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Fire
1876 y․

In the same year (1876), the Government burnt the Armenian quarter of Sivri-Hisar: “...seven hundred (700) Armenian houses have fallen prey to fire in the town. ...when the Mayor learnt that a fire had broken out in the Armenian quarter, he ordered not to undertake anything and let the giaurs exposed to flames so that they might not even have a sitting place. In this way, thousands of Armenians were left with the ashes of their houses, stripped of Governmental aid...”

«Մեղու Հայաստանի», 1876, դ 39, 9 հոկտեմբերի, էջ 3: Also see Պատմագիրք Սիվրի-Հիսարի հայոց, Պէյրութ, 1965, էջ 115-116. Karapetian Samvel, The “Accidental” Fires of the Ottoman Empire, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 5, pp. 12-13.