The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

THE TRAGEDY at CAMBERWELL.
(THIS DAY.)
An inquest on the bodies of Anthony Fawcett, and
his t..yo cuildrce, aged 19 months, and Emily
aged five and is ri,irveers: wos 1.C1:1 to day before Mr.
Carter, the coroner Er Snrrey, at tue
Tavern, 'Wyndham-road, Cainheeweli.
On inquiry at the scene of the dreadful occurrence it
Was useertainfd that the surviving child, Mary Ann
Fawcett, wa, imp,oei:.g, though net 3et entirely out of
danger. Mr;. from excitement and
is more cempes,d in ie r
The excitement in the eeighbourhood had not abated
this morning, and the ou:sA:.: of the tavern was thronged
with persons.
After the jury had been sworn,
The CORONER said ha had been infirmed by Dr.
King, that though tbe widow end child v« ere nut in a fit
state to be present at the inquiry to-day, they were both
much bitter. fie therefore proposed to tali° the iden-
tity of the bodies, in ord,r th4t they rni;!.ht be buried
according to law; text the evidence of the parties who
were first called in, and then the evidence of Dr. King,
who would show the CaUS4, cf,delth in each case.
The jury then proceeded to view the bodies, which
present« d a frightlul spi_ctacle.
Sop*".is Fawcett, sidle woman, aged 19, examined—
She said I heard first of this affair on last Tuesday
morning. I was living at 4, Queen-street, Oxford-
street. I am a dressninker, and have been living there
two years and a hell'. Oa the morning in question I re-
coived some information of the death of my father, and
I came here. I knew my inirents were living here. I
was at home on Saturday evening and came away on
Monday morning. Thvy came here on Saturday. The
house is No. I, Qucen.':;-tire, Nlyndham-road. I have
not seen my father since his deatn.
The CORONER—Is there any party present who has
seen the bodies, and can identity them ?
A person in the room here intimated that he thought
he could identify the decessni persons.
The CORONER (to witness)—Do you think you could
bear up and go and see the body of your father, and
brother, and sister?
Witness (crying)—l may, Sir.
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She was then conveyed out of the room by the beadle
to the house over the way, and catno back greatly de-
pressed.
Witness's examination continued—l have just seen
my father, and sister, and brother. His ;artiness or
occupation was that; of a porter to Mr. Ilridgeman,
confectioner. Ho was foity-two last January. My
sister's Christian name is Emily. She is five years
old. The youngest child's Christian names are Frede-
rick Anthony; he was twelve months old last January.
Sarah Sadler was next examined; she said—l am a
widow, and live at 7, llehtead-place, Camberwell. I
was coming out of my own door on Tuesday morning,
at eight o'clock, when I saw a female knocking at the
door of No. 1, Qu,len's-place. No ono answered, and
she knocked a second time, and then looked through
the key-hole and said, "My dear, open the door." I
did not see any one inside at that time, nor did I hear
any noise. I supposed she was addressing her child.
In about four mintnes the door was opened from the in-
side, and then the woman screamed out. I went close
up to her, and saw a little girl covered with
blood standing close to her. The first word it
said was "Oh, mother, go up-stairs." I left the
mother and went up-stairs to the back bed-room
on the first-floor, and there I saw a child lying on the
bed covered with blood. I; appeared to have a bit of
bread and butter in its hand—it was a female child.
Two men followed toe directly, and they went close up
to it. The child was dcau. The blood was gushing
from the throat. I left the room instantly and came
down to the back parlour; Lore I saw a child lying on
the ground. I went up, touched it, and found it was
dead. It had coins sugared bread and butter in its hand.
It was dressed in night clothes. and had shoes and
stockings on. There was blood on the floor and on its
dress. Toe blood appeared to come from its throat. I
next went into the washliou,e, and saw a police-
man and another person cl 7 egging a body of
a man from under the sink into the yard. He
was alive at the time, and gasping for breath.
He had a carving knife in his hand. He had on dark
trowsers, slippers, a shirt, but neither coat nor waistcoat.
There was a great deal of blood upon the ground, and
his handi, were both roverel with blood. I Lover saw
any of the persons beim the occurrence. Thu woman
went to the side or private door. I found the shop door
was fastened when I went inside. The back door, which
leads to a small garden, was partly closed, the body of
the man preventing its being entirely opened. There
was nothing to indicate that any person had escaped
from the house after havieg inflicted these injuries on
the bodies.

( the inquest was prorcedirz whim our report left.)

THE GttEA r EXHIBITION.

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
the receipts at the doors yesterday amounted to
2,8301. 11s., the number of visitors being 59,050. It
rained fast and furiously as the hour approached for
the building to close, c,od great was the dismay and
confusion, the demand for cabs, and the cramming of
omnibuses, in consequence. The south entrance of
the transept was completely blocked up with impatient
and distressed waiters upon the skyey influences. The
distress manifested by the female portion of the as-
semblage for the prospective destruction of their
finery was particularly affecting, nor in the wildest
flights of Bloo:nerism could an) thing be found more
grotesque than the arrangements of dress which were
made to neutralise as far as possible the effects of the
weather. Gowns were invert,d, and petticoats tucked
up with the most unhesitating energy, while, by one
of those extraordinary examples of the law of supply
and demand, umbrellas of every size and quality
sprang up in forest-like abundance. Of cabs and
omnibuses there was, as there always is on such oc-
casions, a dreadful deficiency, so that a large propor-
tion of the people had to trudge, under the pelting
rain, and ankle-deep in mud, on their way homewards