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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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A devastating fire broke out in Bergen, Norway, on the 2nd instant, destroying the most opulent quarter of the city, including 120 houses and warehouses, with damages estimated at 100,000 to 150,000 pounds sterling. The town faces potential ruin, reminiscent of the 1756 fire.
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"This will inform you of the dismal Situation this Town is now reduced to, by a Fire that broke out the 2d Instant, between three and four o'Clock in the Morning, which, in the short Space of eight Hours, laid the most opulent and extensive Quarter of the City in Ashes. The Damage is computed from a Hundred Thousand to a Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling; the Number of Houses burnt, besides Warehouses, is reckoned a Hundred and twenty. The Consternation was universal; and had not the Weather providentially continued calm, our Situation would have equalled that of the fatal Fire of 1756, under the Pressure of which we are far from being recovered. This Stroke, so soon after, will, in all Probability, bring on the inevitable Ruin of this once flourishing Town."
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Bergen, Norway
Event Date
The 2d Instant
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damage estimated at 100,000 to 150,000 pounds sterling; 120 houses and warehouses burnt; potential ruin of the town
Event Details
Fire broke out between three and four o'Clock in the Morning, lasting eight hours, destroying the most opulent and extensive quarter of the city. Universal consternation; calm weather prevented worse outcome similar to 1756 fire.