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shore, and with some difficulty was 
moored. The crew, perceiving 
their danger, took to the boat a few 
minutes before she reached London- 
bridge, which, in all probability, 
saved some of their lives. The 
ether vessel, strikinyy against the 
starlings of one ef the smaller 
arches, waz prevented from going 
through, but from the shock must 
have been considerably damaged. 
She remained there tiil the curn of 
the tide, when she was got off, and, 
with the assistance of some bouts, 
was towed into a place of safety. 
The above accident is supposed to 
have happened from the large pieces 
of ice brought up the river by the 
tide, cutting the cables by which 
the ships were moored. 
’ Fhe most dreadful fire 
ever remembered in Liver- 
pool happened on Sunday morning, 
the 18thinst. At five o’clock the 
Exchange (the noblest building of 
the kind, without exception, of any 
in the kingdom) was discovered to 
be on fre” the inside of which was 
entirely destroyed in iess than two 
hours : with the grearest difficulty 
the town records, regalia, mace, 
sword, &c. were preserved from the 
flames, though kept on the opposite 
side of the building from whence 
the fire broke our, so rapid was its 
progress. Several accidents hav- 
ened, and it ts feared one man has 
perished, A little before five tr was 
discovered by the Exchange keep- 
er’s wife, who, being troubled with 
an asthma, found inconvenience 
from thé smoke that entered the 
‘bed-chamber: she awoke her hus- 
and, and, on entering the assem- 
bly-room, found it in flames. ‘lhe 
alarm was instantly giver, but too 
late to impede its progress: in less 
than one Aour and a half the whole 
zoth. 
1795. 
roof fell in. Fortunately the wind 
was moderate, otherwise the house 
inhabited by Mr. Jones, silversmith, 
and Mr. Gore, printer, would have 
shared the same fate, notwithstand- 
ing a street of at least 2§ yards 
breadth intervening. Amongst 
other matters destroyed are two ele- 
gent paintings, executed by Mr. 
Martin, and presented by him to 
the Corporation of Liverpool ; one 
representing ** The murder of Mac- 
duff's family,’’ the other, ‘* Cleopa. 
tra arming Anthony.’ 
Seven men attempting to 
pass, on the ice, to a collier 
in the river, near Radcliffe-street, 
fell into the water, and were all 
drowned, 
21st. 
This morning two watch- 
men, belonging to the parish ~ 
of Bloomsbury, were found trozen 
to death on their posts. “They had 
been ‘seen, a few hours before, re- 
galing themselves with liquor, to 
enabie them to encounter the seve- 
rity of the weather, which, it is 
supposed, caused them to fall inte 
a sleep, from which they never 
awoke, 
The same day a man, who it is 
supposed had fallen overboard, 
flcated through London bridge with 
the ice. Only his head and arms 
could be seen, and he was frozen to, 
death, : 
sys A servantof Mess. Green 
2? “* and) Ward, Ludgate-hill, 
was drowned near Putney, attempt, 
ing to.cross the river on the ice, 
ante Between twelve and one 
~~" o'clock, the Stadtholder of 
Holland, accompanicd*by the Prin- 
cess Irederiea Louisa Wilhelmina, — 
his daughter, and Prince Williag 
George. Frederic, his second son, 
arrived in London, and immediate. 
ly proceeded to the house of the 
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