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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Letters from Marseilles and London report that the Portsmouth dockyards were entirely consumed by fire in late December, with losses estimated at one million sterling, including rigging for at least 20 ships of the line. The conflagration continued unabated into its third day.
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Letters from Marseilles, of December 24th, mention, that the dockyards at Portsmouth were entirely consumed by fire.
Other letters of the 28th confirm the melancholy news, and intimate the loss at one million sterling. Amongst the valuable effects which have been destroyed, it is computed the rigging of at least 20 ships of the line. The letters from London, of the 18th and 21st of December, mention that the progress of the conflagration was not yet abated, on the 3d day after it began.
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Portsmouth
Event Date
December 18 28
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loss estimated at one million sterling; rigging of at least 20 ships of the line destroyed; fire ongoing on third day
Event Details
Dockyards at Portsmouth entirely consumed by fire, as reported in letters from Marseilles dated December 24th and 28th, and from London dated December 18th and 21st. The conflagration had not abated by the third day.