1666 London Gazette newspaper w Aftermath of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON

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1666 London Gazette newspaper w Aftermath of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
1666 London Gazette newspaper with coverage of the aftermath of THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL single sheet NEWSPAPER, the
London Gazette
(ENGLAND) dated Oct 11, 1666. This original single sheet newspaper contains 2 back page reports of the aftermath of the GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. The Great Fire of London was one of the earliest major events covered on an English Language newspaper !!
This is issue # 94 and is one of the EARLIEST English language newspapers I have seen on Ebay
The London Gazette claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper title and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK, having been first published on 7 November 1665 as The Oxford Gazette.
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the City of Westminster (today's West End), Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, and most of the suburban slums. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants.
The fire started in a bakery shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September, and spread rapidly. The use of the major firefighting technique of the time, the creation of firebreaks by means of demolition, was critically delayed due to the indecisiveness of the Lord Mayor, Sir Thomas Bloodworth. By the time large-scale demolitions were ordered on Sunday night, the wind had already fanned the bakery fire into a firestorm which defeated such measures. The fire pushed north on Monday into the heart of the City. Order in the streets broke down as rumours arose of suspicious foreigners setting fires. The fears of the homeless focused on the French and Dutch, England's enemies in the ongoing Second Anglo-Dutch War; these substantial immigrant groups became victims of lynchings and street violence. Tuesday, the fire spread over nearly the whole City, destroying St. Paul's Cathedral and leaping the River Fleet to threaten Charles II's court at Whitehall. Coordinated firefighting efforts were simultaneously getting underway. The battle to put out the fire is considered to have been won by two key factors: the strong east wind dropped, and the Tower of London garrison used gunpowder to create effective firebreaks, halting further spread eastward.
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