Where Did The Great Fire Of Gateshead Start?
Between midnight and 1am on Thursday 6th October, Police Constable John Ewart of the Newcastle Constabulary spotted flames coming from the upper windows of the Worsted Manufactory of Messrs. Wilson and Sons in Hillgate, Gateshead. Where did the Great fire of Newcastle start? GatesheadOn Friday 6 October 1854 a fire broke out in Gateshead. This …