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DEATH OF SIMON BYRNE, THE
PUGILIST
We noticed on Friday last, a prize fight which
took place between Simon Byrne, the champion of
Ireland, and Deaf Burke, at No Man's Land, in Hert-
fordshire, on the previous day, and which was pro-
tracted to the extraordinary period of three hours
and six minutes, during which time ninty nine
rounds were fought. Burke was the victor, and the
unfortunate Simon Byrne was conveyed in a state
of complete exhaustion to the Woolpack Inn, St.
Alban's, where he received every possible attention.
medical assistance was immediately called in; he was
bled, and everything which surgical skill could sug-
gest was done for his relief. On Thursday night he
was considered in great danger, but on Friday and
Saturday he rallied, and the strongest hopes were
entertained that he would have recovered. During
his illness he was constantly attended by a friend,
and was frequently visited by Tom Spring, to whom
he expressed the greatest gratitude. On Saturday
afternnon his symptoms became more alarming, and
on Sunday morning, on Spring, (who was at St. Al-
ban's,) being acquainted with the imminence of his
danger...
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