>From London Evening Post ( London, England ), February 23, 1740 - February 26, 1740; Issue 1917. On Wednesday last a terrible Fire broke out at one Thomas JOHNSON's, at North Stoke in Oxfordshire, near Wallingford, Berks; the Wind being very high, the Flames spread, and in half an Hour's Time consum'd about ten Houses, with Barns, Stables, and almost all their Goods and Wearing Apparel; and the poor Inhabitants, chiefly Farmers, are reduced to the greatest Distress imaginable.