Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) as protector against fires. Engraving by Geoffroy.

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[1842?]
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10199i
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Refers to the fire on a Versailles-Paris railway train at Meudon, 8 May 1842: the carriage doors had been locked and the travellers were burned to death

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[France] : [publisher not identified], [1842?]

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Notre Dame des flammes. Aux victimes du VIII mai. O bonne et tendre Marie, défendez-nous de la flamme de la terre, préservez-nous surtout des flammes de l'éternité. Geoffroy del. et sc.

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Wellcome Collection 10199i

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