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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2016
Page
12
The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London recalls a timber city with thatched roofs and narrow streets. Officials struggled to enforce fire laws as drought and plague heightened fears while night watchmen urged vigilance.
Puzzle hides PITCH PLAGUE RIVER TIMBER WATER WILDFIRE. Some words appear backward or diagonal and letters may repeat. Find all six terms amid the grid clues and note their directions.
The 1666 blaze started at Thomas Farynor's Pudding Lane bakery and shop, fanned by wind as it raced toward the Thames. Samuel Pepys advised pulling down houses. the fire jumped gaps until the Royal Navy blew up blocks to halt the flames.
After three days a shifting wind drove the fire toward the river and it burned out with six confirmed deaths though experts suspect higher loss. St Pauls Cathedral and two prisons were ruined along with 87 churches. King Charles I and Parliament labeled it an act of God while locals blamed Sir Christopher Farynor's ovens. He returned to Pudding Lane after two years and died before 1670.
The listing highlights online resources on fire of London with a BBC link and a library display featuring Pam Robson's All About The Great Fire of London 1666 and Jim Pipes You Wouldn’t Want to Be in the Great Fire of London.
A playful joke asks how a beaver uses a computer with a pun about logging on. The text then describes an inch test for lawn watering using three cans to measure how long to water weekly, and notes a source line about Earthworks.
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