Great news from Kensington giving a particular relation of the late fire which happened in Their Majesties pallace on Wednesday the 11th instant, between the hours of two and three in the morning with an account of the several lodgings burnt and the particular damage done and manner how it began. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A41921 of text R36565 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing G1724F). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A41921 Wing G1724F ESTC R36565 15725435 ocm 15725435 104543 2248521160

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A41921) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 104543) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1593:47) Great news from Kensington giving a particular relation of the late fire which happened in Their Majesties pallace on Wednesday the 11th instant, between the hours of two and three in the morning with an account of the several lodgings burnt and the particular damage done and manner how it began. 1 broadside. s.n. [London : 1691] Imprint suggested by Wing. Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. eng Kensington Palace (London, England) London (England) -- History -- 17th century. eebo Great news from Kensington giving a particular relation of the late fire which happened in Their Majesties pallace on Wednesday the 11th instant, betw [no entry] 1691 1 547 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-11 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Great News from Kensington ,

Giving a Particular RELATION

Of the Late FIRE which happened in Their MAJESTIES PALLACE on Wednesday the 11 th . Instant , between the Hours of Two and Three in the Morning : With an Account of the Several Lodgings Burnt , and the Particular Damage done , and manner how it began .

Licensed according to Order .

YEsterday being Wednesday the 11 th of this Instant November between the Hours of Two and Three in the Morning , there broke out of Their Majesties Palace of Kensington , an unhappy Fire , the Manner of which was a followeth .

The Sentinel who stood at his Duty at the upper end of the Great Court , near the Stone-Gallery , by the Guard-Chamber , about three quarters past Two , perceiv'd the appearance of Fire at the lower End of the Stone-Gallery , next the Gate Leading to the Road side ; upon which he immediately rais'd the Yeomen of the Guard ; who being come and finding the Fire Increasing , the Sentinels were Ordered by their Officers , ( having first given notice of the Accident to Their Majesties ) to fire Round and Raise the whole Court , and then all the Industry and Application Imaginable was used , as well by several Gentlemen and Servants , as Guards of all sorts , in Order to conquer the Fire , which at first Burnt very Firce for the space of an Hour , with a South-West Wind ; But is pleased the Providence of Almighty God , so to Favour Their Majesties , that about half an Hour past Thee , the Wind Veer'd about , and blew a fresh Gale at North-East , which was the main Instrument of stopping the currant of the Fire is spreading to Their Majesties Guard-Chamber , and chief Lodgings , And so Extraordinary Industrious were the Guards , & c.. Not only in Endeavouring to Quench the Fire , but in preserving all the Rich Goods , that possible they could , even in those Lodgings that were Burnt down ; the chief of which are the Officers of the Lords Nottingham & Sidney , with several Officers of the Houshold of the Chappel , Kings Chirurgeon , House-keeper , &c. The Stock of Buildings that is consumed is called the Stone-Gallery , with the Lodgings on the back part of it , looking to the Garden , which contains in compass of Ground , about fifty Yards in length , and Twenty over : All the main part of the Palace is not the least Damnified ; great Quantities of Rich Furniture , &c. was saved by throwing them into the Garden ; The Estimate of the loss sustained is Generally computed not to be above Four thousand Ponds Sterling ; The Exact Account how it came to take Fire is not yet certainly known , further than that it began near the House-keepers Lodgings , by the Carelesness of an Ancient Dutch Woman ; His Majesty being got up , continued a Spectator of the Fire for some time , giving several Necessary Orders ; it was after Six before the Fire was throughly conquered .