City of London Coroners:
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3rd January 1791 - 30th December 1791

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Image 186 of 67211th April 1791


London Informations of Witnesses taken
at the parish of Allhallows in Bread Street
in the ward of Bread Street in London
aforesaid on the 11th. day of April 1791 on
view of the body of John Cross< no role > now here
lying Read.

John Mills< no role > late a Waiter at the three Cups Bread
Street in the parish of Allhallows Bread Street London
maketh Oath that about of [..] One in the Morning of
Saturday last Dept. discovered ontheWarehouse situate
in the April belonging to the said Inn and immediately with
become to the [..] Five - that Dept. immediately went
to the different Lodging Rooms belonging to the Inn
be Room the different persons in the Inn of the danger
they were in the - that he went tothea two pair of Stairs
Room falling the Yard of said Inn where the deced
who had Rately been a Book Keeper her belonging to said
Inn a morlly Stept and where name was I shrile rest - that he pulled the deced two
or tree different times Healled him bus his Name and
told him to get up for the that the Place was on Fire
that the deced made some sort of answer to Dept. and
Dept. thinking him wake left him & made the best
of his way [..] to the other Rooms to alarm the
other person in the time at this time in ordering very
fast - that about of part four in the Afternoon of same
day the body of a person was doing up out of the Rains
[..] under the Room where Dept. had to left the
deced on before stated which Dept that every reason
to believe was the same he had so left in the was
Room as before lated [..]
[..] Deponent says the don't knows how the fire
happened but the believe, the same to have happened by
Accident.

Sworn the 11th. day of April
1791 before me}

John Mills< no role >




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