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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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A fire erupted at 4 a.m. on December 9, 1796, on Murray's Wharf in New York, destroying 50-60 buildings including warehouses and houses from the Slip to Fly Market, one of the city's richest blocks. Principal sufferers: Robert Bowne, John Murray, and others; much property saved.
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Letter from New-York, 9th December, 1796, to the Editor.
This morning at 4 o'clock, a fire broke out on Murray's wharf, below the Coffee-House, and consumed the whole block of buildings from that Slip to the Fly Market, about 50 or 60 in number. The buildings consisted of large warehouses filled with merchandise, and good houses.—It was one of the richest blocks in the city. Much property is saved—the amount is incalculable. The principal sufferers are Robert Bowne, Jno. Murray, John Taylor, John Maron, Stewart & Jones, Robinson & Hawthorne, Loomis & Tillinghast, David G. Hubbard, David Wagstaff, &c. &c.
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New York
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9th December, 1796
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whole block of 50 or 60 buildings consumed, including warehouses filled with merchandise and good houses; much property saved, amount incalculable
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Fire broke out at 4 o'clock on Murray's wharf, below the Coffee-House, and consumed the whole block of buildings from that Slip to the Fly Market; one of the richest blocks in the city