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Carlisle, destroyed. 1507. See also:

Norwich, nearly destroyed; 718 houses burned. 1544. See also:

LEITH

Leith, burned. 1598. See also:

TIVERTON

Tiverton, 400 houses and a large number of horses burned; 33 persons killed. Loss, £150,000. 1612. „ 600 houses burned. Loss over £200,000.

1731. ,, 300 houses burned. 1700. See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, " the See also:

GREAT

Great 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.” 1612. See also:

Cork, greater See also:

PART

part burned, and again in 1622. 1613. See also:

Dorchester, nearly destroyed. Loss, £200,000. 1614. See also:

Stratford-on-See also:

AVON

Avon, burned. 1644. Beaminster, burned.

Again in 1684 and 1781. 1675. See also:

Northampton, almost totally destroyed. 1683. See also:

NEWMARKET

Newmarket, large part of the See also:

TOWN

town burned. 1694. See also:

Warwick, more than See also:

HALF

half burned; rebuilt by See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

CON

con- tribution. 1707. See also:

LISBURN

Lisburn, burned. 1727. See also:

GRAVESEND

Gravesend, destroyed. 1738.

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WELLINGBOROUGH

Wellingborough, 800 houses burned. 1743. See also:

CREDITON

Crediton, 450 houses destroyed. 176o. See also:

Portsmouth, dockyard burned. Loss, £400,000. 1770. ,, „ Loss, £See also:

IOO

ioo,000. 1802. See also:

Liverpool, destructive fire. Loss, £I,000,000. 1827.

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SHEERNESS

Sheerness, 50 houses and much See also:

PROPERTY

property destroyed. 1854. See also:

GATESHEAD

Gateshead, 50 persons killed. Loss, £1,000,000. 1875. See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow. Great fire. Loss, £300,000. See also:

FRANCE 59. See also:

Lyons, burned to ashes. See also:

NERO (37-68)

Nero offers to rebuild it. 1118.

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Nantes, greater part of the See also:

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

city destroyed. 1137. See also:

DIJON

Dijon, burned. 1524. See also:

TROYES

Troyes, nearly destroyed. 1720. See also:

RENNES

Rennes, on fire from See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 22 to 29. 850 houses burned. 1784. See also:

BREST

Brest. Fire and See also:

EXPLOSION

explosion in dockyard. Loss, £I,000,000.

1862. See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles, destructive fire. 1871. See also:

Paris. Communist devastations. Property destroyed, £32,000,000.

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