City of London Coroners:
Coroners' Inquests into Suspicious Deaths
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1st January 1795 - 31st December 1795

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Image 63 of 63130th January 1795


respects appeared to be well & did not complain, & afterward
he went up & swept Dept Chimney.

J Wirthheld

Thos. Cole< no role > Servant to Mr. Lomas of Queen Sr. Cheapside
maketh oath that last Weds. [..] eight in the morg. the head lad
was discovered to be in the Accompt. Chimney of his Masters [..]
Says that Smith the lad's master went on the lots of the house &
thereas down the Chimney as Dept. believes [..] of Water- Hot the
boy did worker then comedown [..] boy came & went upper him
when he expressed a disinalination to come down lost this Master should
beat him; [..] that about this time same pieces of Snik fell down
the Chimney-Smith was then in the Accompt. houseat length she
las came downSays he did not appear to have been knot at ale
& they all went away from his Masters house

Thos Cole< no role >

John Lomas< no role >
John Fisher< no role >
Thomas Shetts< no role >
Samuel Augustus Oddy

Thomas Smith< no role > of Great Elbaw lane Chimney Sweeper
maketh oath that last Wednesday sennight in the mong. Dept [..]
will the deced, a lad between 9 & 10 years of age so week Mr.
Tarlchelly had room Chimneythat the boy went up & got down
the Chimney of Mr Lomas's Accomply. house [..] Some time
afterwds. he was discovered & Dept went upon the house, & threw some
water down the Chimney to force that boy out Says at this time Dept poor




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