AALESUND  , a seaport of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway, in See also:

• ROMSDAL

Romsdal amt (See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county), 145 M . N. by E. from See also:

• BERGEN

Bergen . Pop . (1900) 11,672 . It occupies two of the See also:

• OUTER

outer islands of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, Aspo and Norvii, which enclose the picturesque See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour . Founded in 1824, it is the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Sondmore See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief stations of the See also:

• HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery . Aalesund is adjacent to e Jorund and Geiranger fjords, frequented by tourists . From e at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of Jorund a See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving-route strikes See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to the See also:

• NORD

Nord-See also:

• FJORD, or FIORD

fjord, and from Merok on Geiranger another strikes inland to Otta, on the railway to Lillehammer and See also:

• CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania . Aalesund.. is a See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for steamers between Bergen, See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

Hull, See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle and See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, and See also:

• TRONDHJEM, or THRONDHJEM (sometimes written in the German form Drontheim)

Trondhjem . A little to the south of the See also:

• TOWN

town are the ruins of the reputed See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Rollo, the founder, in the 9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, of the See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . On the 23rd of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1904, Aalesund was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of one of the most terrible of the many conflagrations to which See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian towns, built largely of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, have been subject . Practically the whole town was destroyed, a See also:

• GALE
• GALE, THEOPHILUS (1628-1678)
• GALE, THOMAS (?1636-17o2)

gale aiding the flames, and the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population had to leave the place in the See also:

• NIGHT

night at the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of a few minutes .

Hardly any lives were lost, but the sufferings of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people were so terrible that assistance was sent from all parts of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and by the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, while the See also:

• BRITISH

British government also offered it .