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Informations taken this Sixteenth day
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touching the death of
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Whartinger to Mr. Wood
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Westmr. on his Oath saith
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That he was yesterday afternoon about five
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o Clock in the Room at
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when he heard a Boy upon
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one of the Coal Lighters upon the Thames there
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crying out Help Help, here is a Boy
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Drowning, upon which Dept. went and
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after tying a Rope around him, jumped
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into the Thames and with his feet felt
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the Deced at the Bottom of the River Says
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Mr. Philpotia Publican at
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Says that he saw two Boys playing upon
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fell out of one of the Lighters (which
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floated) and was Drowned, the other
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Boy being then upon another Lighter
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Sworn the Day Year & Place
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abovementioned before me
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A Richardson
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