Fire devastates King’s-berich prison block center of building
A blaze at King’s-berich prison causes the destruction of 66 to 70 apartments and damage to many more in an upper wooden story. Affected residents, including Lady Mor, face displacement as about one hundred people and many infants seek shelter. Volunteers from several districts assist, while authorities consider measures to aid victims and review creditor terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Vlock
King'a-berich
Iobegart
Ray
Mr. Adamais
Wade
Sitine
Munday
Southfield
Brace
Enifite
Farni
Arade
Iret
Lloyd's Coffee- House
St. George's
Christ
House of Peers
William Addington
Cambridge
Henry Holland
Geh
Tottersham
Essex
Jeffry Argent
Richard Birch
James Owers
Elizabeth Cox
Royal visit and church news amid a powder mill blast
On Monday the royal party visited St George's Chapel Winkstor where a sermon by Dr Goodenough referenced 1 Corinthians. The Duke of Kent sails to Halifax aboard the Arethusa capt Woolley. Revs Williams and Douglas receive church appointments. A large Twickenham powder mill exploded Saturday afternoon near Hanworth with tragic consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George’s Chapel
Winkstor
Goodenough
Duke
Kent
Halifax
Woolley
William Douglas
Salisbury
Charles Morgan
Isaac Williams
Llaorhynd
Cardiganhire
Penbryn
Twickenham -Common
Hanworth
Terrifying storm damage and crimes across Bedfordshire and Notts
Fragmentary early reports describe a deadly incident with an explosion and a fire that scattered debris for miles as travelers and postboys witnessed wreckage near Windsor and Hastington. A separate inquest in Warnford lists Elizabeth Burton as a lunacy case, while a Warnford wool fair shows brisk trade and high prices. Nottingham reports a blind man, James Broadie, convicted of murder of a boy, with a tale of a missing guide and brutal injuries. other crimes include poisoning a father and an overcharge conviction for a porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlonin Eoanthene Tata
McMay
Windsor
Avere
Hastington
Fedice
Aimee Rota
Masonite
Fornbain
Wittenberg
Mr. Newlyn
Warnford
Bedfordshire
Oman
Elizabeth Burton
Harlow Bush Comaion
Trieste
Warwick Fats
Nottingham
James
Broadie
Robert Selby
Hancock
John Robinson
Ling
Tear
Mansfield
Rusland
Mary Ham
N. Bond
Holborn
Police Intelligence Bow Street Case at Twickenham
John Lanfirmore alias Orrall appeared before Sir W Addington and H Wigstead charged on suspicion of breaking into James Road dwelling at Twickenham and stealing a large quantity of wool linen goods. The prosecutor recounted a Sunday alarm, pursuit by watermen to Westminster Bridge, capture of the boat, discovery of stolen property and tools, with Lanfirmore fully committed for trial after denial.
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Bow Street
Yeterday
John
Lanfirmore
Orrall
W. Addington
H. Wig‘stead
James” Road
Landon
Carpineat
Strand-lane
Westminster-bridge
Bedford
Bury
New- Street
Waling Glong
New -Stireet
Obituary notices from Britain list many deaths across regions
A long list records the deaths of Rev Henry Offey Wright at Mottram St Andrew and Rev Robert Dean in Lancashire, along with Quaker preacher Martha Howarth. Names include Miss Barclay of Elghaf, Mrs May Rebecca Camptall, John Campbell of Liguras, Richard Hewett, Miss Clavering, and Miss Ros of Buffalo-Hot-Well. Also noted are Charles Hay of Bullindock, Walter Brain in Scotland, architect Revely in Oxford Street, Francis Brooke of Suffolk, Rev Mr Thomas Smith in Scotland, Miss Spencer, Lieut Gen William Martin, Rev Richard Wynne, Rev Philip Pyle, Mrs Ann Birch, and other obituaries across Cork, Easton, and Norwich areas. The notice mix features clergy, gentry, and professionals with ages and places, reflecting a Victorian era compilation of deaths.
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Henry Offey- Wright
Mottram St. Andrew
Bothton
Lancathirés
Robert Dean
Lancathire
Haflingden
Martha’Howarth
Birmingham
Miss Barclay
Robert Barclay
Elghaf
Arys
Kincartimbthire
Scotland
May Rewbecca Camptall Mittens
Jobn Campbell
Liguras Nant-Governoc
John Strong
Richmeitil
Liverpool
Richard Hewett
Thornton
Bellevue
Miss Claverinp
Colonek Clavering
Buftol
Ros
Younges
Ross
Balnagown
Barpill
Glasgow
Lawrence Coulter
Lawrence Coulter, Esq.‘At'Manty, ‘Mire. Dorothy Gillan
Stuart
Greece
Athens
Woodbridge
Francis Brooke
Jattice
Suffolk
Cammertrees
Phomas Smith
Pirith
Spencer
Edward Spencer
Winkfield
Bradford
Queen Annfreet East
William Martin
Royal Artillery
Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
Easton
Anni Birch
Cork
Kidney
Grace Booth
Martin Booth
Norwich
Chelmsford
John Judd
Bfq
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