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their fam ily , renounced all claim to the ad
vantages, which rank and Fortune can afford.
About a hundred persons lived together in
a single house at Cftristianshavn, and many
a miserable cottage on Ariiack Island gave'
shelter to several Families oFdistinction From
the Capital.
Sept. the 4th the bombardment re
commenced about seven o’clock , and the
wood at the tim ber-yard , belonging to se
veral merchants and whi ch was oF great
va lu e , was set on fire w ith redhot shot.
A t the same time the fire broke out in
many houses, and at last it seized the steeple
oF theFruekirke, which Falling down, spread
the flames around and encreased the danger.
The fire-engines and all their apparatus
Were now destroyed by the shells, as w ell
as b y the Frequent use that had been made
o f them. Most oF the fire-men were killed
or wounded , and those who escaped the
shells, were so worn out with Fatigue that
their exertions were i vain. .Their strength
abated in the same proportion as the fire ;
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