Sheppey Fires from the local newspapers, a copy is in the Sheerness Library.
Bluetown fire 1827 50 house lost 1914 Oct 24th
Great fire in Miletown 1867 Nov 6th 1917 Nov 3rd
South Lees farm at Eastchurch 1889 Aug 31st
Rowetts Farm 1884 Sept 7th
Three houses and shops £1,200 1892 Sept 3rd
Wyburns 1892 Sept 3rd
Royal Oak East End Lane destroyed 1892 Nov 26th
Sea View Hotel Shop 1893 July 22nd
Admiralty House 1893 Sept 12th
Swanley Farm, telegram sent to Brigade 1893 Sept 2nd
High Street, Mill House (Broadway) Highlanders 1893 Aug 26th
144, High Street a fried fish shop £1,000 1893 Mar 21st
Queenborough fire £100,000 1900 July 21st
Great fire Parsonage Farm 1½ acres and buildings £2,000 1906 Sept 1st
Fire at Barnlands Farm, telegram sent 1908 Feb 29th
Stack fire at Shurland, telegram sent, 1hr 20 mins to arrive 1908 July 4th
Terrible fire at Bluetown, four paragraphs 1909 April 17th
1669 Sheerness burnt by the Dutch
1867 7 house at Harfield
1828 50 house Sheerness
1854 Duke of Clarence
1909 White House
1881 Dockyard Chapel
1878 Several buildings, Rolfe the tallow miller
ALL THE ABOVE 7 ITEMS REPORTED IN 1909 MAY 5TH
Mile Town 2 shops burnt down 1910 Dec 24th
23 High Street - 2 shops and three houses 1911 Nov 2th
Railway station £150 damages 1865 Mar 18th
Eagle Tavern at Bluetown 1866 April 9th
Pier small fire 1868 July 4th
Rookery-Chapel Street, Mile town 1868 Aug 8th
Queenborough two houses 1870 July 23rd
Horse and Groom, Sheppy Street Bluetown 1872 Feb 10th
Heights of Alma badly damaged 1874 April 11th
Bluetown many buildings lost 1877 July 14th
Old Hook Farm Eastchurch completely destroyed 1878 July 20th
Bluetown Post Office fire 1878 Aug 10th
229/131 High Street on fire 1879 Aug 30th
Carls Farm Eastchurch 1880 Aug 30th
Rides Farm Eastchurch £3,000 1881 Oct 22nd
Dockyard Church 1881 Dec 10th
Flushing Pier –destruction of 1882 May 20th
Serious fire at Mile Town two paragraphs 1882 Sept 30th
Blue Houses (Norwood ) 1882 Oct 14th
2 cottages at Pigtail Corner, thatched 1888 April 14th
Mocketts Farm £2,000, Vanity Farm 1888 Oct 6th/15th?
Jolly Sailor Bluetown destroyed 1888 Nov 24th
Large thatched next to Wesley Chapel 1889 Mar 9th
1913 Glue Works destroyed by fire 1917 Dec 1st
Fire at Queenborough Wharf 1917 Nov 3rd
Small fire at “ The Jolly Sailor Bluetown “ 1866 Jan 6th
The “Eagle Tavern “ Bluetown West Street destroyed complete 1866 Feb 26th
Fire at the Oxford Music Hall Bluetown 1870 Mar 26th
84 High Street fire 1870 April 2nd
Two wooden smugglers houses at Eastchurch destroyed no water 1870 April 16th
Railway Tavern opposite National School burnt to the ground 1870 Aug 27th
1867 November 6th huge great fire in Mile Town
Queenborough Glue Works destroyed by fire 1913 Dec 16th
