Mary Evans The Great Fire in Dublin at a whisky warehouse 12021055

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Picture No	12021055
Date	1875
Description	The Great Fire in Dublin at a whisky warehouse
Details	The Great Fire in Dublin: sappers cutting off the whisky flowing from Reid's malt-house and Malone's bonded warehouse in the Liberties area of the city where a fire broke out on the night of 18 June 1875. According to the report in The Illustrated London News, a number of people died or were taken to hospital after scooping up the boiling hot whisky in hats and boots and then imbibing! "Two corn-porters, named Healy and McNulty, were found in a lane off Cork Street, lying insensible, with their boots off, which they had evidently used to collect the liquor."
Source	Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 26 June 1875
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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