The Times, Tuesday, Dec 19, 1820; pg. 3; Issue 11121; col A CAUTION AGAINST GUNPOWDER. - A dreadful accident took place a few days ago in the cottage of Jonathan SIMPSON, a miner, at Haltcliff, near Hesket New-market. His youngest son having incautiously approached too near the fire, with a large quantity of gunpowder in his hand, a dreadful explosion instantly ensued, which completely unroofed the house, demolished the front, and burned most severely the whole family, consisting of five individuals; but hopes are entertained of their recovery. - Carlisle Journal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Petra

Wonder Geo if there was a follow up on this story, ?? Marlene ``````````````````````````````` Geo sent ..... > CAUTION AGAINST GUNPOWDER. - A dreadful accident > took place a few days ago in > the cottage of Jonathan SIMPSON, a miner, at > Haltcliff, near Hesket New-market. > His youngest son having incautiously approached too > near the fire, with a large > quantity of gunpowder in his hand, a dreadful > explosion instantly ensued, which > completely unroofed the house, demolished the front, > and burned most severely > the whole family, consisting of five individuals; > but hopes are entertained of > their recovery. - Carlisle Journal. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Petra > > > ==== GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List ==== > RANDOM TAGLINE - GEN-TRIVIA-ENG - MAILING LIST > Comparison stories between Countries are always most > welcome. These help to make the list interesting as > well as educational. > > ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html