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Informations taken this Sixteenth day
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in the County of Midsex upon an Inquisition
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touching the death of Miss
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in the said Parish
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Liberty and County.
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James Duffe
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in the
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on his Oath
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saith That on Saturday Evening the Seventh
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Instant upon hearing his Servant Francis Say
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that he saw a great Light above Stairs and
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that he thought the House was on Fire this Dept.
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went up Stairs, and saw the Deced standing
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between the two Doors at the Top of the
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two pair of Stairs with her Cloaths of Fire
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Flaming violently Says that he used every means
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in the power to eatinguish the Flames by
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Rolling a Blanket around the Deced and
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having a Pail of Water poured down the
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Deced's Back and on the Floor
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the Deced had stood
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in several Place, the
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Deced being very much Burnt upon her
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Neck Says that the Deced afterwards
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declared that as she was standing in her
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Bed chamber with her Back to do fire drying some of her Cloaths
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the Gown took Fire which burnt her
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Cloaths, Says that the Burnt Cloaths were
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taken off others put on, and the Deced
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put into Bed, That Mr. Robinson a
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was fetched to the Deced but that she Deced
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upon the Ninth Instant of the Burning
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which had happened and Dept. believes
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it to be mere by Accidental.
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Jam Duff
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James Robinson
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Parliament Street
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Westmr.
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Surgeon
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on his Oath saith That about Ten
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o' Clock on Saturday Evening the Seventh Instant
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he was desired to go to the Deced who he
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found very much Burnt upon her Back
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