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Ordnance Place
Chatham
I have found four pubs with the same name. One being the "New
Inn" 60 John Street, the other being the "New Inn" of 218 High Street,
and the third being the "New Inn"
of 291 Luton Road and the fourth being the "New Inn" addressed as Ordnance
Place.
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West Kent Guardian, Saturday 4 January 1840.
The Coroner held an inquest at the "New Inn," Ordinance Place, Chatham,
on the body of Mr. Thomas Clout, ropemaker in Chatham yard.
From the
evidence in this case it appeared that the deceased, on Sunday morning
last, was in good health, and went to Chapel in the morning as usual,
and returned home after service, when he suddenly complained to his wife
of a violent pain in his chest, and went and lay down on the bed. His
wife, a short time afterwards, went upstairs to see how he was, when she
found him dead. Medical assistance was promptly procured, but it was of
no avail.
The Jury returned a verdict. "Died by the visitation of God."
The deceased was 54 years of age, and much respected.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 24 March 1846.
Desperate Case of Suicide.
On Friday morning, the 20th inst., a case of determined self-destruction
occurred at Ordnance Place, Chatham, causing considerable excitement to
the neighbourhood. The circumstances appear to be these:-
A man named
James Coomber, a blacksmith, employed in the dockyard, occupied lodgings
in a street leading from the front row with his mother and sister, and
for the last week the man appeared unsettled, and instead of going to
his work was out drinking for several days, and being reproved for his
conduct by his mother and sister the previous night, he promised to go
to work the next morning, and he got up at six o’clock, went down
stairs, as they supposed to get himself some breakfast, as was his usual
custom before he went to the yard. Shortly after the landlady of the
house, Mrs. Conn, hearing some screams, rose from her bed, and went down
stairs in her night dress, and there discovered the unfortunate man
lying on the floor before the kitchen fire place, struggling, and
covered with blood; horror struck at the sight she alarmed the mother
and sister, and several neighbours came to their assistance, and it was
found that the man had cut his throat with a razor, as one was found
lying by his side covered with gore. Mr. Tribe, surgeon at Chatham,
attended about half an hour afterwards and sewed up the wounds, there
being two extending round the neck from ear to ear. The man had
evidently cut his throat, and finding that he had not done it
effectually, drew the razor back again across his throat without cutting
asunder the windpipe or either of the main arteries, and he lived nearly
an hour, in the greatest of agony—his death was owing to the great loss
of blood. The deceased was unmarried, and 40 years of age, and was the
support of his aged mother and sister.
An inquest was held on the body
the same night at the "New Inn," by J. Hinde, Esq., and a verdict
returned that the deceased destroyed himself during a temporary fit of
insanity caused by excessive drinking. The deceased had been in the yard
some time, and had also been to sea.
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From the Kent and Sussex Courier, 27 April, 1901.
SHEERNESS. SALE OF LICENSED HOUSES.
The "Two Sawyers" hotel, Old Brompton, offered for sale by Mr. W. E. R.
Randall by public auction, was bought by Mr. W. J. Palmer, of Sheerness,
for £4,450. Mr. Palmer also bought the "New Inn," Ordnance Place,
Chatham, for £2,050. The sale was a great success, all the other
property offered being also disposed of.
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