Great Fire of London

FREDERICO ALBERRICI Alberrici an Italian-American, is identified as a footman called Frederick, employed by eminent surgeon and Ripper suspect Sir William Gull, at 78 Brook Street, by Melvyn Fairclough in the 1991 book – The Ripper And The Royals. Alberrici is included, not because he was suspected of being Jack the Ripper himself, but because he was said to be part of the Masonic conspiracy theory, and was alleged to have aided Gull in his search for the prostitutes who knew of the alleged…

following. The Great Plague (black death) is now among us; roaming the streets of London. We believe god is punishing us for our sins, and that were are still not worthy enough for him. It is killing our loved ones and has attack many around us, prithee be aware of your surroundings, and those around you. The Cause for the Black death? The black plague broke out in early 1330, spreading rapidly throughout Asia, North Africa and has now arrived in Europe. So Far it has killed 33% - 40% of…

Throughout the work, “White Fang” by Jack London, we find creatures coming against the edges of their world. They either succeed in surmounting the barriers in front of them, or they fail to enlarge their world and perish. Using the tools and ideas of Jacob von Uexkell, we will look at the gray-cub who becomes White Fang and see the necessary reworking of his reality as he grows and adapts. Like Uexkell’s tick, the gray cub is born blind, and only through “the necessity of learning and living…

HISTORY: When a thick fog engulfed London from December 5 to December 9, 1952, it mixed with black smoke emitted from homes and factories to create deadly smog. This smog killed approximately 12,000 people and shocked the world into starting the environmental movement. Overview of the Great Smog of 1952: When a severe cold spell hit London in early December 1952, Londoners did what they usually did in such a situation; they burned more coal to heat up their homes. Then on December 5, 1952, a…

Jack London is the epitome of the Naturalist movement in American literature. Many of his works, including The Call of the Wild include the essentials of Naturalism such as, but not limited to: taboo topics, Darwinism, violence, animal and nature imagery, determinism and the struggle for survival. His novel The Call of the Wild is continually referred to as his greatest work and is still revered as a prominent element in American literature. Influenced by major philosophers such as Charles…

a crooked spine through east central London has been the home of the British press for 300 years. Here are published almost all of Britain’s national newspapers. Here also are the headquarters of many magazines, foreign and provincial press bureaus, international news agencies, trade papers, and the attic offices of freelance journalists. It was in Fleet Street tavern that the British press was born. Three centuries ago the Great Fire gutted the City of London, driving writers from their…

In "London, 1802” Wordsworth was trying to get Milton to move back to London stating different things that were wrong with London that Milton could fix. Wordsworth states “Milton! Thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee: she is a fen / Of stagnant waters: alter, sword, and pen,” (Wordsworth 146 “ London, 1802” line 1-3). Wordsworth uses this parallelism to give the reader a closer and more…

1388 feet and has 98 floors with 53 elevators. Trump tower has condos located in side of the building. The Chicago Fire of 1871, also called the Great Chicago Fire, burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, and destroyed thousands of buildings. The fire killed 300 people and caused $250 million in damages. Stories says that cow kicked over a lantern in a barn and started the fire, but other stories told humans that a meteor might have been responsible for the event that left an area of…

Also, the great fire of London in 1666 created a positive outcome for many in England. Before the fire, England dealt with two problems: poverty and the plague. On September 2, 1666, the fire started in the early morning hours in a bakery shop. Samuel Pepys describes the effects of fire in his hometown as devastating, “so home with a sad heart,” (Pepys). The fire burned down the majority of London, including the London Bridge, 13,200 houses, and churches. At the result of the fire, rats…

Jack London wrote about the destruction of San Francisco for the people who where not there. "Wednesday night saw the destruction of the very heart of the city. Dynamite was lavishly used, and many of San Francisco proudest structures were crumbled by man himself into ruins, but there was no withstanding the onrush of the flames." There was a lot of smoke due to the burning of so many buildings. "Within an hour after the earthquake shock the smoke of San Francisco's burning was a lurid tower…