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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A fire on Friday last destroyed a fifth of Lille's Townhouse, consuming state papers and melting 9-10,000 livres deposited for the poor and orphans, with only half recoverable; registers of pious foundations also lost due to servants' carelessness. Reported Nov. 12 from French Flanders.
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Friday last a fifth part of our Townhouse was burnt to the ground, and all the papers belonging to the States were consumed: but the greater part of the loss falls on the poor and the orphans, whose money, which was deposited there; amounting to 9 or 10,000 livres, is melted, and scarce the half of it will be recovered among the ruins. All the registers and titles of the pious foundations for the poor are also burnt.
This fatal accident is ascribed to the carelessness of the servants in not extinguishing or properly securing the fire.
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Lille, French Flanders
Event Date
Friday Last (Nov. 12)
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fifth part of townhouse burnt; papers of states consumed; 9 or 10,000 livres of poor and orphans melted, scarce half recoverable; registers and titles of pious foundations burnt
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A fifth part of the Townhouse was burnt to the ground, all papers belonging to the States consumed, greater loss to poor and orphans whose deposited money of 9 or 10,000 livres melted with scarce half recoverable from ruins, all registers and titles of pious foundations for the poor burnt, ascribed to carelessness of servants in not extinguishing or securing the fire