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  • 21Second Great Fire of London — The night of 29 December/30 December 1940 was one of the most destructive air raids of the London Blitz, destroying many Livery Halls and gutting the medieval Great Hall of the City s Guildhall. This night was quickly dubbed The Second Great Fire …

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  • 22The Great Fire of Whitstable, 1869 — The Great Fire of Whitstable was a fire that in 1869 devastated the coastal town of Whitstable in Kent, England.On the evening of Wednesday, 16 November 1869, the fire swept through the closely built area along The Wall, west of the town s… …

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  • 231866 Great Fire of Portland, Maine — The Great Fire of Portland, Maine occurred on the first Independence Day after the end of the American Civil War on July 4, 1866. Five years before the Great Chicago Fire, this was the greatest fire yet seen in an American city. It started in a… …

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  • 241811 Great fire of Podil — The 1811 Great fire of Podil ( uk. Велика пожежа, Velyka pozhezha ) occurred on the morning of June 9 1811 [cite web|url=http://www.k telegraph.kiev.ua/N88/starygor.htm|title=Look at the firefighters Always ready! |accessdate=2008 02… …

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  • 25List of churches destroyed in the Great Fire of London and not rebuilt — Referencesee also* List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire but since demolished * Great Fire of LondonBibliographyCitation last = Betjeman first = John author link = John Betjeman last2 = first2 = author2 link = publication date = date =… …

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  • 26The Great Fire (novel) — infobox Book | name = The Great Fire title orig = translator = image caption = author = Shirley Hazzard illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Farrar Straus and Giroux, USA release… …

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  • 27List of churches rebuilt after the Great Fire of London but since demolished — Many of these City of London churches were rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. Sometimes there is still some sign a place of worship was once there. Parish register details were often transferred to the subsuming parish [… …

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  • 28Fire and brimstone — is a term used, sometimes pejoratively, to describe a motif in Christian preaching which uses vivid descriptions of judgment, and the damnation to Hell of sinners forever to encourage repentance out of fear of divine wrath and punishment.The… …

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  • 29Fire hydrant — in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as a fire plug in the United States or as a johnny pump in New York City, because the firemen of the late 19th century were called Johnnies[ …

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  • 30Fire of London — Fire of Lon|don, the →↑Great Fire of London, the …

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