25 Oct 1867
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1867
Page
1
A night blaze at Mr. I s distillery near Murry Hill draws fire crews and a crowded street scene. The narrator describes escaping a collapsing platform and a perilous fall as bricks and timber give way around a large copper boiler.
A narrator describes being trapped inside a hollow copper sphere after a scaffold collapse. He endures blistering heat as flames rage outside, records temperatures rising to 220 degrees, and attempts to signal for help while composing memoranda and prayers.
An account describes agonizing hours in a hot furnace where a man endured blistering heat, torn nerves, and self harm attempts. Deliverance came as rescuers lowered a rope and carried him to safety in the capital. He reports six weeks of recovery and praise for divine aid and medical care.
The report describes extreme heat endurance and a man claiming body temperature near 110 to 112 degrees. It includes a Connecticut boy sent to New Landing selling corn who travels London with his load and faces indifference. Georgia is praised for enterprise and growth, with anecdotes of a wealthy market chicken seller in New York and various social vignettes from daily life.
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