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On the 2d of September , 1666 , a fire commenced near the monument , and
continued four days and nights , spreading over four hundred and thirty - six
acres of ground , four hundred streets , and consuming one hundred and thirteen
...
On the 2d of September , 1666 , a fire commenced near the monument , and
continued four days and nights , spreading over four hundred and thirty - six
acres of ground , four hundred streets , and consuming one hundred and thirteen
...
Page 80
On the 6th of April , 1800 , the British man - of - war , Queen Charlotte , was
consumed by fire off Leghorn , when seven hundred lives were lost . Many other
fires have occurred at different times , in other countries , of greater magnitude ,
than ...
On the 6th of April , 1800 , the British man - of - war , Queen Charlotte , was
consumed by fire off Leghorn , when seven hundred lives were lost . Many other
fires have occurred at different times , in other countries , of greater magnitude ,
than ...
Page 81
Raleigh , N. C. , was nearly destroyed by fire , on the 2d of October , 1832.
Wilmington , in the same state , suffered greatly by fire in November , 1798 . On
the 26th of December , 1802 , Portsmouth , N.H. , had three hundred houses
destroyed ...
Raleigh , N. C. , was nearly destroyed by fire , on the 2d of October , 1832.
Wilmington , in the same state , suffered greatly by fire in November , 1798 . On
the 26th of December , 1802 , Portsmouth , N.H. , had three hundred houses
destroyed ...
Page 82
It was communicated to an ice house , from a fire built in the yard of a frame
building , at the south east corner of Second and Ferry streets , for the purpose of
heating wash water . The engines were on the ground promptly , and manned by
as ...
It was communicated to an ice house , from a fire built in the yard of a frame
building , at the south east corner of Second and Ferry streets , for the purpose of
heating wash water . The engines were on the ground promptly , and manned by
as ...
Page 83
Efforts to remove goods were rendered almost powerless by the crowded state of
the streets , and many who succeeded in removing their effects , placed them in
the road of the fire . Some , who removed their goods three times , had them ...
Efforts to remove goods were rendered almost powerless by the crowded state of
the streets , and many who succeeded in removing their effects , placed them in
the road of the fire . Some , who removed their goods three times , had them ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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