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The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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A tremendous fire broke out in Fredericksburg around 8 PM on the night before April 4, displacing over 150 families, destroying the post office, both printing offices, and about 30 houses, driven by strong west winds.
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Extract of a letter from Fredericksburg, to a gentleman in Baltimore, dated April 4.
"A most tremendous fire broke out last night in this place, about 8 o'clock, nearly opposite the post-office, which in a few hours turned out of their dwellings upwards of 150 families. It presented a scene of awfulness, which I have never seen exceeded any where. The wind, strongly from the west, spread the flames to the opposite side of the street, burnt the post-office, and both printing-offices; total said to be thirty houses."
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Primary Location
Fredericksburg
Event Date
Last Night, Dated April 4
Outcome
upwards of 150 families turned out of their dwellings; post-office, both printing-offices, and total of thirty houses burnt
Event Details
A most tremendous fire broke out last night in this place, about 8 o'clock, nearly opposite the post-office, which in a few hours turned out of their dwellings upwards of 150 families. It presented a scene of awfulness, which I have never seen exceeded any where. The wind, strongly from the west, spread the flames to the opposite side of the street.