Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead

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Tyne Bridge, A167, Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead NE8 2BH, UK

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N54° 58' 4.8" W1° 36' 21.6"   (54.968, -1.606) Start navigation »

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The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead was a tragic and spectacular series of events starting on Friday 6 October 1854, in which a substantial amount of property in the two North East of England towns was destroyed in a series of fires and an explosion which killed 53 and injured hundreds. There is only one building still extant on the Newcastle Quayside which predated the fire.

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