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Dumb Ways to Die: Printed Ephemera

https://ilovetypography.com/2025/11/19/dumb-ways-to-die-printed-ephemera/
11•jjgreen•5d ago

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Freak_NL•1h ago
Cause of Death:

> Scalded in a Brewer's Maſh, at St. Giles Cripplegate, 01.

That's… quite specific.

And then there is the joker who entered 'suddenly' as the cause of death.

omnicognate•52m ago
Horrific, I imagine. Brewer's mash is usually a little below 70°C. If someone fell in they probably survived with extensive scalding and died later from infection.
softg•5m ago
If the main purpose of this was to satisfy people's morbid curiosity that makes a lot of sense. Maybe they made up some juicy deaths in slow news weeks even.
benterix•32m ago
The stats from enclosed page are quite interesting. People speak today about depression/suicide epidemic, but when you look at that old numbers, "grief" and "hanged themselves" together give a top percentage.
s1mplicissimus•27m ago
It lists "Dead in the streets" in the "List of notorious diseases". What a time it must have been to be alive :D
tensegrist•20m ago
also "Suddenly" / "Sodainly"

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