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Fix this textWednesday, December 30, 1953
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textLONDON’S GREAT FIRE
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Fix this text“THE MONUMENT,†A LONDON
Fix this textLANDMARK
Fix this textONE of the sights of London is the fluted
Fix this textDoric column known as “The Monu-
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Fix this text1666.- It stands near Billingsgate Market, at
Fix this textthe corner of Fish-street Hill and Monument-
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Fix this textThis great pillar of Portland stone, erected
Fix this text1671-1677 to the designs of Christopher Wren,
Fix this textis 202 ft. high and is the highest and finest
Fix this textcolumn of its kind in the world. It is crowned
Fix this textwith gilt flames instead of a phoenix, which
Fix this textWren had planned to place there as a symbol
Fix this textof London’s resurgence from the ashes.
Fix this textThe fire started 200 ft. distant at a baker’s
Fix this textshop in Pudding-lane on the night of Septem-
Fix this textber 2, 1666, and, fanned by a strong wind, it
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Fix this texting all before it. An inscription on the north
Fix this textside of the Monument records the fact that
Fix this text89 churches were destroyed in addition to the
Fix this textGuildhall, hospitals, schools and 13,200 houses.
Fix this textOf the 26 London wards, the fire completely
Fix this textdestroyed 15 and the ashes of the fire covered
Fix this textan area of 438 acres. In helping the citizens
Fix this textto rebuild the city. King Charles II remitted
Fix this texttheir taxes and funds were raised for public
Fix this textworks by a duty on the import of coal to
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Fix this textThe Monument is 15ft. in diameter,
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Fix this textpeople pay sixpence to climb the 345 steps
Fix this textwhich wind round the middle to the upper
Fix this textgallery, which provides a magnificent view over
Fix this textLondon’s skyline. In the 18th-century the
Fix this textcolumn was popular with suicides, five of
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Fix this textNear the Monument is the ancient Church
Fix this textof St. Magnus, notable for various reasons,
Fix this textbut more particularly for its associations
Fix this textwith Miles Coverdale, the great reformer,
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Fix this textCHATEAU TANUNDA BRANDY • GREAT WESTERN CHAMPAGNE
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