Great Fire
On 5 September 1666, the 33-year-old Samuel
Pepys climbed the steeple of the ancient church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower and
was met with the “the saddest sight of desolation that I ever saw; everywhere
great fires, oil-cellars, and brimstone, and other things burning”. Leaving the
church, he wandered along Gracechurch Street, Fenchurch Street and Lombard
Street towards the Royal Exchange, which
he found to be “a sad sight” with all the pillars and statues (except one of
Sir Thomas Gresham) destroyed. The ground scorched his feet and he found
nothing but, ash and rings dust. It was the fourth day of the Great Fire of
London and, though some parts of the city would continue to burn for months,
the worst of the destruction was finally over. This text was pasted from the
internet.
I understood that whole londonre was burnt, as London houses were wooden.
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