CONFLAGRATION AT MEMEL
(Fr.?m £be Foorth Edition <if She. " Dsiiy News." K*.»nijrsberjr, Friday .Everting. Oa Wednesday evening a large lire broke out at Memel, which consumed ihe greater pwrt of the city. All the churches and many warehouses were hiu'nt. : Tiie lire was still rnging yesterday afternoon.
The Whits Ska. —The Miranda. Ciptjhi Lynn*, rc-inmed to Sheeroess, c-n S^t^rdiy/iYom the White Sen, •u'ter an ah«efsce of nearV * x Months : white tx» th*» Russian waters, th* f^\. r-.n-H h.mrded 376 jhips, but ti/rtfc nniy t ( -. rfl? Tn-? eh:?f ?ApU»?t of the ship w? the ''ie^trstcf.OTi of Koln, the- capital of RiiMJTin f.ap!ar«d. T'f rt'.ich thi*, place, the *ieainer La«i t»,> m^te s, r wiy up an i-tirreatfc rr-'or fur th'rly tmu-< Ler rnVner. Mr. Williams, iiavincr first l>uoy*>t: ■Le c'uinnf!. 'JTjo Miranda arrived abreast o! K"!.t c>:i f f.e 23rH of A ««■«:* t : and on therts:**snee of the c JTumrtiidnnt, openci f:re on the : ;.i?», and demolished i'< Lieutenant Jlackenrio niiii n rrii'T (v:" men '"in'^l?f^ ** ir./tteti >,& s'vord in hand" i> the >.-,tiferit>3; !uun<i Uiffßns?;.tti<: cr>>in^ off: tip-stroycd tr.e Gnvemmtj,; -:i'rt- cand I aHdiirirs. and* brought tnT one ~nn r.iifl a ij-j!! a.* a ,tr^pljy. Tho MirTUMSm I.a. !>rtiiisht h»n»e a H-s^ifta hoy, r'-^cu^t Jn*m .-; o^*-rtcii h^at. Ttit? "ftiiors calSt-d hrin^Ko1! ! Lirantla. but lie iiifi.cts on >»fci^g calsed" J.,ck Miraivla." The I.»H h-roucbt l.^me by tbis war stennnr i- aeuriv>sty. Tc raensures in extreme cirezim;";re:ice f.-ei I'j-'.ir inches, and the ir.uru.il ii."■•tb is ;vr.> feet one i:,-ch, It has a T.oagnii'i-■-1- ru t-jiie. Trie «l.iie on hs^ tsnno 'fi-56. Arouni> :]§c nr-per .itn in i-eaiiiiAit rc-Hef is a buutirj^ J'irty, v,ir.h uisrs. h »rstmen. a:s«i do^s; .i:u: r.r«t''.n'l the cuwt base i? n snltijuiil niised wrea;ij t--:* srapos and pir.e-apoios. wh;ch is only broken h\- tL- i:^ure <<f .1 rrte>j jfiidinsr a cross in h:< loft'hand. v;ith :■. ~i In hi> r;Vhl haad I.iid 'irer Li^ Ivft >re:»?.t. The'■jlio.vinjr :e:tc-rs are r.-Ue-d i:\ o'n't ll^niuv. cb.irsciers: *■ •■;. o. b. d. .. -^ — ;-:. jl. ri. :>:. —a. n. -^ >i. c. r. z. c. r. x. 4--'
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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 229, 10 January 1855, Page 4
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