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Regions · Berging

A fire in Old Gate Walk at Berging destroys 4 houses

The town watch attend. No lives are lost. The ground was still warm at noon in Berging. The owners were in the yard with a clerk from the insurers.

A fire in Old Gate Walk at Berging destroys 4 houses
What was left, photographed at first light. Photograph: The Schwartzistan Herald

A fire in Old Gate Walk at Berging destroys 4 houses. The town watch attend. No lives are lost. Business in Berging went on with some interruption through the afternoon. The keeper of the toll-house said: 'It was over before the bell had done ringing.'

By the next morning Berging had returned to its ordinary business, the ferry running late. The driver of the carrier's cart said the town had seen the like before and would see it again.

Those concerned: Berging (location); Old Gate Walk (street).

The Grand Chancellor, Lukas Marsch, has been briefed.

The Herald will follow the matter.

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