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News
Republican
Compiler
(Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania)
June
8, 1825
The Board of Health of Monticello in Georgia announce officially the
existence of five cases of small pox in that village. An express
had been dispatched for the vaccine matter, and vaccination is
recommended. – Aurora.
Submitted by Nancy Piper
Man charged with burglary
City police have charged Freddie Smith. 24. of 1672 Floyd St. with
burglary at the Antioch Baptist Church. Smith was arrested and charged
at 8 20 am. Saturday after police were called to the church by a staff
member who reported a break-in and that someone was still in the
church. Smith was reportedly arrested in the church. No property was
reported missing.
Date: 1971-05-09; Paper: Augusta Chronicle
1854-04-09;
Paper: Augusta Chronicle
Fire at St. Mary's, Ga. - Loss of Life - On Sunday morning last, abut 4
o'clock, a fire broke out in the town of St. Mary's, Ga., which
destroyed two wooden dwelling houses. The flames spread so rapidly that
some of the occupants were unable to escape, and perished in the
flames. One of the dwellings was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Richards.
Mrs. Richards, we regret to learn, was badly burned. A negro woman and
her child, the property of Mrs. Hubbard, were burned to death.
Submitted by Dena Whitesell
1858-11-25;
Paper: Augusta Chronicle
Fire in St. Mary's - A correspondent of the Savannah Republican states
that a steam saw mill, owned by Messers. W. C. Temple & Co., of
that place, was destroyed by fire on Monday last - the work of an
incendiary. The mill was partially insured.
Submitted by Dena Whitesell
1855-03-07;
Paper: Augusta Chronicle
Fire in St. Mary's - Attached to the report of the steamer Planter,
Captain Corb, arrived yesterday from Centrevillage, we find an account
of an extensive conflagration in Saint Mary's, which took place on the
morning of the 3d instant. Fourteen houses and stores, with out-houses
attached, together with S. Barn's Cotton Gin Manufactory, were
destroyed. The fire was discovered between two and three o'clock, a.m.,
in the rear of J. Bashlott's store, in an unoccupied out house, and is
supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. The following names
comprise the list of sufferers, vis: J. Bashlott, Joseph Arnow, P.
Arnow, J. Vocelle, estate of Silva, D. Pacity, Sam'l Burns, Messers.
Gibbean & Dufour, John Bessent, and R. D. Fox. The probable amount
of loss nor insurances not stated.
Submitted by Dena Whitesell
Republican
Compiler, Gettysburg, PA, March 11 1829
Upwards of twenty tenements were destroyed by fire in Augusta, Georgia
in the night of the 22d ult. The loss is estimated at from 25 to
30,000 dollars, the greater part of which was insured.
Contributed by Nancy Piper
Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, PA, April 22, 1829
Fires
The town of Augusta, in the State of Georgia, was visited by one of the
most extensive conflagrations which has, perhaps, ever occurred in our
country, on the afternoon of the 3d inst. The fire commenced
between 2 and 3 o’clock and raged about five hours. The number of
houses destroyed is estimated at from 300 to 350 (among which was the
new Theatre.) composing about one-third of the town – and the loss of
property, it is said, cannot fall short of half a million of dollars.
Contributed by Nancy Piper
