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hail hardly reacheil them before 

 the flofir of the room where he 

 had beeri fell in. 



12. MilthtUloun. — " A most 

 mehiiicholy event took place yes- 

 terday morning' near tliis town. A 

 farmeruf ^ome jes]!ect;ibilityin the 

 neig;hljourh()od, wiiose daughter 

 was married the previous niylit. 

 Invited a numbci' of his IViends, 

 &c. to tlie wedding-. After Mipper 

 all the yming retired to a large 

 barn to dance. There was a fiie 

 in the barn, as tlie night was 

 cold ; and, after they had been 

 dimoing for some tinie, they wisli- 

 eJ to li;ive the lire extingnishfd, 

 when one of the young men w ent 

 .into tlie dwelling-house for some 

 water, and seeing a large jng full 

 of water, as he supjiosed (but it 

 proved to be spirits), brought it 

 into the barn, and threw it on the 

 fire. The barn immediately took 

 lire, as it had no chimney ; before 

 the door, which was lucked, could 

 be opened, dreadful to i-elate, a 

 number of them were burned to 

 ashes ! and such as found their 

 way out were miserably scorclied. 

 Si.\teen have been already in- 

 terred, and about twice that num- 

 ber are despaired of; among the 

 latter number is the bride — the 

 bridegroom is severely scorched, 

 but he will recover. A young 

 gentleman, wiio has .just come 

 from the melancholy scene, says 

 he never saw so dreadful a .sight, 

 — men and women lying on the 

 outside of the ruins, so disfigured 

 that their parents even could not 

 recognise them ! The uncle of the 

 young man who was married, and 

 his daughter, are among the dead. 

 They have not got out all the bo- 

 dies from under the ruins yet, 

 but from everv account it is sup- 



posed that about twenty perfon.s 

 were burned to death !" — Cork 

 Advrrtlsti . 



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14. MilcheUh/un. — " I omitted 

 to infoim you that the name of 

 the farmer was Chamberkune ;' 

 his young son, a man of the };ame 

 of Ih'onogue, his eldest son and 

 dauglUer, with two more of that 

 name; a young man of the name 

 ofNunan, an only son, a young 

 woman of the name of Cavennah, 

 two young sisters of the name of 

 Clancy, and two more females of 

 tlie name of iNIahoney, one of 

 whoui wa.s to be married on the 

 Sjmday following, weie burnt 

 to ashes. Several beggar.s, who 

 generally attend countiy wed- 

 dings, ^ve)'e also burnt. I have 

 just heard that four persoijs who 

 were injured by the fire have di,ed 

 in consequence, I understand 

 that there are no hopes of tlie re- 

 covery of fovu' more. A poor fe- 

 male fiddler, who A^as blind, lost 

 her life ; her little daughter, who 

 was an attendant on her, niade 

 her escape, but was very much 

 injined. Fiom the appearance of 

 the ruins, and the bones found, 

 it is generally conjectured that 

 from 25 to 30 have perished, be- 

 sides those who have died since. 

 It is impossible to describe the 

 state of distraction of the parents 

 and i-elatives, in endeavouring to 

 discover some part of the remains 

 of the unfortunate sufferers." — 

 fCork Advertiser, Feb. IJ.J 



Naples. — The royal theatre of 

 S. Carlo is no more. That glo- 

 rious monument of the aits, and 

 of the magnificence of Charles III. 

 — that immense edifice, which 

 exhibited to this nation and to 

 strangers the taste of Athens 



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