Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Fire at Schuyler's copper mines in New Jersey destroyed the engine house and equipment worth nearly £10,000, plus 200 cords of wood. A careless workman, the only person present, was terribly burned escaping the blaze.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
On Monday morning last the Fire Engine house belonging to Schuyler's copper mines, in New-Jersey, took fire and was burnt to the ground, and the works belonging to the engine, which it is said cost near ten thousand pounds, were destroyed. It is conjectured to have been set on fire by the carelessness of one of the workmen, who was the only person in the house. The fire began below, where he acknowledges he lighted a candle when he went to bed in an upper room, where he was waked by the fire, and ran down to the lower floor which fell in with him, into the flames below, but by some means, which he doth not at all remember, he got out, but is terribly burnt. It's said about 200 cord of wood was also consumed.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
Where did it happen?
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Schuyler's Copper Mines, In New Jersey
Event Date
On Monday Morning Last
Outcome
the fire engine house burnt to the ground; works belonging to the engine, costing near ten thousand pounds, destroyed; about 200 cord of wood consumed; one workman terribly burnt
Event Details
The Fire Engine house belonging to Schuyler's copper mines, in New-Jersey, took fire and was burnt to the ground, and the works belonging to the engine were destroyed. It is conjectured to have been set on fire by the carelessness of one of the workmen, who was the only person in the house. The fire began below, where he lighted a candle when he went to bed in an upper room, where he was waked by the fire, and ran down to the lower floor which fell in with him, into the flames below, but he got out, terribly burnt.