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Fatal Duel! An Account of that Fatal Duel that took place, between GEORGE MORGAN, Esq. Banker, and DAVID LANDALE, Esq. Tan- ner, both of Kirkcaldy, in Cardon Den, on the estate of Raith; above Kirk- caldy, on the 23d August, 1826, when George Morgan, Esq. was unfortunate- ly Shot through the Heart on the first fire, and instantly expired. THE following account of this melancholy circumstance, we copy from the Fife Herald of Thursday last, which has just come to our pos- session. We have heard that the cause of the fatal meeting originated in some cash, or rather bill- discounting transactions : but whatever may have been the cause, the result is melancholy indeed,.... dreadful even to think of it. We have also heard it reported, as a curious coincidence, that the unfor- tunate gentleman, Mr Morgan, received his death- wound from the very same pistol that killed his father, who, it is said, met with his death in a. si- milar manner, namely, in a duel with the father of Mr Landale. " KIRKALDY.?It is with no ordinary feelings of regret that we have this day to record the fatal issue of one of those unfortunate manoeuvres which the world calls an affair of honour. It seems that an Unpleasant correspondence had taken place between GEORGE MORGAN, Esq. banker here, and DAVID LANDALE, Esq. tanner, arising out of some mercantile or banking tran- saction, which led, as we are informed, to a chal- lenge being given by the latter gentleman on Tues- day last. The parties met yesterday morning at six o'clock, in Cardon Den, on the estate of Raith, accompanied by their seconds, and two medical gentlemen. Having taken their ground at the usual distance, we are sorry to say that Mr Morgan fell, at the first fire ; his antagonist's ball having penetrated his breast, he instantly expired. His body was brought to his own house about seven o'clock ; and precognitions were taken during the day. We hear that Mr Landale and his second have left Kirkaldy."...Fife Herald of Thursday. ______ FIRE.?On Sunday morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out in the ground flat of a tenement, near the west end of Home Street, Toll- Cross, possessed by a confectioner. The fire raged for some time with much fury, but on the arrival of the engines and firemen under Mr Braidwood, the Superintendent, it was got under, not, however, before it had destroyed the flat in which it began, and materially damaged the flat above. An unfor- tunate accident happened to a poor woman, Mrs Easton, who resided in the lower part of the house. In endeavouring to save some part of her furniture, she remained in a room until the smoke became so dense as to prevent respiration, and when she was discovered by one of the firemen, life was extinct. Printed for John Gullagher, Price One Penny.
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1826 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.74(099b)
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