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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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A devastating fire nearly destroyed Bayonne, starting at 6 a.m. with flames from stores of brandy and tar reaching 200 feet high. The fire spread to the Adour River, burning for two days and resulting in many lives lost and two million francs in property damage.
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Yesterday we received a letter from Lisbon by the Britannia, Brown, arrived in the Downs from the Tagus, which states that Bayonne has recently been nearly destroyed by fire.
The date of this recent calamity is not mentioned, but our correspondent gives the following account of it. "The flames were not discovered till 6 o'clock in the morning, when they burst forth with irresistible violence; the large stores filled with brandy, tar, &c. presented one sheet of fire, ascending into the air upwards of 200 feet above the buildings. The brandy, tar, oil, &c. formed a stream, and running in a mass into the Adour, presented the singular and terrible spectacle of a river on fire. The fire continued burning for two days, during which many lives, and property to the amount of two millions of francs were lost."
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Bayonne
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many lives, and property to the amount of two millions of francs were lost
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The flames were not discovered till 6 o'clock in the morning, when they burst forth with irresistible violence; the large stores filled with brandy, tar, &c. presented one sheet of fire, ascending into the air upwards of 200 feet above the buildings. The brandy, tar, oil, &c. formed a stream, and running in a mass into the Adour, presented the singular and terrible spectacle of a river on fire. The fire continued burning for two days.