Thomas Farriner Thomas Farriner Thomas Farriner was a baker in 17th century London. His bakery in Pudding Lane was the source point for the Great Fire of London on 2 September 1666. Farriner joined the Baker's Company in 1637, and had his own shop by 1649. By the time of the Great Fire of London Thomas Farriner was a well known baker in the City of London, who provided bread for the Royal Navy during the Anglo-Dutch war. He was also a churchwarden. Thomas Farriner and his children escaped the fire but his maid perished in the flames. Following the fire he
Great Michigan Fire Great Michigan Fire The Great Michigan Fire was a series of simultaneous forest fires in the state of Michigan in the United States in 1871. They were possibly caused (or at least reinforced) by the same winds that fanned the Great Chicago Fire; some believe lightning or even meteor showers may have started the fires. Several cities, towns and villages, including Alpena, Holland, Manistee, and Port Huron, suffered serious damage or were lost. The concurrent Great Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin also destroyed several towns in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In 1881, much more than half of "the Thumb" region