The Annual Register of World Events Volume 91; A Review of the Year by III Edmund Burke
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Author: III Edmund Burke
Page Count: 472 pages
Published Date: 06 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130279078
File Name: The.Annual.Register.of.World.Events.Volume.91;.A.Review.of.the.Year.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...the beginning of this month a crevasse was formed in the levee above New Orleans, through which the flood poured in awful majesty. The city was speedily flooded in all parts, in some to the depth of many feet; the houses began to crumble away under the effects of the flood; all attempts to close the gap proved ineffectual, and the destruction of the city seemed imminent. What the hand of man was altogether ineffectual to avert, the mercy of Providence arrested; the waters of the river gradually subsided, the inundation abated, and the city was spared. Among the unexpected consequences of the flood, was a plague of poisonous snakes, which were driven by the waters from their retirements, and swarmed into the houses and caused many deaths by their venomous attacks. Should at any time a violent south wind prevail to stop the descent of the waters during a period of great flood, and the overflow assume the character of a torrent through the city instead of an inundation over it, it is the opinion of the best informed observers that the fate of New Orleans is sealed. 28. Fire And Strange DiscoVert.--After extinguishing a fire which broke out on Monday, upon the premises belonging to Mr. George Freeman, in Blenheim Street, Oxford Street, a startling discovery was made. On the men entering, by means of a small window, a kind of lumber-room parallel with the first floor leads, their attention was directed to what appeared to be the remains of two or three persons who had been burned to death. Upon making a closer inspection, it was ascertained that the substances found were the remains of two, if not three, human beings, which had not been divested of the flesh, as is the case when the bones are formed into skeletons, but, on the contrary, the flesh still covered t...
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