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Fire and collapse toll in a tormented construction tale
Fragmentary 18th century report describes shoring up a superstructure with piles, then firing the wood causing the tower to sink. It notes partial recovery of bricks, plus a series of local notices including clerical appointments, a laundry fine, a robbery, highway crimes, and a Paris embassy treaty update, all in a stream of dated items.
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Oxdjnany
Norwich
Rie
Earl of
Shelburn
Thaphtlay
Barton
Princess-Street
Commissioners of Excise
Claghara
Cere
Stockwell
Molly
Capy
Grey
London
Scotland
Larely
Crartcot