The Great Fire of London (1666) was no doubt a huge devastation to Londoners at the time with over 13,500 houses destroyed. The total value of the destruction (not just houses) was first valued at...
Thomas Farrinor, his family and maid were sleeping when they woke to the smell of smoke. Thomas had forgotten to put out the embers in his oven and it had caught fire. The maid died but Thomas...