City & Liberty of
Westmr . in the
County of Middlesex }

Informations taken this Twenty
Eight day of August 1764 at the Parish
of St. Margaret within the City & Liberty
of Westmr. in the County of Middlesex on an
Inquisition taken on View of the Body
of Thomas Swain< no role > lying Dead in the said
Parish City Liberty and County.

Richard Phipps< no role > of Mill Bank in the Parish of
St. John the Evangelist Westmr. Foreman to Mr. Marden
Lime Merchant, on his Oath saith that a Barge
loaden with Lime was broughtdownup the River
Thames on Sunday last and lay at Mr. Maridens
Wharf near the Horse Ferry in the Parish of St. John
the Evangelist Westmr. says that the Deced worked in
the Barge and used to lye on Board the Barge, at
Night and that he was to lye there on Sunday
Night last Says that on Monday Morning last about
five o' Clock Deced and three other Men went to
Work, to unload the Barge, Says that sometime
after Deponent observed a Sinook at one End of
the Barge near the Cabin, upon which Dept. went
into the Cabin and found the Deced lying upon the
Floor the there in this Cloaths, Speechless, Says that he
called in the other Men and that the Deced was
immediately, Carried to the Shore, Says that a
Person was sent for to Blood the Deced, but Dept.
was not by when he was let Blood, Says that the
Deced Groaned but remained Speechless, That
the Deced was about Noon that day sent to the
Westmr. Hospital, and Deponent was informed
that he died there that Afternoon, Says that when
he and the other Persons had got the Lime out of
the Barge, Dept. found the Barge under the Lime
was on Fire, and Verily believes that the Deced was
Suffocated by the Smook from that Fire Richd Gip [..]