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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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Multiple fires ravaged Stockholm in late June and July, destroying St. Clare's Church, numerous houses, and over 1000 buildings total. Public unrest targeted foreigners, especially the Russian Minister, prompting the King to issue a death penalty order against such acts; several suspected arsonists arrested.
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Stockholm
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On The 19th Ult.; On The 13th; The Next Day
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1000 houses have been reduced to ashes; several suspected incendiaries have been seized
Event Details
On the 19th ult. about Noon, a Fire broke out at Stockholm in the Church of St. Clare in the Norther Malm, and consumed that fine Building and several Houses; about an Hour after, another Fire happened in the Souther Malm, which did much Damage; and at Nine in the Evening a Brewer's House took Fire and was consumed with several adjacent Houses. On the 13th another Fire broke out in the Market in the Suburb of Ladugardsland, and the next Day another in the same District near the Packers Market; by these Fires 1000 Houses have been reduced to Ashes. The Populace have since been very insolent and affronting to Foreigners whom they suspected, and particularly to the Russian Minister, which obliged the King to give an Order for restraining such Outrages, under Pain of Death