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the Third by the grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the
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then and there lying
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Thomas Applebee
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John Page
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James Bartlett
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Robert Clarkson
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Joseph Bayles
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John Jackson
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John
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Brooklebank
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Walter Brown
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Henry Friday
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James Dunn
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John Skinner
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Bailey
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Bellimore
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Richard Harriman
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, good and lawfull Men of the said Liberty duly chosen, who
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being then and there duly sworn and charged to inquire for Our said Lord the King, when,
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how and by what Means the said
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Thomas Swain
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came to his Death, do upon their
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Oath say, That on the Twenty seventh day of August in the Year aforesaid, the said Thomas Swains
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being on Board a certain Barge or Lighter Loaden with Lime, and lying at Mr. Marsden's Wharf
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in the
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with in the City and Liberty aforesaid
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in the County aforesaid; And the said
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Thomas Swain
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of the said Barge, It so happened that the said Barge under the Lime and near to the Cabin, Where
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lay asleep, Accidentally, Casually and by Misfortune took fire, and
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was then and there by the Smoak and Sulphurious Smell, arising
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Thomas Swain
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died the same day at a certain Hospital called the
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Westminster Hospital
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situate in
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the said Parish of
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St. Margaret
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within the City Liberty and County aforesaid. And so the Jurors
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aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid, do say, that the said
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Thomas Swain
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in Manner and by the Means
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>
</
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aforesaid Accidentally Casually and by Misfortune, came to his Death, and not otherwise. In Witness
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>
</
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>
whereof as well the said Coroner, as the said
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Thomas Applebee
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Foreman of the said Jurors, on the
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>
</
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behalf of himself and the rest of his said Fellows, in their presence, have to this Inquisition set
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>
</
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>
their Hands and Seals, the Day Year and Place first above written
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Tho. Prickard
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Coroner
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.
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Thos Applebee
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Foreman
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