. Trade notices and ads from London
Printed at No 837 Strand Middlesex by Jr Nonzis and published for the Sent tors by Joan Norris at No 38 13 where ads and communications are to be sent. Saturday September 25 1941.
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Strand
County of
Middlesex
Jr Nonzis
Fetter-lane
St Frant Holborn
London
Joan Norris
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Buckingham-street, Strand
Victoria
Charnstan—Cornelius O'Brien
M.P. Tristres
Edmund Byng
Sir Robert Dugdale
An. Hewitt Bridgwan
Charles Kerry Nicholls
Sir Robert Dugdale Gustavus Noon, Esq
Robert Napoleon Price
orcretTary
John Simpson
Charles William Williams
Riberto
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Great Charles-street
Albion-street
Perry
America
Haare Oes Perry and Co
Cory
Major Waits
Portsmouth
St. Thomas's-street
Paul
H. White
John Fox
C. King
Blackfriars Road
Christchurch
Charles M.lean
Fleet Street
Pepsin
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Ange Ue
Ichaser's Own
Fatios
Vinete
British
Ines Prc Ry
Cenane
Buenos Ayres
Peretina
India
South Sea
Traverne
Brittany
Wm. H. Drummond
Grosvenor-crescent
Countess of
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Isaac Braithwaite
Vinehouse
Old Brompton
John Llewelyn
Ampthill Church
Bedfordshire
Archdeacon Bayley
Matthew White Ridley
Heaton and
Blagdon
Northumberland
Cecilia Anne Parke
Baron Parke
Parke
Worthing
Tonbridge Wells
Wm. Hen Pooke
Keevil
Wilts
Henry Darley
H. M. 98Th Regiment
Louisa Alethea
Charles Calland
Upper Forest
Glamorganshire
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E. B. Carteis
E. T. Carteis
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LeRacey
Wm. Kennit
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St. John’s
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James Charles Robinson
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Thomas Ely
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Anglesey
Charles Crespigny
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Miss Webb
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Brigton
Benjamin Kilburn
Mary Anne
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Finsbury Square
Susan
Andrew Caldecott
Russell Square
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