FIFTY YEARS AGO
(From The Mail of 26th May, 1866.) The Cork Herald of March. 3 saysf—"For the past weeks Queeristown. has been in a state of unwonted bustle arid excitement, owing to the immense ber of emigrants I .that, are daily flowing; into the town, and last night it \sajT calculated that no dess than 3000 soulsV who are destined for tie Far' West,' were sheltered in the -various lodging*' houses in the town. Each steamer car*. ries its living freight, from here.of over 3000 souls." .* ;'"
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Nelson Evening Mail, 26 May 1916, Page 5
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87FIFTY YEARS AGO Nelson Evening Mail, 26 May 1916, Page 5
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