Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1783.05.17

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Index Entry Theatres, in Naples, closed because of earthquake in Messina 
Location Italy 
Citation
IG.783.062
17 May 1783:22 (81)
[Report of an earthquake on at Messina, on the island of
Sicily describes the devastation which ensued.]
This melancholy accident has been followed by the wisest
precautions of government.  A stop has been put to all
public spectacles; the theatres are shut up in this Kingdom,
as well as in Sicily; . . . 


Generic Title Independent Gazeteer 
Date 1783.05.17 
Publisher Oswald, E., and D. Humphreys 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0018061
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