CENTRAL AND

SOUTHERN  EUROPE 64 . Rome burned during 8 days. to of the 14 wards of the city were destroyed . 1 to6 . Venice, greater part of the city was burned . 1577 . „ fire at the arsenal, greater part of the city ruined by an explosion . 1299 . Weimar, destructive fire; also in 1424 and 1618 . 1379 . Memel was in large part destroyed, and again in 1457, 1540, 1678, 1854 . 1405 . Bern was destroyed .

1420 .

Leipzig lost 400 houses . 1457 . Dort, cathedral and large part of the town burned . 1491 . Dresden was destroyed . 1521 . Oviedo, large part of the city destroyed . 1543 . Komorn was burned . 1634 . Furth was burned by Austrian Croats .

1680 . Furth was again destroyed . 1686 .

Landau was almost destroyed . 1958 . Pirna was burned by Prussians . 26o houses destroyed . 1762 . Munich lost 200 houses . 1764 . Konigsberg, public buildings, &c., burned . Loss, £600,000 .

1769 . ,, almost destroyed . 1784 . Rokitzan (Bohemia) was totally destroyed . Loss, £300,000 . 18oi .

Brody, 1500 houses destroyed . 1859 . 1000 houses destroyed . 1803 . Posen, large part of older portion of city burned . 1811 .

Forest fires in Tyrol destroyed 64 villages and hamlets . 1818 . Salzburg was partly destroyed . 1842 . Hamburg . A fire raged for too hours, May 5-7 . During the fire the city was in a state of anarchy . 4219 buildings, including 2000 dwellings, were destroyed . One-fifth of the population was made homeless, and too persons lost their lives . The total loss amounted to {7,000,000 . After the fire, contributions from all Germany came in to help to rebuild the city . 1861 .

Glarus (Switzerland),5oo houses burned .