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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 402 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHINA AND See also:

JAPAN

JAPAN 1822. See also:

Canton was nearly destroyed by See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire. 1866. See also:

YOKOHAMA

Yokohama, two-thirds of the native See also:

TOWN

town and one-See also:

SIXTH

sixth of the See also:

FOREIGN

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settlement destroyed. 1872. Yeddo. A fire occurred in See also:

APRIL

April during a See also:

gale of See also:

wind, destroying buildings covering a space of 6 sq. m. 20,000 persons were made homeless. 1873. „ A fire destroyed 10,000 houses.

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