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Dreadful Explosion At The Island Of Cos, Ionian Sea

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
July
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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correspondent mat a dreadluí exploHoii of gunpowder took place at Stanchio, ihe chief port oí the Island of Cos, wliicli dcstroyed a grcat part of the cily, and blew up the fortrcss. Four merchant vessels in tho harbor werc so damaged, that, in a very short time after the explosión, they went to ihe bottom. A captain of one of them, eighteen men, and above two hundred inhabitantg of the