Swampy
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I've been doing some background research on members of my family who lived opposite the Houses of Parliament when it was severely damaged by fire on 16th October 1834. In doing so, I have run across a few named casualties, which I thought might match other Rootschatters' London ancestors. Those listed were treated, and detained at Westminster Hospital, being the most seriously injured. There were of course many other minor casualties who went un-named. Not sure if this is the right place to post such a list, but no doubt the mods will redirect it, if incorrect.
Cheers,
Swampy
George Simmonds, a mechanic, 10 Crown-Street, Westminster, run over by a fire engine; broken thigh, and otherwise bruised.
Michael Penning, 7 Great Peter Street, Westminster; a fractured arm by falling of timber.
John Hamilton, 43 Union Street, Borough, fireman; compound fractured leg (not expected to survive).
Charles Boylan, labourer, 22 Coburg Street, Gray’s Inn Road; fractured skull.
Rosannah McCale, 4 Providence Row, Palmer’s Village, Westminster; broken leg from being run over.
Ralph Michael, 1 Stonecutter Street, Upper St.Martin’s Lane; a fractured head.
Thomas Rowarth, 30 James Street, New Cut, fireman; fractured skull.
John Slater, 9 Oxford Buildings, Oxford Street; a dislocated shoulder, and severely hurt by hot lead.
John Hay, Horseferry Road; dislocated shoulder
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