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Continued Thursday 3d: Septemr 1795.
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Buildings to form the particulars and estimate of such alterations
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and Repairs agreeably to such plans And this Deponent
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further Saith that in his opinion the said Repairs and
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alterations were capable of being done and Executed by any
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experienced workmen and he is of opinion if the workmen
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had followed the directions contained in such particular no
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accident would have happened
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And he is also of opinion that the falling of the Building
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did not arise from the internal wall not being Bonded to
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the Hall Wall
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the 2d. day of September 1795. Before me}
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(The opinion of Mr.
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Thos. Morgan
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Opinion of Mr. Snuggs
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& Mr. Morgan, as to
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Cause of AccidentThe principal cause of the failure of the Building was the
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party wall and the Hall Wall not having been Bonded
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together, but that such defect might have been known
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if the Plastering had been cut away at the Angle and the
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Wall properly examined.
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1795. Augt. 14th.
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(The opinion of Mr.
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Opinion of
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, as to Do.My opinion is that the cause of the Buildings falling, is from
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not putting up Story Posts & Bresummers on ground floor, and
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not Shoring the floors properly to support the floors with
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the Bricks and Rubbish that was continually laid on and
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taking down the part between the projecting parts without
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putting any Shores under the floors where the parts was
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taken down.
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Robt. Garton
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