The New York Packet

On Sunday morning, the 31st ult. between the hours of four and five, the house of Mr. Joseph Johnson, weaver, at the Whitehill Farm, not more than two miles from Albany, was discovered to be on fire, by the people on said farm; and before sufficient assistance could arrive, to extinguish the flames, the house and stable adjoining were entirely consumed.

This melancholy accident is greatly heightened by the death of Mr. Johnson and two of his children, who perished in the flames; as did also two horses and a cow. At the time the fire broke out, there were in the house, four of Mr. Johnson's children; two, however, escaped by leaping out of the window. Mrs. Johnson (who for some time past has been disordered in her senses) slept from home on Saturday night—which circumstance, it is more than probable, prevented her from suffering, with her husband and children, a premature death.