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<p n="297">London and <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo248">Southwark</rs>
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Information of Witnesses taken at<lb></lb>
the parish of Saint John within <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo249">the Borough</rs>
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of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo250">Sourthwark</rs>
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in the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo251">County of Surrey</rs>
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on the <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65002_date44">16th<lb></lb>
day of February 1789</rs>
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on view of the body of<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n297-1">Ezekiah Davies</rs>
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now here lying dead.</p>
<p n="298"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n298-1">Thomas Sharp</rs>
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an A<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
to John Pendegrant<lb></lb>
Marter of the Brig John and Bella<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo252">Workington</rs>
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in the County of Cumber land maketh Oath<lb></lb>
and saith that he came a Passengers from Cork to London<lb></lb>
in the Brig Cambray now lying at the Pickle Herring<lb></lb>
Chain on the <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65002_geo253">navigable River of Thames</rs>
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that about the<lb></lb>
hour of seven in the Evening of Thursday last as he was<lb></lb>
standing upon the Deck of said Brig Cambray just by the<lb></lb>
Pump he fell something Crush his High it being<lb></lb>
then Dark-that the thought fit it had been something<lb></lb>
fellow of the Top of said vessel and on looking round<lb></lb>
he said the deceased lying on the Deck-that he called<lb></lb>
out to the people on board said Vessel that to man had<lb></lb>
felldown upon Deck that some of the people belonging<lb></lb>
to said Vessel came that the deceased did not speak<lb></lb>
that the deceased was taken into the Cabbin of said<lb></lb>
of vessel-that a Surgeon was sent for who came and<lb></lb>
bled the deceased-but he even recovered.</p>
<p n="299">Sworn the 16th day<lb></lb>
February 1789 before me}</p>
<p n="300">T <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n300-1">Shelton Corr</rs>
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</p>
<p n="301"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n301-1">Thomas Sharper</rs>
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</p>
<p n="302"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n302-1">Alexander Verdren</rs>
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a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65002_occ109">Mariner</rs>
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belonging to the said<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65002_n302-2">Brig Cambray</rs>
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maketh Oath and saith that the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65002_occ110">deceased</rs>
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<lb></lb>
was a <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65002_occ111">Mariner</rs>
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belonging to the said vessel and came in her<lb></lb>
from cork to London-that about ½ past Six on Thursday<lb></lb>
Evening last the deceased and Dept. went up to the<lb></lb>
Maintopsail Yard of said Vessel in order to Row up the<lb></lb>
Maintopsail-that Dept. went more side of the Yard<lb></lb>
and the deceased on the other-that<del>deceased</del>
Dept.<lb></lb>
having foul'd his side of the Sail up first went down on<lb></lb>
the Deck of the said vessel leaving the deceased on the<lb></lb>
Yard soon after he was down, he heard an alarm that<lb></lb>
a Man had fallen upon Deck that he went and saw<lb></lb>
the deceased lying on the Deck with one side of his head</p>
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