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Foreign News
April 22, 1737
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
In Deptford, a gardener drowned after falling into a mill-pond. His pregnant wife, upon hearing the news, went into premature labor, and both she and the newborn died hours later. All three were buried together on Friday night.
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On Friday Night was buried in One Grave at Deptford Church, a Man, his Wife, and Child, whose Deaths were owing to the following unhappy Accident:
The Husband, a Gardener, going home in the Evening, mistaking the Bridge over the Mill-Pond, behind the Wet Dock at Deptford, fell into that Head of Water and was drowned; which melancholy Story being too hastily related to his Wife, who was big with Child, she immediately fell in Labour and was delivered of a Child, which, together with its Mother, died in a few Hours after.
The Husband, a Gardener, going home in the Evening, mistaking the Bridge over the Mill-Pond, behind the Wet Dock at Deptford, fell into that Head of Water and was drowned; which melancholy Story being too hastily related to his Wife, who was big with Child, she immediately fell in Labour and was delivered of a Child, which, together with its Mother, died in a few Hours after.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accidental Drowning
Family Tragedy
What keywords are associated?
Deptford Drowning
Family Deaths
Mill Pond Accident
Premature Labor
Where did it happen?
Deptford
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Deptford
Event Date
Friday Night
Outcome
man, wife, and newborn child all died; buried in one grave.
Event Details
A gardener mistook a bridge and fell into the mill-pond behind the Wet Dock at Deptford, drowning. The news caused his pregnant wife to go into labor prematurely; she delivered a child, and both died within hours.