The Times, Monday, Feb 21, 1825; pg. 3; Issue 12582; col E February 18th.-A most distressing accident occurred at Newgate station, near Margate, on Wednesday evening last. John BURKE, a seaman of the blockade service, had taken the two infant children of Lieutenant NIGHTINGALE, to play in the garden which is situated near the edge of the cliff; one of them, a very fine little boy, names Alfred, 16 months old, was in his arms, and whether the child made a spring, and the man tried to save it, or whether the cliff gave way, or the man slipped from the grass, being wet, is unknown, but both man and child were precipitated over the cliff, and fell a height of 40 feet. The other child, a little girl, was the only person who saw the accident, and, by her shrieks, alarmed its parents and others, who immediately ran to their assistance, and medical aid was called in, but to no purpose, as the man, John BURKE, was found with his neck dislocated, and the infant died almost instantly after being picked up. The agonised feelings of its parents are more easily imagined than described. The unfortunate mother has been in fits ever since. This miring and inquest was held on the tow bodies, before Sir T MANTELL, Mayor of Dover and Coroner, when the jury returned a verdict of "accidental death". -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/06