Saturday, April 30, 2011

From Fort Monroe

FORT MONROE, Feb. 26.

The reported loss of the Express is unfounded.

The steamer Spaulding has arrived from Hatteras.  A large fire on the main land was seen from Hatteras on Monday, which continued all day.  The fire was still burning in the evening when the Spaulding left.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 28, 1862, p. 1

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