Extinguishing the heavy fire between the Elandsgracht and the Elandsstraat in Amsterdam, caused by lightning in the night of July 27, 1679. From several houses fire extinguishers are used to try to extinguish the fire. As an illustration of skillful fire extinguishing with hose fire extinguishers. With five line captions in Dutch and French. Plate 8 in the Fire Spraybook of Jan van der Heyden, Extinguishing the heavy fire on the Elandsgracht, 1679 Swaaren burns, until Amsterdam, between d'Elands graft and street, on 27 July 1679 (...) / Grand incendie, arrivé a Amsterdam entre la rue et le

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