1766-Dec.-29: A devastating fire broke out in Bridge-Town, Barbados, consuming 180 houses that had been spared by a previous conflagration earlier in the year.

1766-Dec.-29: A devastating fire broke out in Bridge-Town, Barbados, consuming 180 houses that had been spared by a previous conflagration earlier in the year. Despite immediate attempts to provide relief and stop the flames, the urban center was largely reduced to ashes. This disaster served as a stark reminder to the residents of Saint-Domingue of the vulnerability of colonial wooden cities to fire. News of the event traveled through regional shipping channels, arriving in the Northern Province via letters dated from late December.