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tridge, was half burnt through. Near this caisson stood an
open barrel of powder, to which the fire, had it not been ex-
tinguished, must inevitably have been soon communicated.
A-rammer was almost consumed, and some of the beams
which supported the roof were on fire. Such was the state
of things when E. Touzee, Mr. P. Lys, and W. Pontiney
displayed heroic courage and bravery, exposed their lives to
the most imminent danger, and thereby saved the town of
St. Helier and its inhabitants from the most terrible disaster.
The Constable, therefore, finds himself impelled both by
duty and inclination, to request all persons who have pro-
perty in the town of St. Helier and its neighbourhood, to
meet on Wednesday next, the 13th inst. in the church of
St. Helier, at ten in the morning, to take into consideration
the means of testifying their gratitude to these three brave
and generous men, who were not afraid, in so perilous a
crisis, of devoting themselves for the safety of their fellow
citizens.
(Signed)
Thomas Anley, Constable of St. Helier.
St. Helier, June 7, 1804.

AN ACCOUNT OF
A WOMAN BURIED IN SNOW,
SIX DAYS, WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY NOURISHMENT, &C.
BY MR. SAMUEL BOWDICH.
Joanna Crippen, of Chardstock in Dorset, being a spin-
ner of worsted, was going home on the 24th of January
1713, with some work, but it snowing very hard, and being
very deep, she was forced to lie down under an hedge, hav-
ing lost one of her shoes; and her clothes, which were very
mean, were by the brambles and thorns torn almost quite off