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Fire Destroys Suburb as Polish Count’s Party Burns
In Upper Silesia on July 6, the party of Alexander Joséph de Sulkowsky, Count of Liffa in Poland, arrived with prince and sons to a grand feast. A midnight blaze from a draper’s shop in the lower suburb spread to the city, consuming the castle keep and 140 stone houses, though the main castle and royal family escaped. Several who aided the effort perished. the prince and princess Sulkowsky showed concern for their ruined tenants, pledging to aid those made destitute.
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Alexander Joséph de ‘Sulkowsky
Liffa
Poland
Bielitz
Silesia
Genforr
Wipollen-draper's
Prinée Rad
Tome
Sulkowsky