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Riot And Fire

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
June
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

We learn that the buildings at Ravenswood, o'ppositó Blaèkwèll's Islar.d, known as the l;Long Islands Farms," and forRierly occupied by the orphnn children in the eire of the city, veie nttacked by aniob Wednesday night ab'otit twelve, &. partly destroyed b' violent?, fhen deliberately fired, and ulterly consumed. The buildingi cost abo;it $40,000, and have been consirueted about ten years. The cause oT tïiis outrnge we ündei'stand tobe th is: These buildings wero in 184Öj sold by tlie city to Rev. Mr. Niles. but have been oCdUpiéd by the' city's children until this spring. They hadjust been rented ng.iin by Rtr.íf. lo the sioners oí Ëmigration, to be usod ns a lemporary habitation for the pauper emigration, whom they are obliged to take care of, especially if diseased or erippled. This arrangement excited the ire of the residentsin the neighborhood, who held a meeting the last of several) at Astoria, last evening, organizad nnder the lead of the Justicc of the Peace, are, aud peoceeded at midiiight to drive out the inmates nnd destroy the buildings, at fii-st witli axes, and finally with fire. Of coime, if therè is any law that can be put in force against men who ear Vhole coats, this job Will fUrnish a pretty large accession of force in the Sing Sing State Pi'ison. We express no opinión ns to the reality of the gfievance complained of by the rioters, but every one who reverences Lavv and Order must emphatically condemn this atrocious out rage and jnite in demandlng that its aulhors be dealt with in n most exemplary inanner.

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Subjects
Signal of Liberty
Old News