Big fire in Želkovice in 1892

This village near Hoříněvs was never very prosperous, nor was it large, because 260 inhabitants lived here in 38 houses. A big disaster for its existence was the fire that hit it on Friday, August 19, 1892. At that time, it was unbearable heat, with which all the roofs, which were mostly only thatched, dried up to ashes. The fire broke out at 9.00:31 a.m. in the wooden building of Václav Petřík, No. XNUMX.…