The 1854 Fire The site of Wilson's spinning mill which caught fire and exploded late on the 5th October 1854 causing the great fire at Newcastle Quayside from Sandhill to Fenwick's Entry.

Replaced by http://openplaques.org/plaques/7848/.

This is an approximate position

Plaque is now missing

Off Hillgate on the east face of the south tower of the Tyne Bridge, Gateshead
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by Tyne and Wear County Council in 1978

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