DEATH OF SIMON BYRNE, THE PUGILIST
NATIONAL GAZETTE AND LITERARY REGISTER
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1833
No. 1928, Vol. XII

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...