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404 DREADFUL ACCIDENT,
day left him alone in the house. The wretch forgetting,
what he owed to his deliverer, took advantage of the op-
portunity, broke open a chest of drawers, and carried,
off all the plate and cash he could find. The miller
upon his return perceived that he was robbed, and had
nd great difficulty to guess by whom, when he discovered
that his patient had disappeared. He pursued the robber
with his two sons and his carman^ They overtook him
about a league from the spot, and immediately carrying
him back to the gibbet from which he had been released,
they hung him up again, and pulled his legs with such
violence as to prevent the repetition of similar crimes.
The king’s attorney for the bailiwick of Abbeville beimx
informed of the circumstance, directed the miller and
his accomplices to be taken into custody. They were
however advised to abscond, till they should obtain
the king’s permission to return. The letters of recal
granting this permission were prepared by M. Guisain,
secretary to the king, by -whose son and grandson this
circumstance was communicated to M. Bruhier.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT, AND WONDERFUL PRESERVATION
AT MILE-END.
A CALAMITY threatening more dreadful consequences
to the lives of those involved in it, and yet productive of
less personal injury than that which on the 16th of July
1804 happened in Duke Street, Mile End New Town,
has rarely occurred. The foundation of two very old
houses, No. 33 and 34, gave way, and the wretched in-
habitants, consisting of eight poor families, were buried
in the ruins. The time rendered this event more awful
and distressing; it was about half past six in the morn-
ing, and the individuals were only awoke from sleep by
the destructive crash of both houses, which, falling at
the
day left him alone in the house. The wretch forgetting,
what he owed to his deliverer, took advantage of the op-
portunity, broke open a chest of drawers, and carried,
off all the plate and cash he could find. The miller
upon his return perceived that he was robbed, and had
nd great difficulty to guess by whom, when he discovered
that his patient had disappeared. He pursued the robber
with his two sons and his carman^ They overtook him
about a league from the spot, and immediately carrying
him back to the gibbet from which he had been released,
they hung him up again, and pulled his legs with such
violence as to prevent the repetition of similar crimes.
The king’s attorney for the bailiwick of Abbeville beimx
informed of the circumstance, directed the miller and
his accomplices to be taken into custody. They were
however advised to abscond, till they should obtain
the king’s permission to return. The letters of recal
granting this permission were prepared by M. Guisain,
secretary to the king, by -whose son and grandson this
circumstance was communicated to M. Bruhier.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT, AND WONDERFUL PRESERVATION
AT MILE-END.
A CALAMITY threatening more dreadful consequences
to the lives of those involved in it, and yet productive of
less personal injury than that which on the 16th of July
1804 happened in Duke Street, Mile End New Town,
has rarely occurred. The foundation of two very old
houses, No. 33 and 34, gave way, and the wretched in-
habitants, consisting of eight poor families, were buried
in the ruins. The time rendered this event more awful
and distressing; it was about half past six in the morn-
ing, and the individuals were only awoke from sleep by
the destructive crash of both houses, which, falling at
the