ANNUAL REGISTER. 3 
Ac 
Accidents : men suffocated in a well in which 
a fire had been made, iv 159] 
-+-- coach horses frightened by a squib, 
and a man killed, iv 161] 
++.. powder magazine at Maestricht blown 
up by a night robber, iv 186] 
+++. woman killed by an eruption from the 
earth, iv 95 
-».. man killed by a loaded pistol put into 
the fire among old iron, v 67] 
-».. girl burned to death from holding 
burning rags under her doll’s nose, v 70} 
+++» persons killed by the fall of old houses. 
See Houses 
+++» persons jumping out of windows in their 
sleep v 80] xlvii 393. liii 90 
-+.- men suffocated in a limekiln, v 86] 
+.» injuries from rubbish left in the street, 
v 90} 
«+. from the fall of an elm in the close at 
Salisbury, v 91] 
«+++ two men poisoned by eating arsenic on 
bread and butter laid for rats, v 99 
+++» explosion of gunpowder in a waggon 
warehouse at Worcester, v 99] 
»»++ child scalded to death, v 103] 
-+-. man killed by his companion jumping 
out of the walking wheel of a crane, v 119] 
_e».. drunken man frozen to death in Fleet 
5, 
‘ditch, vi 51] 
ae suffocated in their cabin, vi 
++.» at an exhibition of fireworks on Tower- 
hill, vi 80] 
e+.. two Guinea ships blown up, and all 
96] crews, except one man, destroyed, vi 
++++ man drowned in boiling water in a 
coalpit, vi 110] 
+++» magazine in Jamaica fired by lightning, 
vi 113] 
++. man shot by mistake fora deer, vi 116] 
-».. men suffocated ina pump-well, vii 108] 
xi 161] 
e.--» from floors giving way, viii 59] xxv 
& 200] lvi 24, 95 
«+». men drowned in Portsmouth harbour 
by the loss of a man-of-war’s longboat, 
viii 87] 
-... blacksmith at Rotherhithe killed by a 
cannon ball from a foundry, viii 89] 
+++» man and boy saved by a dog, on the 
upsetting of a boat, viii 126] 
«+.» boy’s eyes torn out by a kite that was 
shot, ix 63] 
+++» persons lost in the snow, ix 68] x 50} 
53] xi 69] xiv 71] 
++ ++ woman about to be married to a sailor 
just returned home killed by the vane of 
her father’s mill, ix 77] 
.-+- black burnt at a druggist’s by setting 
fire to a bottle of spirit, ix 86] 
..». by vehicles overturned or run away 
with, ix 97] xiii 93] 145] xxxvii 30. 
“xxviii 8,27, 33. xli 39, 41, xlii 24, 46. 
Ac 
xliii 26. xliv 358. xlv 383, zb., 386, 399, 
400, 406, 430, 455, xlvi 411, 417. xlvii 
364, 365, 376, 392. xlviii 366, 417, 434, 
447. xlix 469, 2b. 155*, 114%. lv 54, 89. 
Ivi 85. Ivii 50, 51, 57. lviii 6. lix 44 
Accidents: persons shot with their own 
fowling- pieces, ix 105] xlvi 441. liii 31. 
Ivi 83. lyii 63, lviii 127 
es+» guns bursting, xli 1. xlv 426, 454, 
xlvi 411, xlviii 371, 420. xlix 385. liv 126 
++. fall down St. Paul’s staircase, ix 112] > 
-e-- houses blown up owing to fireworks, 
ix 114] lvii 44 
+» +. persons drowned in the Southampton 
passage wherry, ix 152] 
e+. persons killed by an explosion of gun- 
/ powder at a fire, ix 153] 
+... man buried in a well and dug out, x 
56] 
+... —— burnt by gunpowder with which 
he meant to blow up his wife, x 57] 
e».. gentleman killed by a hackney coach, 
without the driver, going into the Thames, 
x 59] 
+». several persons drowned at the ferry 
of Invergarry, x 70] 
«... West country barge sunk a little above 
Windsor, x 70] 
+e» fall from a cliffin the snow, x 72] 
..+- Servant shot by his master in a deli- 
rium, x 73] 
.».. child drowned, x 82] 
.. ++ boy killed by his head falling on a 
stone when pushed by his master, x 87] 
+--+ Mrs. O’Hara burnt by her ruffle taking 
fire at a candle, x 88] 
«.-- miss Cherry killed by the overturning 
of a waggon, x 92] 
.... servantand child drowned in the Tweed 
at a sheep washing, x 99] 
-».. girl killed by gunpowder left in an 
oven, x 109 
..-» house blown up by firing a gun in sport, 
x 109] 
.... injuries from explosion of gunpowder, 
v 99] vi 96] ix 153] x 57] x 109] 148] xw 
136] xvii 134] x 148] xix 170] xxi 216} 
xxxvi 33. xxxvii 30. xli 11. xliii 8. xlvi 
418, 432, 441. xlvii 364. xIviii 395. xlix 
360. 1 114*. liii 7. vi 54, 61. lvii 58, 75, 
103. Iviii 151, 182. Ix 133, 141 
.... gentleman drowned in the Thames by 
missing his way in the fog, and another 
suffocated in Fleet ditch, x 149 
..+» persons frozen to death, xi 57] 58] 
xxxvii 4 
..-. from hydrogen gas fired in a necessary 
that had been a well, xi 62] . 
.... two men killed reloading a cannon for 
a salute, xi 69] 71] , 
..-- servant girl shot by a spring gun, xt 
106] ; 
..-- persons drowned by the oversetting 
&c. of boats in the Thames, xi 112] xiv 
145] 148] xvi 108] 127) xvii 124) xviii 
B2 
