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CC-H.773.008
9-16 Feb 1773:22 (425)
Liverpool, Nov. 15. Extract of a letter from Chester, Nov.
10. . . [18 lines] The preceeding day a quantity of
gunpowder upwards of eight hundred pounds weight, had been
deposited in a warehouse in Watergate Street, under a
building known by the name of Eaton's room, in which one
Williams, the master of a puppet show, had for some time
past exhibited his performances. The company which these
idle amusements had drawn together on the fatal evening was
very great (may such another evening never be known any
where) and in the midst of their merriment, the powder, by
what accident is not known, took fire, . . . [52 lines]
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