City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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3rd January 1791 - 30th December 1791

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London Informations of Witnesses taken at the Parish of
Saint Botolph without Bishopsgate in the ward of Bishops
gate without in London aforesaid on the 12th day of August 1791
on view of the Body of John Cheaker< no role > now heer lying dead.

John Pike< no role > No32 Michell London< no role > Carpenter Say. that on
Wednesday Can about four o'Clock Depend at, the Deceased
and other [..] re at Work on a new Building in Sun Sheer
Bilespgate-that are the Mean except [..] aponent and
the Deceaced left work to get the per ben [..] That Deponent
wenta [..] for his [..] nilies Supper-That
Deponent [..] ned in about 5 Minutes and then heard
the Alaring f [..] at No Biulding he had left-that he
went towards the Building and law the Deceaced walking
about in the one pair of Stains, and secured at if he war
endeavoring head out the fire which appeared to
be encreasing fact-that Deponent got apaie of tvator
and would nite the Lower part [..] the Have to assistier
or tinguesling the fire-That on entoring the House
Deponent Per [..] iovr that Shavings were on Fire on
the Grond floor which had fell through whore the
Hearth should have been placed in the Room above
thore being as Fuinner erected [..] tain it-That
the deceased called out to Deponent to know if he had
got the fire out below and Deponent told him he had
and attempted to so upstans, but was prevented by




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