Talk:Vidzy

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Here is a useful source for history by Yu. A. Tatarinov (go to 27). I do not see any mention of a fire in 1875, only in 1812. Mellk (talk) 08:19, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

I did see a fire in one belarusian source, but abut 50 years earlier. --Altenmann >talk 16:00, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

I cannot see what the newspaper source says due to paywall, and I cannot find any information about this so I have doubts. Mellk (talk) 16:09, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Interesting comments. I will modify the wiki. OldPolandUpdates (talk) 21:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Take a look at the modification. OldPolandUpdates (talk) 21:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Please add the exact quotation, if you have access. Because the details may help to find, e.g., Polish or Russian sources, for verification. Reports about fire not a surprize, such as reported on Saturday, October 14, 1876:

GREAT FIRE IN RUSSIAN POLAND. Intelligence has, says the Jewish World, just been received of the total destruction by fire of the city of Kupischock, in Russian Poland, which is inhabited entirely by Jews. Four hundred dwellings and shops, occupying a circuit of about six miles (Russian), including the Great Synagogue and several (schools, are in ruins. Nothing was saved and nothing insured: even the men of wealth are reduced to absolute poverty.

(Now I am wondering what the heck is Kupischock; I guess Kupiškis.) --Altenmann >talk 21:41, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

If a quote cannot be provided then I think it would be best to remove this from the article. Mellk (talk) 16:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

The key details of the 1875 snippet are as follows:

Archive date is Oct 21, 1875. Printed article date is Oct 20.

The NYT is citing The Jewish World from London.

"200" schools, dwellings, and synagogues were reportedly destroyed or damaged.

The location reported is "Widsy, Russian Poland"

"3000" were reported homeless with some perishing.

These are the key details. It is a short snippet. OldPolandUpdates (talk) 18:11, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I found this, which also cites the same source: "The Jewish World says two hundred dwellings, a synagogue and five schools in Widsy, Russian Poland, have been burned. Some perished and three thousand are houseless." But I cannot find any new information about this. Apparently there was a great fire in Ruzhany at the end of August 1875, which also destroyed a synagogue.[1] Mellk (talk) 18:53, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

But lt-wiki say a great fire was in 1781. I guess fake news was just as common then as now. The newspapers at these times needed good circulation, too. --Altenmann >talk 21:57, 10 September 2024 (UTC)