A burnt out street at the back of Cleveland Road due to the fire.

A lampost in Cleveland Road, bent over by the heat of the fire.

A picture showing a terrace of houses, in Cleveland Road, destroyed by the fire.

A woman and child attempt to rescue anything they can from the wreckage of their home. The brickwork of the bay window split by heat. The window frame, floors and alcove cupboards all burnt away.

This picture shows the damage to Cleveland Road, including The Central PH. It also shows children playing on burnt out rolling stock.

One of four photographs taken in January 1922 by Marian Grey Davison (later Marian Watson), of the damage to houses in Cleveland Road, Central Estate, after the huge pit-prop fire in the Old Boys Field storage yard.

Second of four photographs taken in January 1922 by Marian Grey Davison (later Marian Watson), of the damage to houses in Cleveland Road, Central Estate, after the huge pit-prop fire in the Old Boys Field storage yard.

Third of four photographs taken in January 1922 by Marian Grey Davison (later Marian Watson), of the damage to houses in Cleveland Road, Central Estate, after the huge pit-prop fire in the Old Boys Field storage yard.

Fourth of four photographs taken in January 1922 by Marian Grey Davison (later Marian Watson), of the damage to houses in Cleveland Road, Central Estate, after the huge pit-prop fire in the Old Boys Field storage yard.

A pile of pit props on fire.

Burnt out rolling stock after the fire. You can see the damage to Cleveland Road in the background.

Another view of the burnt out rolling stock.

Another view of the burnt out rolling stock.

Burnt out rolling stock.

Burnt out rolling stock.

Butcher G Davison operating from a back street after his shop was destroyed in the fire.

A butcher, G Davison, whose shop was burnt out during the Pit Prop Fire, sets up a stall in a back alley to keep the business going.

Another shot of G Davison, butcher, who set up a shop in a back alley after his premises were destroyed in the fire.

Looking towards west towards West Hartlepool, the houses are in Cleveland Road Central Estate and were those which were badly damaged in the Great Fire of  January 1922. when the timber yard opposite caught fire.

The houses were demolished in the late 1970s but the Central Hotel(The Klondike) on the second block from the right remained until 1981. 

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Taken looking west towards West Hartlepool and showing the corner of Beaumont Street. The houses were demolished in the late 1970s and are those damaged by the Timber Yard Fire in 1922.

Shortly after the fire, the Mayor of Hartlepool. J.T. Turner, started a fund for the fire victims. Within a couple of days, £1,300 had been raised including £100 from both the King and Sir William Gray.

One of the houses in Cleveland Road completely destroyed by the fire.

A large crowd gathering to view the damage the fire has caused to Cleveland Road.

Crowds watching the Fire Brigade tackle the blaze.

Crowds watching a still burning building on Cleveland Road. The Central is in the middle of the picture.