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Great Fire of Biggleswade
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Whereas on Thursday the 16th instant, about noon, a Fire broke out at Biggleswade, in the county of Bedford, which notwithstanding every exertion of the inhabitants of that, as well as the neighbouring towns, in the space of four hours consumed more than one hundred and twenty houses, nine malting-houses, many stables, barns, granaries and other buildings, and the Dissenting Meeting House. The whole of the loss upon the nearest calculation amounts to 22,500 of which the sum 15,500 appears to be insured. The urgent distress of the poor sufferers obliges us to apply to the publick for relief. It is recommended to such charitable persons as are willing to contribute to this charity, to pay their donations to Messrs. Bland, Barnett, Hoare, and Hill, Bankers, Lombard Street; Messrs. Smith, Wright, and Gary, Bankers, Lombard Street; Messrs. Biddulph, Cox and Co., Bankers, Charing Cross; and to Mr Dennis Herbert, merchant, in Biggleswade. — Upper Offory, Geo. Osborne, William Pym, Charles Barnett, James Harvey, Philip Monoux, Geo. Gibson, Mat. Rugeley, Charles Franklyn, James Underwood.
Bedfordshire Notes and Queries Vol. 1
1886
The Great Fire of Biggleswade
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