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and danger encreased. As soon as the fire
b r o k e o u t in one place, it was continually,
augmented by the shells, which were directed
to that spot, and consequently the fire-men
were obliged to withdraw.
Many of
these unfortunate men Were k ill’d at their
post, in nobly attempting to do their duty.
Th e vast fire at the timber-yard, and
the shells and rockets, incessantly thrown
towards Christianshavn, threatened this part
o f the town with destruction, and compelled
as well those,, who fled thither for refuge
as the inhabitants o f this place to look
for another retreat.
Every one now fled
to ¡.the island o f Ama c k , wh ich , besides
its own inhabitants, contained at this time
between twenty and thirty thousand stran
gers.
A1J. the scenes o f horror and misery,
which appeared in every quarter, cannot.be
described.
The sick arid, wounded were
dragged from the hospitals and carried in
W'aggons,
exposed to the enemy’s shells, b y
•y/
k
which many had again to sufieri- Women
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