The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-10-28

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THE GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.
1666-2d Sept. This fat III night about ten be.
gan that deplorable fire near Fish street. in
London.
Sd. The fire continuing, after dinner took a
coach with my wife and SOM went to the Bank
side in Southwark, where we beheld that dismal
spectacle, the whole city in dreadful flames near
ye waterside; all the houses from the bridge. all
Thames street. and upwards towards Cheapside,
down to the Three Cranes were now consumed
The fire having continued all this night, (if
may call that night which was ss light as day
for 10 miles round about, after dreadful man.
ner,) when conspiring with fierce wind in
very drie season. went on foote to the same
place, and saw the whole south part of ye city
burning from Cheapside to ye Thames, and all
along Cornhill for it kindled back against va
wind as we'll as forward, Tower streete, Grocious
streete, and SO along to Bairnards CASTLE and was
now taking hold Of st. Paul's church, TO which
the seatfolds contributed exceedingly. The con-
Migration was so universal, and the people 80 a..
tonished, that from the beginning, know not
by what dependency or fate, they hardly stirred
to qusnch it, SO there was nothing hered or scene
bat crying out and lamentation, running about
like distracted creatures without at all attempt.
ing to save even their goods, such a strange con.
sternatlon there was upon them. SO as it burned
both in breadth and length, the churches. pub
liQ halls, exchange, hospitals, monuments and
ornaments, leaping after a prodigious manner
from house to house aud streete to streete, at
create distances from ye other; for We heate.
with long set of faire and warm weather, had
even lgnited the air, and prepared the materials
to conceive the fire, which devoured after an in.
incredible manner, houses, furniture and every.
thing.
Here We saw the Thames covered with goods
hoatihg, all the barges and boates laden with
what some had time and courage to save, as on
ye Others. ye CARTS Sc. carrying out to the fields
which for many miles were strewed with NOV.
ables OF all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter
both people and what goods thew could get
away.
On the miserable and calamitous spectscle
Such as happy the world had not scene the like
since the foundation of it, nor be outdons till the
universal coLaagration.
All the skie was of fiery aspect, like the ton
OF burning oven, the light scene above 40 miles
round about for many nights.
Tod grant my eyes may never behold the like.
now seeing above 10000 houses all in one fame
The noise, aud cracking, and thunder Of the i'm.
Petuous flames. ye shrieking Of women and chill
dren, the hurry of people, the fall of towers
houses and churches, was like hidesus storm.
and the air all about so hot and inland that at
last one was not able to approach it, so that thew
were forcd to stand still and let ye flames burn
on, witch they did for neere two miles in length
and one in breadth. The clouds of smoke were
d!ecernable. and reach'd upon computation neere
oo miles in length. Thus left it this afteraoou
burning, resemblance of Sodom or the last dsv.
London was, but is no more!
18th Tho hnr Al
gotten as far AS the Inner Temple. all Fle.te
streete, the Old Bailey, Ludsste Hill, Warwick
Lane, Newgite, Pane. Chain and Wattin1
streete row flaming and most of it REDUCED 70
ashes; the stones of Paules flew like eruuado,
ye me ting lead running down the streets
IN stream, and the very pavements glowing
WIN nrey redness, 40 AZ no horse nor man was
aoie to tread on them. and the demolition had
stopped All the passages so that no help could be
spPied: Ihe eastern wind still more impetu.
ousy drove the flames forward. Nothing but
Aimieaty power Of God was able to stop them.
Tor vain was we help of man.
9th. 1t crossed towards Whitehall M ~.
CONFUSION there was then at that court 7,
Plea'ed his "Ma'ty to command me nmopve We
resi- T 10 look after the quenching OF Fetter Lam.
"u' 70 preserve, 1t possible. that part of Hol.
WI ~ WHIST the rest OF ye gentlemen tooke their
.a' Pos.s Vor they now beg,N ~ bes,ir them.
se'es. ana not TIL now, whu hithcr,o stoned
men intoxicated, With their h nd. ,cro..,, -.
oeeah 70 consider that nutlin, w.. ,ite,, =, mn,
stop but the blowing up IT 40 ,,,,,,, t'.,,.
m,eu' make wider = thn nn, Nod vet h,,,
maoe oy the ordinary rnr'hod of ru,>i..,,.an
down with engines ,hi. Some ,,o,,. 'e'"
posd early enough TO h,ve .,y,,i ,,,,r' r.
CITY, out THIS some teu.riou- and sy,,,,i,,,.
men, aldermen. &c, would a., prr,o,, ,o,,',,. I
their houses must have been o, The fir,
II was now therefore comm ,ndr5 ,o a.,
tis aud my concern being par,icul.,., ~
Ho.pit'l Of 81. Bartholomew, nc,ro S,,,,Is ~
where had many wounded and 81 a me- ,,.S
me Tie more dlligent To Promote. tu, M,
care TOR the Savoy Jesse. 1t now pie,s.j God no
aba,l"4 the wind and by We indn.tr. If g. n..
pie iniusirg new spirit into them, tina, the turv
OF II began sensibly 10 aba,e about noope. :.
came no farther than We Temple westward nor
thai ye entrance OF Smthfeld north. But con-.
tinued all thee day and night SO impetuous IN.
ward Bridlegste and the Tower as made nv nh
despaire; 1t also broke out again ia the Temrl.
but The courage Of the multitude psrsistiny. and
many houses being blown up such gaps nd de-.
oiaion. were soon made, as with the former
three days consumption, the back fire did not M
vehementiy urge upon the rest Us formerly,
There was yet no standing necre the burning
and glowing ruins by peere n furionv's sp.ca