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Ships Explode Off Genoa After Powder Fire
News from Genoa reports a British ship the Good Success exploded after fire spread from 90 barrels of powder aboard. The blast damaged a fort, shattered chimneys, and broke windows while most ships were preserved. Seamen and soldiers suffered injuries, and ships are ordered to land gunpowder before entering port.
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France
Holland
Genoa
Turin
Rome
Agde
Layguedoc
Copenhagen
Caelfcroon
Seatill
Sweden
Carescroon
Denmark
Falster
Laland
Hamburgh
Sieur Califfen
Duke of
Holstein
Rottenburg
Hannover
Charles Frederick
Carelfcroon
Count Vanderrath
Bréich
de la Marcué
Hague