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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2016
Page
7
The piece links modern wildfire fears in California and Alberta to London’s 1666 blaze. It notes London’s timber city setup, law limits, dense streets, few fire engines, and water shortages during a drought. It recalls plague fears alongside the historic inferno and public vigilance.
The blaze began at Thomas Farynor's baker's shop on Pudding Lane on a windy night. It spread toward the Thames, destroying warehouses and over 13,000 homes. Samuel Pepys reported to the king that houses in the path should be pulled down, and the Royal Navy detonated gunpowder to collapse fuel sources for the flames.
In the fire's wake after three days wind shifted toward the river. Six died officially though experts suspect higher toll. St Paul's Cathedral two prisons and 87 churches destroyed. King Charles II and Parliament called it an act of God, while some blamed Farynor's ovens. After two years Farynor returned to Pudding Lane, dying before 1670.
An online resource at fireoflondon.org.uk/game and bbc.in/29kMgNW features details on the Great Fire of London, alongside library reads. It highlights Pam Robson’s All About The Great Fire of London 1666 and Jim Pipe’s You Wouldn't Want to Be in the Great Fire of London.
A playful exchange about a beaver using a computer and a practical tip explains how to determine weekly lawn watering needs. The inch test uses three cans placed at varying sprinkler distances to measure how long to water.
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