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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… the latter church being totally consumed by the late fire in London, and also the rectory of St. Peter's Poor, … I did, the better to inform you of that extraordinary fire which comes from Mount Zibell [Etna], 15 miles distant, … to 7 a.m. next morning, during which time this mountain of fire, stones, and cinders had advanced 20 yards into the sea …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1670
… pipes are all decayed, which will be dangerous if another fire breaks out. [ S.P. Dom., Car. II. 283, No. 139.] April … you to write to the Ordnance officers, to return an engine lent to them by us in Sept. 1666, during the great fire of London, to prevent or quench fire in the Tower, so …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… journey to Sheerness is put off till next week. 27th.A sad fire happened last Tuesday in St. Olave's parish in Oxford. … by the Lord Chancellor; that war, pestilence, and fire put a stop to the subject till Oct. 1668, when the suit …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… for the smoke, and that she never attempted to make a fire thereon. [ S.P. Supplementary 135, No. 43.] April 11. …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… all the books, bills, and other papers saved out of the fire at the Navy Office, and delivered to him by one James … several persons of his acquaintance after the late fire at the Navy Office, of what he had heard from Anthony … down to dress their provision. I thank you for the water engine returned, but I have no deals to assist them with …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… up with this Dutchman two men-of-war, and they saw them fire some guns, so they believe they were taken. [ Ibid. No. … Toll, condemned to death at the Old Bailey for setting fire to his master's house, he being under 14 years of age, … board. There was hot lime, pitch and tar in her. It took fire, by what accident none knows. The boy was saved in a …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… set the straw, oast and malthouse at a sudden on fire, and burnt most of the malt-house and part of the … We judge the damage to be about 300 l. In putting out this fire five or six men were desperately wounded with the fall … three miles from Deal towards the south-west, another fire happened at the outhouse of John Fox, a blacksmith, by …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… had not Parliament been prorogued. He has set up an engine at Windsor Castle in a well, which by the labour of … of the works, dated 14 March, 16767, that Morland's engine, by labour of a man at 14 d. a day, supplied water for …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1678
… great losses having been sustained by the late dreadful fire, it is hoped good Christians will freely contribute … of the said hospital was consumed by the late dreadful fire. Buried, 196. Remaining under cure, 239. St. Thomas's … their remaining revenue was wholly burnt down in the great fire in Southwark in May, 1676, wherein also the site of the …