Episode 2 of 3
Fire Outbreak at Deichstraße
- When
- 5-8 May 1842
- Where
- Deichstraße
The Great Fire began in Eduard Cohen's cigar factory on Deichstraße in the early morning of 5 May 1842. A neighbor alerted the night watch around 1 a.m.
The fire started at Deichstraße 42 or 44 in Eduard Cohen's cigar factory. A neighbor alerted the night watch at about 1 a.m. on 5 May 1842. The fire spread rapidly through the Altstadt, burning until the morning of 8 May.
Sources
- Great fire of Hamburg Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-14
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