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The Schwartzistan Herald

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The Line The front line is at the Reed Line. No change. Latest reports
Digitised edition Tuesday 11 October 1921 Page 1 of 1 ‹ Previous issueWhole issueNext issue ›

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The Schwartzistan Herald

A fire in Garrison Street at Wasserdorf destroys 3 houses

Wasserdorf, 11 October 1921

A fire in Garrison Street at Wasserdorf destroys 3 houses. Wasserdorf.

A fire in Garrison Street at Wasserdorf destroys 3 houses. The volunteer brigade attend. No lives are lost. A retired sergeant of the Marsh Regiments said: 'It was over before the bell had done ringing.' Further details are awaited by wire.

The Herald's correspondent adds that the town took it in its stride.

Concerning: Wasserdorf, Garrison Street.

Casualty Roll as published by the War Ministry

SergeantTobias Brenn, of VellmarThe 2nd Marsh Regimentkilled in action10 October 1921
CorporalSigmund Quast, of FurtauThe 3rd Marsh Regimentenemy action6 October 1921

Official. Enquiries to the Records Office.

The front line is at the Reed Line. No change.

The Assembly

Assembly: not sitting.

The Grand Chancellor, Bruno Fiechdon, has held office since 20 October 1919.

The Courts

The Court of Chronological Offences, 11 October 1921. The Crown v. E. U.. Concerning possession of an unyear record (a bundle of letters). Ruling: 6 months and forfeiture. Court rose at the rising of the court.

The Regional Court of Kesselhöh, 6 October 1921. The Crown v. Ostrand. Concerning theft of forty barrels of wine. Ruling: bound over. Gallery thin.

The Market

Markets thin. Peat shares steady. Prices:

Bread, the loaf, 39.8 pfen; beer, the litre, 59.6 pfen. A labourer's day is paid at 4.01 marka; a furnished room lets at 14.02 marka the month. The Exchange index closed the year at 4,425. Bank rate stands at 7.1 per cent.

The War Appropriation for the year, 6,872,270 marka, passed the Assembly without a dissenting voice.

Registers

Registers: Recorded this week throughout the country: 221 births, 85 marriages, 129 deaths. Population at the last return, 460,600.

On This Day

From our files.

112 years ago. The Ostra rises 80 centimetres above its mark at Oberbach. Cellars in Well Row are flooded. Report.

109 years ago. A fire in Vine Lane at Sanding destroys 5 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Report.

Pfahl

League table, as published.

The League of 1920 was won by Marschau Garrison. Full table.

Marschau Garrison142
Tarnmund Lake133
Hollstadt Workers124
Reedside Athletic97
Kessel Iron88
Grauburg Fortress610
Vellmar Wardens412
Ostrabruck Bridge412
Norrwick Printers214

Correspondence

Sir, — Is it too much to ask that the clocks at Brennholt should agree with one another? Yours, A Subscriber since the Founding, Sudfurt.

Notices

Wanted, hands for the printing works, Brennholt. Apply Brennel & Sons, Printers.

For sale: ruled ledgers, day-books and licensed calendars. Brennel & Sons, Printers, Brennholt.

Personal: the party who took the wrong coat at Wasserdorf is asked to return it.

Printed and published at Vellmar by The Schwartzistan Herald. Registered under the Press Act. Casualty figures as published by the War Ministry.

From the Herald's digitised archive. Page images reproduced as printed; the text is searchable. Dates as recorded by the Ministry of Chronology.