A singular circumstance haß been* narrated to the Cambridge Board of Guardians (says The Times of April' ll).. It appears that a Great JSaatern Railway Company fireman, residing at jSoufch-street, Cambridge, named Charles Lawrence, became ill at. the begin din-; of last week, and on Friday night he was supposed to have died. : He was j' laid out;" and in due time was put in his coffin. Some rumor a being circulated as to the suddenness of: his death, a- communication was made to Mr C. F. Jarroid, the deputy-cofoner, with a view to bis holding an inquest. The coroner, learning that one of the medical practitioners of the town had been in attendance on the man, wrote to know what tha cause of death was. The following is. the reply :•*—'* Dear $ir, — Th answer 7 to ..(tie, above, _ attended Mr Lawrence. for five days with asthmafcicbronchhis and valvular ,d;iseaffe of the heart of some standing.; :i 'His death was very sudden, as was fco be es- • pecjed. , Believe me, my dearjigir,-. yours faithfully, ■*■<■. He must havef bjeen suffering at least three -months*,and his disease was quite incurable.*" Upon receipt of this letter the' coroner properly determined that he would hold no ihqnest. On Tues Jay afternoon Lawrence sat up in his coffia, and was astonished at his position. Yesterday, it. is understood, he was up and walking about. I The present Archbishop of Dublin;; ial not in yery robust health and has"' been for, many years apprehensive of paralysis. At a recent dinner in Dublib, given by the Lord-Lieutenant of Irela'bd, his Grace sat on the right aide of his hostess, the Duchess of Abercorn. Ia the midst of the" dinner fcHe.cofmpany waß startled by seeing the' "Arc-4bjah.op..7rtße..lfj6m hisr. 'seat} "aM 1 still more startled to hear him exclaim io! a dismal and sepulchral tone, "It hajs come! Whascomei" ; ''"#h_fc has cdme, your Grace P-* eagerly cried ■jh-jlf-a-dozen voices rfrojm different jpai|ißij -ofj the table. .'""What 'Xjfy*jss(&& tJO pejotiug tor' twebjty'^years,'' solemnly answered ..ihe bishop**— " .oi-;': .paralysis-. I have- been pinchitfg* myself tor the - last 20 miniitteVa^d ' ; find "my self 'entirely without 7?ensatibri.'' " Pardon 'mo, . my, dear , Ar ch bishojp,' ' said; Ahe Duchess, looking us> feo him wi|th-';a somftwhat quizzical lamtie— "pardon me /or coutia-ii^jng you, -but it is I that you have'beeu pinch'H'V.:.!.* * ' * ■ '"■ -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 164, 13 July 1877, Page 4
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