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Riots and a Flood Cause Havoc in City
From Blim dated November 29 a report notes five persons whipped through the city for riots and other misdemeanors. A hackney coach and horses fell into the Loffey at the Breach to the Wall on the Quay after Monday’s flood, both horses drowned. Mortality and burial metrics for the week include 23 females and 14 males baptized, 40 total burials, plus smallpox, fevers, and consumption tallies.
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