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Heve some of the unfortunate suf- 

 ferers from their dreadful situation ! 

 The confusion of cries under the 

 ruins, rendered it almost impossible 

 at first to discern the exact spOt 

 whence they issued : at length he 

 found one Royston, his wife, and 

 son, who had occupied a room up 

 stairs; they were all much bruised, 

 and sent immediately to the London 

 Hospital ; he next found four chil- 

 dren, two of whom were seriously 

 injured, and sent thither likewise ; 

 the other two had the good fortune 

 to be screened from the crush by a 

 piece of timber, and escaped unhurt. 

 On searching farther, Richards 

 found a female child, about nine 

 months old, lying on its back, 

 playing with its clothes, unconsci- 

 ous of any danger. She greeted her 

 deliverer with smiles, and was sent 

 to Mile End workhouse to be taken 

 care of. Further assistance arriving, 

 the search was continued with great 

 ardour ; a man named Box, his 

 wife, and three children, were traced 

 by their cries to the cellar, where 

 they were dragged from the window 

 unhurt. It appears that this family 

 had occupied the ground floor, and 

 had fled into the cellar for safety on 

 first hearing the crash. Two old 

 women were found, one of ninety, 

 the other of eighty ; they occupied 

 a back room up two pair of stairs. 

 The former had been confined to 

 her bed seven months, neither of 

 them received the least injury : not 

 so fortunate, however, was a poor 

 woman, who had lain in on the 

 preceding Sunday ; both she and 

 her child were materially hurt. 



Before nine o'clock, such exer- 

 tion had been used, that the whole 

 of the persons (35) were found, 

 who were supposed to be missing ; 

 and, however miraculous it may ap- 



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pear, not one of them was dead, and 

 but few had broken limbs ! A wi- 

 dow and her daughter, Avho dwelt 

 in a back room up two pair of 

 stairs, were among those who were 

 most hurt ; as were also a man and 

 his wife who occupied a garret. — 

 When the accident happened, nearly 

 all the people were in bed, conse- 

 quently, when theywere taken from 

 the ruins, they were entirely naked, 

 and had'not a rag to put on, except 

 what they obtauied from the huma- 

 nity of their neighbours. 



Providentially the party wall be- 

 tween the two houses did not give 

 way, as, in that case, many persons 

 must have inevitably perished. 



18th. About nine o'clock, whilst 

 the troops at Eastbourne were per- 

 forming their accustomed exercise, 

 on the right of the lines, an alarming 

 fire broke out in the centre of the 

 camp. It commenced in the tem- 

 porary mess-room erected for the 

 officers of the 48th regiment, and as 

 the fabric was composed chiefly of 

 wood and straw, it was soon reduc- 

 ed to ashes. Fortunately, the fire 

 ceased where it commenced. This 

 accident excited a lively sensation in 

 the surrounding country, and along 

 the coast. The fire and alarm bea- 



, were 

 and a con- 

 the conse- 

 quence. 



20th. At the common hall for the 

 election of a sheriff this day, John 

 Beadon, esq.^ having paid his fine 

 into the chamber, of 6001. and 20 

 marks, to be excused serving the 

 same), it was stated to the livery, 

 that Samuel Dowbiggen, esq. the 

 next in rotation (there being 38 re- 

 maining on the list in nomination) 

 was very old and infirm, and not 

 capable of fulfilling the duties of the 



D d ofQce, 



cons, on all the different hills 

 immediately lighted, 

 siderable alarm was 



