Plan of the Great Fire of Southwark

Page from The Illustrated London News showing a pThe 1861 Tooley Street fire, also called the Great Fire of Tooley Street, started in Cotton's Wharf on Tooley Street, London, England, on 22 June 1861. The fire lasted for two weeks, and caused 2 million worth of damage. During the fire, James Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, was killed. House of Commons reports cited multiple failures in fire prevention, and the fire led to the 1865 Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, which established the London Fire Brigade.lan of the great fire of Southwark

Braidwood Cottons Feb22 Fires Inferno Southwark Tooley Warehouses Wharf

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