Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-10-20
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Iii 70 exaggeraticu 60 sag .ls-. .-l-..s.
with reference TO It's imuel-l,c -ss..-. ... -
mote consequences. the ire 81. C..-.... ..
most destructive and disasir1us e.ltt--.--
modern times. The great Gre % l--
1866, ragged four days-IIuue say- l..-
lis ruins covered an area o.. 4.o ac-.. ..
troyei 80 churches and nuate- 60 ...
buildings, besiies 1920 houses &C. a.. ss-
400 streets, snl 100000 people were
to camp in Ellington s-I q sbgata l..
violent eas, wild blew throughout tls H.
the wooden buildings upon the -.--oa ...
burned like tirler before the ls7lur.1- .-
In the end, i- proved b.ersi1g 10 t-e .-
which vas retui.- % wider streets with sl ....
tial structures And while tie plague bel -..
gu ariy visited it once OF twice q century a-
alssys lurked in It's narrow AMI reeziuE --
tefs, II became after this iesrf-, pu-zin- .s-
healthier metropolis
London has bal many extensive fires size.
ou. noue app-osching 90 u.gu.,-ie either b..
own great condsgrsuou 1r THAI a. CHict-a. One
which preceded vas more disastrous iu fae l1-s
Of life than any other. ia 1912 a tire began
4cAA --aAAAN4 AAA.A-" qua AEaA.-a.A Lla HN-
crowd upon the bank of the river O-tlase Va.
threw themselves into boats OF into rhs s.rssl
about three thousand Ve-e drowned rls
same FIRE consumed q large u..r, df the city. I-.
memorable FIRE at Moscow, iu l-i--a.n4Isl b.
i've hundred places al once ny o-ier ot E..-
sisn Governor to prevent its cc-uUli-.u lr As.
poleou-iestr- yei II $40 houses. t-si--- li.s...
and churches.
Our own country h-s Witallsei ulr.as- .t
very destructive fires, bus none a71- z.rs---
this last oae In l775 New ld-- s1s-alals
IRE which burned 500 bliltuE- i1 ISL. o..
theatre at Richmond vas consumed. AMI q l4-.r
number Of leading citizens 7s-is-ef. THE -r.l-
fire of New York IN ls3j destroyed st-.-
houses and property 20 the amour. 81
900. In 1896 W asaiugt1a E1s VISITED b. q crl-
i8gration, which burned The us-a-s. i..- I1.s
and Patent Office, together ~.- -N Sc liable
models and drawings Two Eel-s -.--r C-4-ss-
ton, S. c., lost l,I5s buiir-s, Oh. ire covering
l45 acres The. next year Ncw ll-z sl--41-
smother FIRE with a loss ~ $4,000,
1915, 1000 buildings in P.,ts5ur-, i-y. F---r
loss Of 50 ,0OOOul, were consumed -T OF
fend. Il May o.. the same year, I-l
visited by = coudagrati1u which DESTROY.
buildings All usuy lives. Tn less than l-
the same unfortunate city vss again a-
losing ths. time 1900 hcuses-iu tH1 Cd.
two-thiris Of the whole place During a-
faisl year. New York bal FIRE which t..--.-
312 stores and dseiurs, 4 lives and
Of property, AMI s. johns, Ne=-0uul'4rf. .--
which leil 5000 people homeless. The 1.r
year uuhsppy Olehec sUd-Tai sacrifice .-
lives q a FIRE wuich burned the Tles.-e .17t
The great fire IN this city Aug. 18th. ISIS.
stroysi 600 buildings, besides s,sau,e.-- s-I
other property, burned over "a aces sli .-.
tsi!et a loss Of S3,OppUIU. The sane 7-s-
Brooklyn lost 200 houses IN one l.U IH I--
st Louis suffered 10 O. s.uE'e cHlt,--f--.
which destroyed Is blocks, 90 the su ORR
-3,UJ1U01 In $50 Philzleiuhs tsi ae
which burned $50 buildings. sid a- Which
persons were killed, . drowned aul l-' E---
Ell. The next year san Frsuc.sc1 sgs'a.-s. a
loss Of 300 stores sni dwellings al -laT
lives, and, less than two months later. -cr1.-
one-of 500 buildings together sa ---
to 81, 800 600. The same year the la-r-.
Library Of So 900 volumes Was DESTROYED
1852 a fire in Montreal burned down --
buildings with loss % - OuUUl" Sr-e
suffered in 1896 to- the amount of
twelve acres being len a mass OF r...a.
great FIRE 81 Portland in 1850. by Ed.a
people were inside homeless. and : ..'
property lost, is still fresh Ia the minis
people. Bur terrible as some Of the-. ,-1-
lions seem. they sink almost into i1s
WIKI this ias; fearful dssl.l---.