Warrington area history please? (re 'great fires')

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Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	22 Jun 2006 21:24
	I was given a typed document about the Furnival family. It describes a fire in 1838 that destroyed the tannery business. Included in the document is 'After the Furnival fire which is listed among the 'Great Fires of Warrington', an investigation...' Has anyone in the Warrington area ever heard of the 'great fires'? Apparently the 'Manchester and Salford Advertiser(?)' ran an article on December 1, 1838 about the fire as I have someone's handwritten notes describing the fire (and the notation to the 'Advertiser').
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	23 Jun 2006 17:49
	nudge, please, in case there's someone around. thank you.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	23 Jun 2006 19:04
	Thank you very much for your ideas, Anne! I can hardly wait to write to them. I've not researched this family too much and now that I've started, I want to know everything. :) Thank you again.
Member Since: September 2003 Posts: 2,953 Send Message	Lisa J in California	Report	23 Jun 2006 20:00
	Thank you, Anne. :)