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Fire Damage and Crime Report From London Gazette
London dated June 28 reports a Cotton Warehouse fire in Billiter Lane near Leadenhall Market destroying houses and warehouses with losses in the thousands. It notes Captain John Cross jailed for assault with a sword, excise officers to Scotland, state lottery drawings, two executed malefactors, a forthcoming sermon, stock movements, a missing person plea, real estate sales in Ireland, and a cluttered array of auction notices and shop advertisements.
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London
Lewis Evans
Merionech
Thoms Goodwin
Cotcon
Billeter-Lane
Leadenhal-Market
John Cross
Westminster
Justice Gare
Alexander Gwin
Spring Garden
Coltheart
Chandoisstreet
Excise
Scotland
Great Britain
Tyburn
Hawksworth
John Tyrrell
St. Alphage
Sion College
Thomas Clark
Fitz
Shrewsbury
County of Silop
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Assurance
York Buildings