Burke County, NC - Distressing Occurence, 1812

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Raleigh, NC - Dec 11, 1812

Distressing Occurence - On the night of the 30th of October last, about
the hour of 12 o'clock, the house of Maj. John M'Dowell, of Burke County,
was consumed by fire, and in it his three only sons and a nephew, all
promising young men who had the evening before returned from a review of
the militia at Morganton.

The fire was supposed to have originated in some cotton near the chimney.
It soon spread so as to involve in flames the stair case, which prevented
the victims in the upper story from escaping. 

In addition to the above, Maj. M'Dowell lost a considerable sum of money
and all his household furniture.

[Raleigh, Dec. 12 - Windham Herald]

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