on the 12th of last April a great fire occurred The Viceroy Liu Ping chang states that at the town of Lu Chou in Szechuan, 3 high wind was blowing, and the flames spread to the buildings inside the walls. When next morning the conflagration was extinguished it was found that three thousand houses had been destroyed, and between ten and twenty thousand lives lost. A sum of Tls. 19,000 has been raised from public and private sources, and devoted to the support of the sufferers.
The Emperor's rescript desires the memorialist to take care that there are funds enough provided to relieve distress, and that the poor are not forced to leave their homes, ith July.
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