The Plague and the Fire Crossword
Across
- 2. Last name of the man who kept a diary that detailed both events
- 3. Occupation of the first person to die in the Great Fire
- 5. People thought that smelling these would prevent you from breathing in the plague
- 7. Doctors sometimes tried to cure plague victims by painting them with this poisonous substance and sitting them near a fire
- 8. The people of London pulled these down around the fire to stop it from spreading
- 10. Where people were buried during the plague, according to Defoe's historical fiction piece
- 11. The plague was caused by these insects
Down
- 1. Occupation of the man who started the Great Fire
- 2. Pepys mentioned that these city-dwelling birds burned to death in their nests during the Great Fire
- 4. Name of the lane where the Great Fire began
- 6. Swollen lymph nodes that were a symptom of the plague
- 9. What doctors carried during plague time to poke away people who could not afford their care
- 11. Pepys says that people of this nationality were thought to have caused the Great Fire