Com], quite recently, the cause of an mdustrh'.l cr'iMs in Knglar.c.l, has not, alwa\s been regarded as an essential of life and labour. In the time of 'Edward 1.. when brewers, dyers, find others clian-oaJ, ■ the' jveoplh of' London petitioned the King against it a,s "it public iiui*;;.no<\ eorniptirig the air with • its slink and smolio, to the'great detriment of heaJth," whereupon an edict was issued prohibitng the use of the new fuel under heavy penalties. Later, the practice was nwdo a criminal offence, and it is on record that a man was tried, condemned, and hanged for burn-, ing coal in London.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 3
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