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Author | : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738538532 |
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Few events can be said to have changed the face of Boston forever. Eventually destroying 775 buildings and causing millions of dollars in damage to the commercial section that we now know as Boston's business district, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a spectacular conflagration that destroyed "old Boston" and allowed a phoenix to arise from the ashes. This exciting new pictorial history brings to life the drama that began one Saturday evening in 1872 when a fire started in an empty hoop-skirt factory on the corner of Summer and Kingston Streets. At the time, Boston was in the throes of a epizootic disease that caused all horses in the area to be ill. This caused a virtual shutdown of transportation and city services and delayed the fire department's response to calls for help. By the time the breathless firemen arrived, the fire had already consumed the granite five-story factory and burst through the mansard roof, which acted as a flue and spread the fire. Within an hour, much of Summer Street was engulfed in flames and firemen from near and far were being summoned to combat the spread of the deadly blaze. By midnight, the fire had spread through Summer Street to Arch Street and was attacking Winthrop Square. Old Trinity Church, at the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets, had given itself up to the flames.
Author | : Russell H. Conwell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
ISBN | : |
Download History of the Great Fire in Boston, November 9 and 10, 1872 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Stephanie Schorow |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493054996 |
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For two days in November, 1872, a massive fire swept through Boston, leaving the downtown in ruins and the population traumatized. Coming barely a year after the infamous Chicago fire, Boston’s inferno turned out to be one of the most expensive fires per acre in US history. Yet today few are aware of how close Boston came to destruction. Boston author Stephanie Schorow masterfully recounts the fire’s history from the foolish decisions that precipitated it to the heroics of firefighters who fought it. Lavishly illustrated with period artwork and photographs and published just before the fire’s 150th anniversary, The Great Boston Fire captures the drama of a life-and-death battle in the heart of the city.
Author | : Stephanie Schorow |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781493054985 |
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The 1872 Great Boston Fire was barely contained after two days of spreading rapidly across the city, becoming one of the most expensive fire disasters in America. Stephanie Schorow, a seasoned Boston veteran, masterfully recounts the stories and heroics surrounding the fire, those which have all been slowly forgotten by the public. Collaborating with the Boston Fire Historical Society and featuring artwork from the time period, a dramatic narrative retold for a modern audience.
Author | : Anthony M. Sammarco |
Publisher | : America Through Time |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-01-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781634994231 |
Download Inferno: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Stephen Puleo |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2019-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807078018 |
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A new 100th anniversary edition of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US history—and the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of safety standards that led to it. Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters were playing cards in Boston’s North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another. A third firefighter jumped up from his chair to look out a window—“Oh my God!” he shouted to the other men, “Run!” A 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Boston’s waterfront, disgorging its contents as a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that at its outset traveled at 35 miles an hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire station. The number of dead wasn’t known for days. It would be years before a landmark court battle determined who was responsible for the disaster.
Author | : Carl Smith |
Publisher | : Grove Atlantic |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802148115 |
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A definitive chronicle of the 1871 Chicago Fire as remembered by those who experienced it—from the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination. Over three days in October, 1871, much of Chicago, Illinois, was destroyed by one of the most legendary urban fires in history. Incorporated as a city in 1837, Chicago had grown at a breathtaking pace in the intervening decades—and much of the hastily-built city was made of wood. Starting in Catherine and Patrick O’Leary’s barn, the Fire quickly grew out of control, twice jumping branches of the Chicago River on its relentless path through the city’s three divisions. While the death toll was miraculously low, nearly a third of Chicago residents were left homeless and more were instantly unemployed. This popular history of the Great Chicago Fire approaches the subject through the memories of those who experienced it. Chicago historian Carl Smith builds the story around memorable characters, both known to history and unknown, including the likes of General Philip Sheridan and Robert Todd Lincoln. Smith chronicles the city’s rapid growth and its place in America’s post-Civil War expansion. The dramatic story of the fire—revealing human nature in all its guises—became one of equally remarkable renewal, as Chicago quickly rose back up from the ashes thanks to local determination and the world’s generosity. As we approach the fire’s 150th anniversary, Carl Smith’s compelling narrative at last gives this epic event its full and proper place in our national chronicle. “The best book ever written about the fire, a work of deep scholarship by Carl Smith that reads with the forceful narrative of a fine novel. It puts the fire and its aftermath in historical, political and social context. It’s a revelatory pleasure to read.” —Chicago Tribune
Author | : Robert Taylor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 55 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Loree Lough |
Publisher | : Chelsea House Publications |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780791050446 |
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While living in Boston in 1635 and 1636, thirteen-year-old Phillip and his family survive a hurricane and a devastating fire while holding to their faith in God.
Author | : Boston (Mass.). Commissioners to Investigate the Great Fire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Boston (Mass.) |
ISBN | : |
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