12 Apr 1853
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Newspaper
Camden Weekly Journal
Location
Camden, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1853
Page
1
Mixed text fragment recounts a frontier tragedy and colonial era ads, including a dramatic Indian attack narrative, promotional rates for advertisements, and an array of editorial clippings on public notices, politics, and social commentary from period newspapers.
A morning fire on King Street West scorched a large block from Read to Morris Streets, damaging or destroying sixteen tenements and multiple wooden and brick buildings. Firefighters saved some properties but a horse and wagon perished, with total losses around forty thousand dollars and insurers covering about twenty nine thousand.
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