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Foreign News
June 21, 1792
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Dreadful fire in Carenage, St. Georges, Grenada, destroyed nearly all houses except three, with estimated losses of at least 100,000 pounds sterling, as reported in a letter dated May 16.
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PHILADELPHIA, June 13.
Extract of a letter from St. Georges, Grenada, to a gentleman in New-York, dated May 16.
"Just as I closed my letter of yesterday, a dreadful fire broke out in the Carenage of this town, and in the course of three hours every house there was burnt to ashes, except three. The fire is not yet totally extinguished, but so far got under as to relieve the people in the bay from the dreadful apprehension of sharing the fate of the Carenage. The loss is estimated at, at least 100,000l. sterling."
Extract of a letter from St. Georges, Grenada, to a gentleman in New-York, dated May 16.
"Just as I closed my letter of yesterday, a dreadful fire broke out in the Carenage of this town, and in the course of three hours every house there was burnt to ashes, except three. The fire is not yet totally extinguished, but so far got under as to relieve the people in the bay from the dreadful apprehension of sharing the fate of the Carenage. The loss is estimated at, at least 100,000l. sterling."
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
Grenada Fire
St Georges Carenage
Colonial Disaster
Where did it happen?
St. Georges, Grenada
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
St. Georges, Grenada
Event Date
May 16
Outcome
every house in the carenage burnt to ashes except three; loss estimated at least 100,000l. sterling
Event Details
A dreadful fire broke out in the Carenage of St. Georges just as the letter writer closed their previous letter; in three hours nearly all houses were destroyed; fire not yet totally extinguished but under control, relieving people in the bay from apprehension