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The fire in the Stockholm City Hall in June 2008. Another notable fire hit Stockholm in 1990. On 28 September 1990, there was a large fire in the iron trade, John Wall's premises at the corner of Drottninggatan and Slöjdgatan. The fire destroyed the historic hardware store and a large part of the settlement in the district of Adam and Eve.
A map of the fire. (North is downwards. The fire started near the sea Mälaren at the bottom of the map.) The Great Stockholm Fire of 1759 was the city’s greatest fire since 1686. It raged in the Eastern Södermalm on Thursday, 19 July, and over the following night, reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 ...
The process of reshaping Stockholm was initiated by a major fire in 1625 which destroyed the south-western part of today's old town. As a result, two new boulevard -like streets were created — Stora Nygatan and Lilla Nygatan — and along the eastern waterfront the medieval wall was replaced by a row of prestigious palaces — Skeppsbron .
19 July - The Great Stockholm Fire 1759 reduced about 20 blocks with about 300 houses to ash, and rendered about 2000 persons homeless. [1] - The Royal Swedish Society of Sciences and Letters is founded. - Vinterkväde by Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg
1624 – Oslo, Norway, destroyed by fire. 1625 – First Great Stockholm Fire, Sweden, burned for three days and destroyed a fifth of the infrastructure. 1633 – Great Istanbul Fire of 1633, Ottoman Empire, modern Turkey, started in the Cibali Gate Port due to a reckless caulker, burned for three days from early Friday morning to Sunday. About ...
The coldest month on record was February 1934, when New Jersey's average temperature was 17.2 degrees, according to state records. Still, 1904 stands as the coldest year on record in New Jersey.
Eldkvarn was a grand gristmill in central Stockholm that burned in 1878 — an event which was known as "the fire of the century". It was located where today the Stockholm City Hall stands. The mill was built in 1805 for Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz with a steam engine built by Samuel Owen .
The fire started a 2:28 a.m. and the building was completely enveloped in flames, Ridgefield Battalion Chief Scott Russo said. "There was no ability for us to get inside," Russo said.