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About four o'clock laa Sunday
morning wewere alarmed by diltreiling
cry of FIRE, which broke cut in the
building appropriated to the NewhamP@
lhire Bank--one half the building oc
ouPied by Mrs. Hart, as dwelling
houfe. The FIRE was difcovered by a
gentleman who lodged there who gave
The alarm Immediately, but before the
people could oollet, the FIRE bad burft
thro' the walls Of he honGe, and it was
foon enwfaped in flames, he family hav
ing fcarceiy time to efcape. The FIRE
communicated to the adjacent build
ings, and fpread with fuch amazing
rapidity, that every effort to aoP i was
in vain till it had defroyed the new
market, and every building on Daniel
Greet as, far as Capt. Halls on the
north, and Mr.. Hart's on The fouth,
whole houfes are preferved. To the
norIhward the def u6ion was far more
esteuGve. Every building on the pa
rade except the meeting houfe and
court hou(e, every one Oh market ltreet,
and Fore freet as high as Mrs. Whip
pies houie, every one on Bow R'est,
as far as Capt. Cuts fore on Church
Hill, every one or Crofs ftieet 70 the
top Of Dryers Hill, every one on Ladd
itreet excepting one fell victims TO the
devouring flames,


AT the feseral places above mention.
ed, The progreis of the FIRE was atreiled
by the mott violent cxertions, and by
three o'clock 10 the afternoon it was 70
far iubdued as to give fomc hopes thar
The whole town would not be buried in
one general heap of alhes. BY this
diitreiilng calamity great number of
perioDs are deprived of a home for
thcmielves and families, and many Of
their means Of fupport. Several widows
and orphans are left deliitute Of every
Eecehary of life, and are entirely de
pendent upon The charity Of the benev-
olent. About one hundred buildings
have been dearoyed, and thar part Of
the town which mott materially affected
the gentlemen in trade. Nearly three
quarters OF the European and India
Goods IN the town had been epoGted
10 the flores and ihops which were
eoniumed- But by the kind alliance
OF their friends, the merchant: and ira.
ders have pieferved the grealef part Of
'helr ltOeks aud hope icon 10 te 70 ac