Great Fire at Bristol, 1850. 'At the [River] immense fire was raging, sending up large flashes through the half-consumed roof high up into the atmosphere, and spreading myriads of sparks in all the spectator and the fire lay the bridge of the Bristol and Exeter of the railway engines was standing!...a vast mass of dense sombre clouds had gathered, from which every now and then the lightning flashed vividly, making even the fire pale by could not have been less than 15,000 or 16,000 people [at] av
Great Fire at Bristol, 1850. 'At the [River] immense fire was raging, sending up large flashes through the half-consumed roof high up into the atmosphere, and spreading myriads of sparks in all the spectator and the fire lay the bridge of the Bristol and Exeter of the railway engines was standing!...a vast mass of dense sombre clouds had gathered, from which every now and then the lightning flashed vividly, making even the fire pale by could not have been less than 15,000 or 16,000 people [at] available spots where a view of the conflagration could be , hooting, and giving utterance to a complete Babel of heavy shower of rain fell at twelve o'clock, and, continuing for some time, effectually stayed the '. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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