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The Schwartzistan Herald · 15 April 1821

The sawmill at Tarnmund burns through the night

Tarnmund, 15 April 1821

The sawmill at Tarnmund burns through the night. 23 men are out of work. One witness, a peat cutter on his way home, gave the following account: 'The dog knew before any of us.' Of the rest we are not yet informed.

By the next morning Tarnmund had returned to its ordinary business, the causeway being under a hand's depth of water. A schoolmaster who happened to be passing said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Those concerned: Tarnmund (location); Forge Row (street).

The Grand Chancellor, Ottmar Oberst, has been informed by the ordinary courier and has made no observation.

Elsewhere in this issue: A cart overturns in Low Street, Hagenkirchen. The driver, a man of…

We shall lay before our readers whatever further intelligence may reach this office.

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