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NHG-P.772.075
24 Jul 1772:11,12,13 (822)
Boston, July 16. 1772. From the public prints brought by
Capt. Little, who arrived here late Friday in forty-nine
days from Falmouth.
London, May 15. On Monday evening the 11th of May, a
sorrowful affair happened at the Theatre in Amsterdam in
Holland, by some accident a small rope took fire by a candle
which communicated to the boxes, and in a few minutes the
whole house was in flames. The smoke and confusion was so
great, that, though many escaped out of the house near 300
persons perished in the flames. Among them were some of the
first families in Holland. Husband and wife, mother and
daughter, were burnt together. In short when the mail came
away, so great was the confusion owing to the above calamity
that scarce half the business was conducted by the merchants
in person. Eight or nine houses were likewise burnt down by
said fire.
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