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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 401 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CENTRAL AND See also:

SOUTHERN

SOUTHERN See also:

EUROPE

EUROPE 64. See also:

Rome burned during 8 days. to of the 14 wards of the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city were destroyed. 1 to6. See also:

Venice, greater See also:

PART

part of the city was burned. 1577. „ See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire at the See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal, greater part of the city ruined by an See also:

EXPLOSION

explosion. 1299. See also:

WEIMAR

Weimar, destructive fire; also in 1424 and 1618. 1379. See also:

Memel was in large part destroyed, and again in 1457, 1540, 1678, 1854. 1405. See also:

BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern was destroyed.

1420. See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig lost 400 houses. 1457. See also:

DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort, See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral and large part of the See also:

TOWN

town burned. 1491. See also:

DRESDEN

Dresden was destroyed. 1521. See also:

OVIEDO

Oviedo, large part of the city destroyed. 1543. Komorn was burned. 1634. See also:

FURTH

Furth was burned by See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian Croats.

1680. Furth was again destroyed. 1686. See also:

LANDAU

Landau was almost destroyed. 1958. See also:

PIRNA

Pirna was burned by Prussians. 26o houses destroyed. 1762. See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich lost 200 houses. 1764. See also:

KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg, public buildings, &c., burned. Loss, £600,000.

1769. ,, almost destroyed. 1784. Rokitzan (Bohemia) was totally destroyed. Loss, £300,000. 18oi. See also:

BRODY

Brody, 1500 houses destroyed. 1859. 1000 houses destroyed. 1803. See also:

Posen, large part of older portion of city burned. 1811.

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FOREST

Forest fires in Tyrol destroyed 64 villages and hamlets. 1818. See also:

SALZBURG

Salzburg was partly destroyed. 1842. See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg. A fire raged for too See also:

HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, May 5-7. During the fire the city was in a See also:

state of anarchy. 4219 buildings, including 2000 dwellings, were destroyed. One-fifth of the See also:

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

population was made homeless, and too persons lost their lives. The See also:

TOTAL

total loss amounted to {7,000,000. After the fire, contributions from all See also:

Germany came in to help to rebuild the city. 1861.

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GLARUS (Fr. Glaris)

Glarus (See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland),5oo houses burned.

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