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John Nichols
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and his Family were likewise in their
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Apartment, they being bery seldom out after ten O'Clock,
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Says that she verily believes that all the Persons above
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named on the Second Floor, have lost their lives by the Fire,
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that happened there, Says that she never heard any
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Quarrel between any of her Lodgers, and verily believes
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that no Person wilfully set the House on Fire
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Ann Nash
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Elizabeth Aickin
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a Lodger at Mrs. Nash in
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on her Oath saith, that being in Bed in her own Apartment
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being
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one pair of Stairs backwards on friday Night last, Says
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that she heard a Child cry in the two pair of Stairs room
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backwards, and soon after heard a Noise which she thought
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was the cracking of Wood burning and got out of Bed
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says that whilst
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she was getting up part of the Ceiling of the
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Room fell in, being on Fire, and immediately set Fire to
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the Tester of her Bed, Says that she thereupon called Mr. Sikes
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who lodged in the adjoyning Room and immediately went
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down Stairs, and called Mrs. Nash, says that she endeavourd
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to carry up a pail of Water but could not get up Stairs
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for the Flames and Smoak, and Deponent then went away.
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Elizabeth Aickin
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William Meeres
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Governor
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on his Oath saith, that
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on Saturday Morning last
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he was informed of a Fire
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that happened that Morning in
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, and that
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Several Persons were Burnt, Says he thereupon went there
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and after having removed some Rubbish he found four
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Bodies, and several parts of Bodies, which he sent to
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the
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, Says that the Persons that were Digging the
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Rubbish sent him word this Morning that they had found
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in the Rubbish the Body of a Child, and Parts of another
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Body, Says that he went to the Ruins and sent them home
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to the
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in a Shell left at the Ruins for that
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purpose, and says that the same were laid with the other
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Bodies, and that all the Bodies this day viewed by the Jury
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were brought from the Ruins of the
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Wm. Thomas
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Severally Sworn the Day Year and
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Place abovementioned before me
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Tho. Prickard
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