Fires - England - London - Early works to 1800
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God's terrible voice in the city : Wherein you have I. The sound of the voice in the narration of the two late dreadful judgements of plague and fire, inflicted by the Lord upon the city of London, the former in the year 1665. The latter in the year 1666. II. The interpretation of the voice, in a discovery, 1. Of the cause of these judgments, where you have a catalogue of London's sins. 2. Of the design of these judgments, where you have an enumeration of the duties God calls for by this terrible voice. / by T.V.
Thomas VincentDate: printed in the year 1667- E-books
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Sir, having been advised by several very respectable aldermen and gentlemen of the Common Council of London, to petition that august body on behalf of the unfortunate sufferers by a late dreadful fire at Minehead , The committee appointed to conduct an application to the public, take the liberty of requesting the favor, that whenever the question is brought before the court, you would be kind enough to use your charitable and humane endeavours for the relief of a number of unfortunate families, who have lost nearly the whole of what they possessed in the world, and would have been driven to the greatest distress, had it not been for the timely assistance of generous public; who, to the credit of this nation, have in many affecting instances, like the present, nobly stood forward, to rescue their fellow-creatures from impending misery and ruin, however unknown to or unconnected with them, by any outward ties. ..
Date: 1791- E-books
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An account of the fire at Richmond House , on the 21st of December, 1791, and of the efficacy of the fire-plates, on that occasion. By David Hartley, Esq.
Hartley, David ca. 1731-1813.Date: 1792