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Domestic News
June 30, 1795
Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On Sunday last, the town was alarmed by a fire on the ship Galen, just arrived from London, caused by bursting vitriol bottles. Residents quickly extinguished it, with no goods injured. Assurances given that vitriol will no longer be carried unsafely on the vessel.
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On Sunday last, the town were alarmed by the cry, that the Galen, just from London, was on fire. They instantly assembled, and by their usual exertions, which beggar praise, soon extinguished it.
It appeared to have been occasioned by the bursting of bottles with vitriol; of 20 bottles packed up with saw dust in a case, 19 burst. The saw dust was consumed to coal, and the box was considerably burnt; but luckily, little of the vitriol getting out, no goods were injured.
We can assure Freighters from the best authority, that no vitriol will hereafter be brought in the Galen, except on deck, or in a manner to prevent the possibility of its injuring any of the property on board.
On Sunday last, the town were alarmed by the cry, that the Galen, just from London, was on fire. They instantly assembled, and by their usual exertions, which beggar praise, soon extinguished it.
It appeared to have been occasioned by the bursting of bottles with vitriol; of 20 bottles packed up with saw dust in a case, 19 burst. The saw dust was consumed to coal, and the box was considerably burnt; but luckily, little of the vitriol getting out, no goods were injured.
We can assure Freighters from the best authority, that no vitriol will hereafter be brought in the Galen, except on deck, or in a manner to prevent the possibility of its injuring any of the property on board.
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Fire
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
Ship Fire
Galen
Vitriol Bottles
Extinguished
Domestic News Details
Event Date
Sunday Last
Outcome
fire extinguished; no goods injured
Event Details
The town assembled and extinguished a fire on the ship Galen, just from London, caused by 19 of 20 vitriol bottles bursting in a case packed with saw dust. The saw dust burned to coal and the box was considerably burnt, but little vitriol escaped.