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Ann
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.

Thursday, Jan'ry. 25, 1927.
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Our Southern papers bring us the melan-
choly intelligence of destructive conhagra-
ton which happened at Alexandria on
Thursday last. About 9 O'Clock in the
morning fire broke out in cabinet ma
ker's shop in central part of the city,
which ragged with such destructive violence
that before its progress could be stopped,
eighty buildings were smoking in ruins, and
their inhabitants turned upon the charity OF
their fellow citizens. The estimate loss OF
property is held at 100000. For more
particular account of this calamity we refer
the reader to an article in another part OF
this paper.


We are likewise informed by the Elkton
Press that on the 1lth inst. the Washington
College at Chestertown was consumed by
fire, together with the Chapel attached to it.
The corner stone of this College was laid a
bout the year 1887 by Gen. Washington
and cost S28,ooo