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Old Gloucester |
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All the photographs on this frame |
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were taken on July 24th 1912 and |
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show the aftermath of one of |
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Gloucester’s biggest fires. |
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It happened on the 23rd of July |
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at J.A. Matthews & Co. |
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Matthews was a furniture |
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manufacturer in Llanthony Rd and |
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High Orchard St, Golucester. |
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The fire was so big it could be |
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seen from all over the city and |
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beyond. |
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The factory was about 400 ft. |
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long and the fire was so |
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intense that it destroyed a |
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livery stable in St. Luke Street |
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and houses in High Orchard |
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and Exhibition Street. |
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Men from Gloucester, Stroud |
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and Cheltenham Fire |
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Brigades were called upon |
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to put it out. |
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Old Gloucester. The photographic nostalgia site. |
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It took days to dampen down. |