Sad and lamentable news from VVapping : giving a true and just account of a most horrible and dreadful fire, which happened on Sunday the 19th. of Nov. 1682. Beginning at the house of one Capt. Allen, in Cinnamon-street, by the carelesness of a drunken fellow, a sawyer, who lodged in the house aforesaid, and by letting the candle fall into some shavings, he proved ruinous to some thousands now undone by the ont-ragious flames, which with uncontroulable force burned down two thousand houses, destroying all before it for a whole mile in length, and a quarter of a mile in breadth, burning down streets, lanes, allies, courts, yards, wharfs, cranes, the like never known before since the great fire of London. It continued twenty hours or more, to the ruine of many mens good estates, besides the loss of forty mens lives, who were destroyed in endeavouring to asswage the force of this terribel fire. Also, giving you a particular account of the great losses of several men, namely, Sir William Warren, the Lady Ivy, Mr. Hooper, M.

Format:

Microformat

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2041:20.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fires--England--Early works to 1800.

Fires.

Wapping (London, England)--Early works to 1800.

England.

Local Subjects:

Wapping (London, England)--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 6 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Sad and lamentable news from Wapping

Place of Publication:

[London] : Printed for J. Clarke, Seignior, at the Bible and Harp, near the Hospital-Gate, in West-smithfield, 1682.

Notes:

Place of publication from Wing.

Cropped at head affecting pagination.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1990. 1 microfilm reel 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2041:20). s1990 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) S244D.

OCLC:

55712956