What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1854
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 54.97° N, 1.61° W
- Description
- 1854 urban fire in the north-east of England
- Deaths
- 53
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead in England is ignited by a spectacular explosion”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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