Kentish Gazette 04 June 1839.

On Sunday evening a fire broke out in some of the out houses belonging to the "Plough" public house, at "Sittingbourne." It appears that a man named William Nell had been drinking there that evening, and had become quite intoxicated. He left the house with a pipe in his mouth, and went to a hog-pound in the yard, where he lay down and fell asleep. The lighted pipe communicated with the straw in the pound, and about nine o'clock the place was in flames. We regret to state that the man was found dead from the effects of the fire. Part of a stable adjoining was burnt to the ground, and had it not been for the prompt exertions of the people near, four horses, which were in the stable at the time, must have also perished.

From the Kentish Gazette, 4 June 1839.

On Sunday evening a fire broke out in some of the out houses belonging to the "Plough" public house, at Sittingbourne. It appears that a man named William Nell had been drinking there that evening, and had become quite intoxicated. He left the house with a pipe in his mouth, and went to a hog-pound in the yard, where he lay down and fell asleep. The lighted pipe communicated with the straw in the pound, and about nine o'clock the place was in flames. We regret to state that the man was found dead from the effects of the fire. Part of a stable adjoining was burnt to the ground, and had it not been for the prompt exertions of the people near, four horses, which were in the stable at the time, must have also perished.

Kentish Gazette, 20 August 1844.

SITTINGBOURNE. Aggravated Case ok Manslaughter.

On Saturday an inquest was held at the "Plough," before J. Hinde, Esq., coroner, on the body of an Italian, named Giuseppe Bianchi, who met his death through being ridden over by a man named Stephen Wood, by which he was thrown down, and received a fracture of the skull. After hearing evidence to the above effect the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Stephen Wood, who was at once committed to Maidstone gaol under the coroner's warrant. Wood is a gipsey, and describes himself to have come from Canterbury. It appears he was racing on the footpath in a careless and furious manner with another man, and rode off after the accident without offering the least assistance. He was taken into custody next day on the road near Bapchild.

From the Kentish Gazette, 16 December 1845.

DEATH.

Pay:— Dec. 5, at Sittingbourne aged 52, Mrs. Pay, for many years landlady of the "Plough Inn."