Center of Bridgetown, Barbados, Devastated by Fire, 1756
"Extract of a Letter from Barbadoes, Feb. 14 [1756]. On Sunday the 8th instant, between Seven and Eight in the Evening, a Fire broke out from a Store house belonging to Joseph Blackman, Esq; near the Middle ...
New York Fire Takes the Life of Mother and Four Children, 1757
“NEW-YORK, February 21 [1757]. On Wednesday Morning last [February 16], about 4 o’Clock, a dreadful Fire broke out in Dock-Street, in this City, in the Dwelling-House of Mr. Thomas Duncan, Merchant, which in a little Time entirely consumed the same, ...
