The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-05 00:00:00

INQUESTS

Held before P. F. CURRY, Esq.
DEATH THROUGH FALLING INTO A DOCK.—OR Wednes-
day an inquisition was held on view of the body of Thomas
'Woods, a young man of eighteen. It appeared that the de-
ceased, who was a sailor. was, on Sunday afternoon last, on
board the brig Enterprize, which had a quay berth in the
Queen's Dock. He wanted to go on shore, and went to the
rigging for the purpose of doing so. After he had skipped off
the rigging and alighted on the quay, his foot slipped, and he
fell between the vessel and the quay. Several persons came
to his assistance directly and took him out. He was able to
speak, and was taken by two police-officers to his lodgings in
Norfolk-street. He had left the house quite sober a short
time before. A surgeon was sent for, who found him labour-
ing under congestion of the lungs, and leeches and
e several
conse-
quently applied. He was attended regularly,
remedies were resorted to ; but he continued to get worse,
and died on Monday afternoon. Mr. M`Lellan, surgeon,
who attended him stated, that he had no doubt but that the
deceased died from inflammation of the chest, arising from
immersion in the water. There were no marks of injury ex-
ternally. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the
surgeon's opinion.
A NEw-BORN CHILD.—Same day, an inquest was held on
view of the body of a new-born male infant. Nicholas Tin-
ning, gardener at St. James's Walk, stated, that on Tuesday
morning as he was going to the gardens he saw a bun-
dle tied up in a piece of silk, lying close to the rails of the
cemetery. He took it up, and it was opened by another per-
son, and found to contain the body of a male child quite dead.
It was wrapped up in a petticoat, and a piece of silk outside,
and pinned. It was taken to the dead-house. Mr. Woods,
surgeon, made a post-mortern examination, and from the
tests he applied, and the appearance of the umbilical cord
(which was not tied), he had no doubt it had breathed ; and
bad died from the want of proper assistance after birth.—

Verdict accordingly.
BURNING.—Same day, on view of the body of Julia
Mooney, a child four years old. Deceased lived with her
aunt in Crosshall-street, and was left by herself in a room in
which there was a fire. In two or three minutes she was
found all in flames. These were extinguished as soon as pos-
sible, but she was so severely burnt that, though she was ta-
ken immediately to the Infirmary, where everything was done
for her, she died on the same afternoon.—Verdict—died by
burning, but how occasioned there was no evidence.

On the same day—on view of the body of Jane Gawne, a
girl of nine years of age. The deceased lived with her aunt
in John's-place, Bolton-street. On Friday morning she got
up and went down stair's to make a fire. In a quarter of an
hour her aunt heard hee screaming, ran down, and found her
all in flames in the parlour. She put the bearth rug round
her and put cut the flames, and called assistance. She was
badly burnt over her chest, back, and arms. Two surgeons
were calltd, and she was sent to the Infirmary. Everything
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possible was done for her, but she died the following day, in
consequence of die injuries she had received.—Verdict as

above.
DEATH FROM FALLING INTO THE PRINCE'
Same day, on view of the body of William Rowlana,
man aged nineteen years. About one o'clock on Tuesday
morning, police-officer Manning, who was on duty at the
south wt,st gate of the Prince s Dock, heard a splash like
something falling in the dock. He sprang his rattle, and
another officer came to him, and they got the grapnel irons,
and went to the corner of the dock where he had heard the
noise, but could perceive nothing but a few bubbfe.s on the
water. They dragged the place for about half an hour, and
not finding anything, went on board the schooner Lady Er-,
skine, which was lying at the corner. They roused the
mate and another man, and on searching, they found ajacket
and a pair of trowers, which
then satisfied them that there
and as
some one in the dock. They grappled again, i
about an hour the body of the deceased was brought to The
surface, and by means of a rope, to the shore. He was
quite dead. fle had no jacket and trowsers on, and was re-
cognised as a seaman belonging to the schooner. The de-
ceased, it appeared, had gone on board soon after midnight,
with two other men, to sleep. They all went into the cabin.
The deceased was not sober. Shortly after, the other two
men went to bed, and left the deceased sitting up in the cabin.
In about an hour they were called np by the officers, and
missed the deceased whose body was found in about' an
hour afterwards.—Verdict—found drowned ' • but how lie got
into the water, there was no evidence to show.

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DEATH OF LADY SHELDURIOE.—We have the painful
.1.1"t3T this clay to announce the death of the Countess of Shel-
urne. Her ladyship expired last night, after a most dis-
tressingii illness, at Wilton-house, near Salisbury. Lord Clan-
Ll„,:,a(r, who married a sister of the late countess, arrived at
Lansdowne-house this morning, and was the bearer of the
melancholy intelligence, which will throw several noble and
distinguished families into mourning. The late countess was
in the 4th'Year °flier age, and was married to the Earl of
Shelburne in
August last, period of little more than -six
months.—Standard.