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    The blaze was caused by the burning of small wooden tally sticks which had been used as part of the accounting procedures of the Exchequer until 1826. The...
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    Cleveland Museum of Art. Along with thousands of other spectators, Turner himself witnessed the Burning of Parliament from the south bank of the River Thames...
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     › The burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal occurred on the night of April 25, 1849, in Montreal, the then-capital of the Province of Canada...
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    The Burning of Washington, also known as the Capture of Washington, was a successful British amphibious attack conducted by Rear-Admiral George Cockburn...
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    Speaker's House (category Speakers of the British House of Commons)
    early 19th century. After the burning of Parliament in 1834 it was rebuilt by Charles Barry as part of the new Palace of Westminster in the Perpendicular...
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    having been lost, (possibly in the 1834 Burning of Parliament), other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross...
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    truthfully measure the moods of Nature". Turner's imagination was sparked by shipwrecks, fires (including the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which...
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    during the burning of Parliament in 1834. The library has adopted the phrase "Contributing to a well-informed democracy" as a summary of its mission...
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  • Flashover (category Types of fire)
    Flight 163 Backdraft Charleston Sofa Super Store fire Firestorm Burning of Parliament (1834) (flashover seen 20 miles (32 km) away) Kilbirnie Street fire...
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    Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public...
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