The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-24
RECORD OF GREAT FIRES.

RECORD OF GREAT FIRES.
History Is full Of accounts Of the devasta-
ton caused by fire in the cities and towns Of
nearly every country OF the civilized world.
4 record of these COnhagratiOns. says the
EfremeH'S Journal, cannot but be of interest
IN the year 7gS London was almost entire
y destroyed by fire, and again I'm gs2 the
greater part OF the city burned In 1Su6, all
houses and churches from she Fast 70 the
West gate burned. What is known as the
''great fire" occurred i'm 1906. II began Sep
tember 3, and continued three DAYS burning
over 40 acres. Houses to the number OF lS-
200, including many public bindings, were
destroyed and six persons were killed. The
loss was estimated ut $4,000. 900. In IT9A.
600 houses burned, loss over 5000, ,0n0s iu
1884 the Houses of Parliament were destroy
ed 1872 TOOley street whaTyes burned. en-
failing q loss of S1D.Ug0.uul- I'm 1873. 4 lex
andria Palace destroyed. The great fire at
Edinburgh occurred in the year 100. At
BreSt, France, explosion and FIRE i'm q dock
yard caused q loss of :. 600 900. Paris Com
mmiSt devastatiOu), 1871. S160.U10. 600 A
fire at Rome, in the year 81. lasted eight days,
and ten of the fourteen wards OF the city
Were destroyed. Venice, Italy. was almost
wholly destroyed by fire i'm I116. and iu 1917
the greater part of the city was ruined ly an
explosion during FIRE at the arsenal IeiQ-
sic, Germany, In 1920 lost 400 hOu- 14g1,
Dresden. Germany. DESTROYED. I'm 1871
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hamletS. 1s42, Hamburg fire ragged one
hundred hours, May 81. During the fire
the city was in a state of anarchy, 4.2I9
buildings destroyed, Onc-tIftl population
homeless. and one hundred lives lost total
loss So, ,0OO, 600. After the fire contributions
from all Germany came in TO help rebuild
the city. At Copenhagen, in 1928. 1.65G
houses burned; 1794, Royal Palace with
contents destroyed 1875, 1868 houses
burned. At st. Petersburg, i'm 1876. 1000
houses We're burned the great fire occurred
in 1862, when the loss was ~5,nul.nIB. In
1852 at Moscow. l.. 600 houses were burned
On September Il, 1872, tie Russians fired
the CITY TO drive ont Napoleon. The fire
continued five DAYS, ard uine-tenths OF the
city was destroyed. The number OF houses
burned was sd, 500, and the loss was S1Jl. .ogO,-
600. At C0nstautinopie, In 1920. a ire de
StT0yed T., 600 houses and Z. 600 persons. In
1I45 there was q fire which lasted five DAYS
January. 1850, 10000 houses burned. April,
same year loss clH,o'hH11- later same year,
10000 houses destroyed l75l. 4.u11 houses
1850 1900 houses and 100 persons: years
116l, 1863, and 1861, other great fires 1862,
1I71, and 1IIS. great fires 1sS2, fire burned
three days, 10000 600 houses and one hundred
lives lost February. same wear, 600 houses.
june. 1000; 1Is4, 10000 houses; 1871 be
tween March and July -. Q3o houses burned
same number i'm 17g5 1893. in suburb of
Para, 1$, 900 dwellings and many magnificent
buildings destroyed 1851, August les. l.. coo
houses and 5000 shops I'm finest quarter
were destroyed 1878, August l3. fire de-
StrOved several thousand houses. 1926. g.
600 houses. 1915. 800 houses. 1000 shops,
loss estimated Sl5,oJo,200; 1850 great fire
destroyed ., 500 houses and public buildings,
22- 600 persons left homeless 1870. June :,
the suburb of Para. occupied hv the foreign
population and native Christians, swept hya
fire which destroyed over 1000 buildings.
many OF them among the best I'm tha eitv
more than tlree-fOUTtiS of CITY DESTROYED.
including the residence OF the foreign lega-
tonS, loss estimated at nearly SD 1oo, 600
ScUtari, Greece. 1877. 5000 houses h-ued
SMYRNA. Greece. 1853. . 900 houses consumed.
600 shops. 1881. l.. pte. Neiln. Japan.
1872. six square miles burned over. % 600 per
sons homeless 1873, 10000 houses destroyed.
st Boston, Mass. 1919. all tine warehouses.
so dwcliiLE-, and vessels in the durEyartlS,
were consumed. loss 81 .Un0. .uHH- 17Gr fire
caused loss OF $500. .oHu- I70I, 100 buildings
destroyed 1874 gi buildings burned 1872.
great fire November @ and 10, the richest
part of city destroyed an area OF 65 acres
burned over, 4i6 granite and brick buildings
consumed. loss $4,000. 600. Charleston. =
c. 1ITS. fire caused the Joss of S-ul.u1 1896
800 houses burned; 1855. one half OF city
buildings. loss SACU1.glp. New York 1885.
$50 buildings in business center OF city de
stTOyed, 52 acres burned over, loss S-5.Hl1.-
600. 1S45, 300 business blocks. 30 persons
killed, loss S1,Tlp,u0o. Pittsbug-, 1SiE, 800
buildings destroyed loss Sl1.n0Url1. Alba
ny, ISIS, GJO houses burned, loss 5000, Hl1
ST Louis. Nav Il. 1873, ID blocks. % steam
boats. loss { S GOO. .G4G- Nav :. I~1I. three
quarters of the city burned, $500 buildings.
loss El1, 100000; same year, 600 houses, loss
$4,000, ,0i9 Philadelphia, 1850, July %. 400
buildings burned, sd lives lost loss $. .NH1 900.
1865, 50 buildings burned - persons killed,
loss 100000. Washington, lo5i. part of Cap
ltOl and whole OF Congressional library burn
ed. san Francisco Nav e and 90. 4-TI- 300
buildings and number of persons burned.
loss Slu,0lv, 900 june. same year, sos build
iuCS, loss estimated at Sje1H,gU4 Chicago,
$500. 600 1856. August 10 and September Is,
$4,000 each, 1871, the greatest fire uf mod
cm times, October to I'D, =, l-+ a-Te~ OF 81
square miles. burned over i'm the very heart of
tile city. 30 lives lost. gS. 500 persons made
homeless, and 1880 buildings, one-third iu
number and One-half i'm value OF buildings in
CITY consumed. loss estimated lt -llI. 200. 600.
Troy y. y. 1852 nearly DESTROYED hy FIRE
Portland Ne 1885, great fire July Z, one
half OF the city burned, 30 buildings blown
up Co stop the progress Of the fire, Joss Sl1,-
O0g 600. Quebec ISf5-If. 81 600. 900. ISf5,
MAY 2S 1850 lCuS = burned. .n n1-tLirl uuDu-
latiOu made homeless. loss 3, ,OGQ COO another
fire June p, 1900 dwellings. G.Oo4 persons
made homeless. loss 81 coo U00 1855 - 500
burned. 1t. John, y. b, 1857, january I3,
1l5 houses and nearly all the business part of
the CITY burned. loss ST. .0N1. 00D 1871. June
2l 200 acres burned over l. $50 dwellings. Is
lives lost, tolal pecuuiary loss So. COO
1t. Johns, Newfoundland 1916, loss $1,000
600. Montreal 1850. june .. zoo houses in
finest part of CITY burned 1S53. july g. 200
houses burned, l0e1l persons destitute, loss
S50U0,0lp Santiago, south America, tire I'm
Jesuit church, -, 600 persons perish.
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