This, from the desiccating nature of the
climate, is especially the case in Canada and the United States, and,
coupled with the extensive use of wood in building, has a large
influence in many parts of the Continent. The following list of all
the great fires which have taken place for the last 100 years will
bear out our statement:--
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| | | Value of |
| | | Property |
Month | Description of Property, &c. | Place | Destroyed | Year
----------+--------------------------------+-------------+-----------+-----
January | Webb's Sugar-house | Liverpool | ??4,600 | 1829
| Lancelot's-hey | " | 198,000 | 1833
| Town-Hall and Exchange | " | 45,000 | 1795
| Caxton Printing Office | " | -- | 1821
| Dublin and Co.
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