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138 A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
aged 33, only five feet seven inches high, and weighed
the enormous weight of 29 stone.
At Lane End, Staffordshire, at the advanced age of 106,
Mr. J. Moller; he was attended to the grave by thirteen
friends, whose ages amounted 12Q6.
August 2d. 1803.—John Parker, aged eight years, a
servant to Mr. Bullivant, of Stanton in Derbyshire, was
killed in a most extraordinary manner. He was return-
ing home on the back of a poney, and by some means
fastened a basket he was carrying upon the post of a
gate, which he was endeavouring to open. The basket
was fixed to the boy by means of a leather strap, which,
by the accident, being drawn tight across his throat, un-
fortunately hanged him almost instantly.
Eeb. 1804.—Died suddenly at Kingston, aged 109,
George Gregory, supposed to be the last of the crew of
the Centurion which circumnavigated the world with
Lord Anson. He never had a day’s illness since he
went to sea, which was in the year 1714,when he was im-
pressed in the Downs out of the Mary Brig, belonging
to North Shields.
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
I1 IRE.—On Wednesday, January 25, 1804, a coal-pit
in the neighbourhood of Renfrew was discovered to be
on fire, the flames bursting out with great violence at
the mouth of the pit. Six unfortunate men wrere work-
ing under-ground at the time, in reflecting on whose
shocking situation, the mind flies for relief to the hope
that their sufferings were not protracted.—It is uncertain
whether the accident was occasioned by the explosion
of gunpowder, or foul air. The fire continued to burn
for nearly two days, at which time the mouth of the pit
was covered up, in expectation of smothering the flame.
AN
aged 33, only five feet seven inches high, and weighed
the enormous weight of 29 stone.
At Lane End, Staffordshire, at the advanced age of 106,
Mr. J. Moller; he was attended to the grave by thirteen
friends, whose ages amounted 12Q6.
August 2d. 1803.—John Parker, aged eight years, a
servant to Mr. Bullivant, of Stanton in Derbyshire, was
killed in a most extraordinary manner. He was return-
ing home on the back of a poney, and by some means
fastened a basket he was carrying upon the post of a
gate, which he was endeavouring to open. The basket
was fixed to the boy by means of a leather strap, which,
by the accident, being drawn tight across his throat, un-
fortunately hanged him almost instantly.
Eeb. 1804.—Died suddenly at Kingston, aged 109,
George Gregory, supposed to be the last of the crew of
the Centurion which circumnavigated the world with
Lord Anson. He never had a day’s illness since he
went to sea, which was in the year 1714,when he was im-
pressed in the Downs out of the Mary Brig, belonging
to North Shields.
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
I1 IRE.—On Wednesday, January 25, 1804, a coal-pit
in the neighbourhood of Renfrew was discovered to be
on fire, the flames bursting out with great violence at
the mouth of the pit. Six unfortunate men wrere work-
ing under-ground at the time, in reflecting on whose
shocking situation, the mind flies for relief to the hope
that their sufferings were not protracted.—It is uncertain
whether the accident was occasioned by the explosion
of gunpowder, or foul air. The fire continued to burn
for nearly two days, at which time the mouth of the pit
was covered up, in expectation of smothering the flame.
AN