Fire on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam, 1658 Image of fire originated on 5 December 1658. on d'Oude Schans (…) / Le feu, qui se prit a Amsterdam sur l'Oude Schans, le 5 decembre 1658 (…) (title on object), Fire in a house on the Oude Schans in Amsterdam on December 5, 1658. The facade of the house collapses and kills firefighters and bystanders. Bystanders flee the house in a panic. To illustrate the old way of extinguishing fire and the dangers that came with it. With four-line caption in Dutch and French. Plate 4 in Jan van der Heyden's Fire Spray Book, fire extinguishing equipment, on fire, a

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