The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

CORONERS INQUESTS.

On Tuesday. Mr. W. Baker, the Deputy-Coroner, held
an inquest at the London- Hospital, on the body of Mary
Ann Dee, aged sixteen, the young woman who lost her
life by jumping out of window, at th• fire which occurred;
on Saturday morning last, at the premises of Mr. Powell,
King's-place, Commercial road East. One of the house-
surgeons said, that deceased was admitted at an early
hour on Saturday morning last, with a fracture of the
skull, which was so severe that the brain was forced
through the ear. She survived till Monday morning.
Mrs. Rosina Powell said that the deck-ased was her ser-
vant. She slept in the top room of witness's pr. mises.
On the morning of Saturday last, about a quarter-past
two o'clock, witness was alarmed by h, aring the deceased
screaming violently. On opening her bedroom, witness
found that the house was on fire. Deceased was at
that time on the tipper landing. She called to the
deceased to come down, but she replii d, -‘ Oh, I can-
not " At that time there was very little smoke in wit,
ness's room, but she supposed that deceased's room
was filled with sm•:ke, from herhaving slept with thedoor
open. Witness, her husband, and child, got out of the
first floor front, and by walking along the ledge over the
shop front, escaped. A ladd, r was called for, but before
it could be adjusted, the deceased threw herself out of
he window. On leaving the premises, witness found
that th..o place Has all on tire at the back. She did not
know how the fire occurred. There was a great quan-
tity of straw in the b ick cellars, used for packing
art het,ware articles. Nearly the whole of the property
was destroyed. It was insured, but not to the full value.
—Mr. H. Powell said that a neighbour brought a ladder
.o the premises, which was too short to reach the top
flour, in which deceased was. Whilst he was fixing it
..n the ledge over the shop, deceased threw herself out
and fell on the toot pavement. He could not tell how
the fire occurred.—ln answer to a Juror, it was stated
that the nearest fire escape was stationed at A ldzate, too
great a distance off to have been of any assistance.—
Verdict, " Accidental death." _ _ _

The same Coroner afterwards held an inquest at the
same place, on the body of David Bates, aged seven
years. Emma Robt.rts, of 14, Crown-court, White-
chapel, said that the deo'ased was in the care of its
grandmother, who lived next door to witness. On the
morning of Saturday last, about two o'clock, the child
attracted the attention of witness, by screaming most
violently. On going out to ascertain the cause, she
found the deceased's clothes in a general blaze, the child
at the time wes rolling itself on a bed in which a female
lodger was sleeping. Witness procured a couple of
pails of water, which she threw over the bed and child,
and by that means succeeded in getting the fire extin-
guished. The deceased was taken by witness to the
above hospital. The grandmother at the time was in
the court, in a state of intoxication. Had it not been for
witness's arrival at the house of deceased, she believed
that the lodger would also have perished, fur the room
was filled with smoke, and the woman appeared nearly
suffocated. Verdict, " Accidental death," and the Jury
requested the Coroner to censure the gross conduct of
the grandmother, for leaving the deceased unprotected
at that early hour of the morning.
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