The New York herald., 1871-10-11
FORMER FIRES.
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.
Terrible ConHagratiOns In New York,
Pittsburg, Philadelphia. San Fran.
cisco, Portland, Charles
ton and Chicago.
TABLE OF OTHER MONSTER BuRNINGS.

We must go back more tnan couple OF centuries
to find q parallel to the terrible fre which has
wrapped the city OF Chicago IN sea OF resisless
flame. ON the "a OF September. 1866 the city OF
Londcn was almost utterly destroyed by what has
since been known as The Great Fire. This awful
confagration gained Roadway with the same ter
rlbe rapidy that OF last Sunday night. and in five
dreadful days OF ruin terror and panic two.
thirds OF the English metropolis In ashes Like tho
fire at chicago 1t broke ont upon Sunday, though
at different hour-two O'Clock in the morning. IL
originated In Dakenouse, kept by q man
with the quaint name or Farryner, at
Pudding lane, near the Tower. At that period tho
buildings in the English capital were chiefly con-
siructed OF wood, with pitched roofs, and In this
particular locality, which was Immediately adjacent
to the water side, the stores were manly flied
with materials employed In the equipment OF ship.
ping mostly OF course OF highly combustiole ma
ture. TO add to the consplrng causes OF the i'm.
mense mischief IN which the nre ultimately resulted
the pipes from the New River-the source OF the
water supply OF the cty-were found to
be empty, and the engine which raised water
from the Thames was among the first prop
erty destroyed. The vaciilalDn and indecision
OF the Lord Mayor aggravated the confusion. For
several hours he refused to listen to the counsel
given him TO call in the aid Of the military, and
when the probable proportions OF the fire were
struction Of a block OF houses was absolutely neces-
sary to the preservation Of the city, he declined to
accept the responsibility or destroying them until
he could obtain the consent Of their owners. All
through sunday the wind increased In violence, and
the lire sped with Incredible rapdIy from house TO
house. from street TO street. on its work OF havoc.
We cannot now do better than transcrihe the ac-
count OF tue further mischief caused by the lire given
py Mr.. Jonn Evelyn, In his "Diary." IL reads as
srrr. g. The fire continuing after dinner took coach
wark, behed that dreadful speclaclche whole
from 4 tho Bidee ali Thames Street aud upwards towards
Cheapeside downe to the Three Cranes we're now con-
the Gre hayGg csn.inasi & al this night ar q may csl
about, after dreadful manner) whca conspirlnr vita
fierce eastern wind II very drs season went on foot to
isIw.d sa 's few.r s s. r.s.sar:s as nd .r.. 4
taxing Ss s. 4 a &
contributed osccedngly The eonaasraon was 50 uniys
know not from what despondcncy fate they hardly
esns ea 10 sna M.
distracted creatures without al al attempting 20 save even
saa ssSa. ss,s = sass srssd.s
esmsmsn. eapns Alter aaacr om house 10
house srece 70 streee create distance one from "
weather ned the air and prepared e materials
ner houses furniture and everything. We're The
@ w wn ns 2S' is @ and M Ss %
other ye carts Sc carving ou, 70 The ned. which
for ma
ana tents erecting shelter both people and wha, soods
could ge away OH the miserable and calauous spectsco
such world nad the like since tho
daiion OF be outsone ti the universal conna
t,on. Al the OF fiery aspect ike the top OF
= burning oven, tho Light scene above forty miles
eyes behold the like, seeing above thor
sand bouses all IN fame the cracking
thunder the hnpe'uous flames, shrekfng OF women
chdrcn the hurry OF people the fall of towers
and churches like hfeous storme and the afro all
ana nHaned that Mt last not able
that they were forced to stand se let the
flames burn which they did length
bredth The clouds OF smoke dislnal
re ached, computation, CITY miles in thus
left IN The aiterno0nc burniug resemblance 10 SDdon
or the last day. London was, but 10
SFpT. 4. The burning sl RACES. aud gotten
the Inner Temple Ode Fieea Ereer, the Bailey
Luigatc HUI Warwick lane, Ncwgnis, paues chain,
waiting streetc, now flaming and oi reduced
sses the stones OF Parie new Ike cr9nados me,in.
lead running downe the s,reetss IN aud the
pavemcns glowing with fiery
man abe to ircsd on theu and the l'n0ion rad
stopped all the passages that nep coud he applied
The eastern wind stl nipeuousv drove tc name.
forward Nothing bu ye almighty power oi GOD was able
Srr1. b. II crossed towards whehaie hc confusion
there was then at that Court IL pcascd His Majesty 20
command among locke after the OF
feter lane and to preserve possible that part OF nobornc
vbe the rest OF gentlemen tookc their several posts and
began TO consider that nothing ky to put stop but
than mad yet been by the ordinary method os
guina them down ey ensines i,
Then after description OF the abalng OF the
wind and the gradual dying OH. ot tho ire, tue
| quaint old diarist c0ntinues:-
The pocrs inhabitants dispersed about st. Georees
Eads aud Asorncds 40 lar Is bsngse aad several myes