LONDON'S GREAT FIRE
The Great Fire, of London laid waste and consumed the buildings on 436 acres of ground: 400 Innes, streets, etc.; 13,200 houses; the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's 86 parish churches, six chapels; the Royal Exchange, Custom House, Blackwell Hall, .nanv hospitals and libraries, 52 of the companies’ halls, with three of the City gates, four bridges ,and the prison of Newgate, the Fleet, the Poultry, and Wood Street Compter. The loss, bv the best calculation, amounted Io £10,730.500, or about equal to that estimated to have been caused by the Hawke’s Bay earthquake. Notwithstanding the great destruction of property, only six persons are said ro have lost their lives.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 58, 10 March 1931, Page 9
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113LONDON'S GREAT FIRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 58, 10 March 1931, Page 9
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