Urban Conflagrations in the United States by …

Urban Conflagrations in the United States by William M. Shields, Introduction From earliest colonial times until the early part of the twentieth century, American cities suffered devastating fires known as Conflagrations . In towns as modest as Bisbee, Arizona, and Plymouth, New Hampshire,1 and as impressive as New York, Boston, Baltimore, Denver, and Chicago,2 Urban Conflagrations destroyed more property over this period than any other natural Moreover, such fires were often not one-time events but occurred repeatedly: Boston was severely damaged by fires in 1653, 1679, 1711, 1760, 1824, 1825, 1835, and 1872. Plymouth, New Hampshire, lost major buildings or groups of buildings in 1862, 1895, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1917, 1930, 1932, and 1948. The mining town of Bisbee burned almost completely in 1885, 1907, and 1908. Five Conflagrations destroyed a major part of a large metropolis: New York in 1835, Chicago in 1871, Boston in 1872, Baltimore in 1904, and San Francisco in 1906.

Urban Conflagrations in the United States by William M. Shields, Ph.D. Introduction From earliest colonial times until the early part of the twentieth century, American cities

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