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Source: Bell's Weekly Messenger, No.1856, Sunday, October 30, 1831.

[Waterloo Bridge, Lemair]

Friday morning, a little before six o'clock, two elegantly dressed woman presented themselves at the toll-gate on the Strand side of Waterloo-bridge, and whilst one of them was in the act of paying the toll the other ran down the stairs, pursued by her companion (who turned out to be her sister,) the toll-collector, and a policeman named Gabb; but before they could come up with her, the unfortunate woman had plunged into the Thames, and the tide, which was running up very strong, soon carried her off, to rise no more. Her name was Margaret Lemair, and it is said that she had a quarrel with a male acquaintance, which caused her to commit suicide.